Posts by Graham Kendall
Monitors of Malaysian election report widespread media bias
November 6, 2013
This post was contributed by Tessa Houghton and L:indsay Brooke During the 2013 Malaysian election campaign and in the days immediately afterwards, a team of communications experts at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) kept a close eye on the performance of the country’s press. Their aim was to encourage fair coverage of this …
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham is Influential
November 4, 2013
The Journal of the Opertaional Research Society (JORS) is one of the most respected journals in Operational Research. They editors recently picked the ten most inflential articles, as a reprsentative sample of the quality of the articles that they publish. In their remarks they say: “Tom Archibald and Jonathan Crook, the Editors of the Journal …
Computer Science Research Away Day
November 1, 2013
On Friday 1st November 2013, Computer Science organised a research away day at KLTC. The aim of the day was to plan for the current MOSTI call and, more widely, to encourage more proposal submissions by Computer Science. The workshop benefited from colleagues from other Schools/Faculties who also joined the workshop in order to offer …
Visit to Shell Refining Company, Port Dickson
October 31, 2013
This post was contributed by Hii Ching Lik A group of 31 engineering students recently visited Shell Refining Company at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus (about 68 km from UNMC campus) on 22nd October 2013. The journey started at 7:15 am from the campus and reached Shell PD refinery at about 8:30 am. They …
What is the Semantic Web?
October 30, 2013
In this What is? series, we invite experienced researchers to write about their area of research, but in more general terms than they might normally do. This article, entitled What is the Semantic Web?, is written by Muhammad Abba Lawan If you would like to contribute, then please let me know (Graham.Kendall@nottingham.edu.my) and we can discuss …
Introduction to Search Methodologies
October 29, 2013
The second edition of Search Methodologies: Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques has just been released. This is a follow up to the first edition that came out in 2005. This textbook is aimed at first year PhD students, who are embarking on research in the general area of search methodologies, or they …
UNMC Pubication Record – 25 Oct 2013
October 25, 2013
In a previous post, we suggested that you should check your pubications, as some might be misclassified. Hopefuly you have done this. … and it’s been a while since we looked at how we are doing with UNMC publications in 2013. In fact the last time was 23 July (previous to that it was 03 …
Our Neighbours Are Elephants!
October 24, 2013
“Urban sprawl is now impacting on the habitats of wildlife in countries around the world, so how can wildlife and city dwellers live together? Reports from cities around the world ask what should be done if your new next door neighbours turn out to be wild animals: Bob Walker reports from Malaysia…..” … so starts …
Green Technologies for Asia Pacific Economies
October 23, 2013
Special Issue for Springer journal – Clean Technology & Environmental Policy Green Technologies for Asia Pacific Economies Professor Ir Dr Dominic C. Y. Foo and DDr Lam Hon Loong of the UNMC Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies (CEGT) have recently edited a special issue for the journal of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (CTEP, …
The 5th World Chinese Economic Forum
October 22, 2013
This newsletter features a report on a recent economic forum. That is: The 5th World Chinese Economic Forum, “Global Economic Partnerships: Realising Opportunities, Connecting East and West”, 3 & 4 October 2013, Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa. I feature it here as it is interesting in its own right but (page 7) features Professor Christine Ennew, …
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