Posts by Graham Kendall
Big Data and Analytics: New Malaysian Web Site
September 16, 2014
Unless you have been living on another planet, you can hardly have failed to miss the term Big Data. Whether Big Data is a new discipline, or simply an incremental development of areas such as Data Mining, Prediction Algorithms etc. is open to debate and discussion (in my view). Another area that is receiving attention …
Twitter and EMAIL: It’s the future!
September 12, 2014
As we have said in a recent post, the way we write and disseminate this blog is changing. This will be the last set of posts that will be disseminated via a weekly newsletter. If you want to follow the blog by EMAIL, please use the “Subscribe by email” option that is available on the …
Visit to UMP – 3 Sep 2014
September 11, 2014
Tim Brailsford and Graham Kendall visited UMP on the 3 Sep, which follwed a visit by UMP (Universiti Malaysia Pahang) to UNMC on the 6 Aug 2014. The meeting at UNMC was very productive, exploring a number of collaborative opportunities. These discussions were further developed during the visit to UMP. Tim gave an overview of …
MyResearch and UNMC Research in the Media
September 10, 2014
MyResearch was featured in The Star newspaper on the 03 Sep 2014, in a special suppement entitled INNOVATIONS MALAYSIA. The article starts: “The Centre for Islamic Business and Finance Research (CIBFR) is based in the Nottingham University Business School of The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and brings together experts from a range of …
Inaugural NUBS Malaysia Research Awards for academic staff
This post was contributed by Win Li Nottingham University Business School Malaysia presented Research Awards to top contributors to research amongst the School’s academic staff. The inaugural awards, for the School’s 2011-2013 research cycle, were presented during the NUBS Malaysia Staff Away Day on August 8, 2014. The recipients are Dr Nafis Alam (Associate Professor …
MyResearch links with Australia strengthened by meeting the Prime Minister
September 9, 2014
Dr Angelina Yee is a registered member of Malaysia Australia Business Council (MABC) and was recently invited to attend a reception on the occasion of the visit to Malaysia by the Prime Minister of Australia, The Honourable Tony Abbott, MP. It was held in Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 6 September 2014. The …
UNMC invited to NASA-organised 7-SEAS Workshop 2014
September 8, 2014
This post was contributed by Andy Chan The Seven-Southeast Asian Studies Mission (7-SEAS) is a multi-national project established to conduct interdisciplinary research in the field of aerosol-meteorology and climate interaction in Southeast Asia. Countries with participating scientists include Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the USA. The main organisers are the National Aeronautics …
Life Cycle: As one ends, another begins
September 5, 2014
A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the start of Life Cycle 4. This took a team of 15 riders, 16 days to complete and the Vice-Chancellor maintained a blog, writing an entry at the end of each day. It is well worth a read if you have not seen it, if only to …
MyResearch visit Boustead Shipyard, Lumut
September 4, 2014
On the 21 Aug 2014, we were fortunate enough to be invited to visit the Boustead Shipyard at Lumut. The reason for the visit was to get to know each other and to investigate if there is any collaborative research that we could do together, particularly through MyResearch. It was a very interesting visit, which …
Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA) visit UNMC
September 3, 2014
On the 15th Aug 2014, we were delighted to host a visit to UNMC by a team from MIDA (Malaysia Investment Development Authority). The delegation was headed by Dato Azman, MIDA’s CEO. We are very happy to be working with MIDA, who were good enough to grant MyResearch Sdn Bhd MIDA R&D status (the first …
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