Computer Science Research Away Day

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

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?

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

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

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!

“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

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

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, …

Who’s Afraid of Peer Review?

Very interesting article in Sciencemag.org, that talks about spoof articles that had been submitted to Open Access articles. I was particularly interested in this as I had recently heard about an article that had been submitted to an Open Access journal. It was accepted within a week and when the authors asked for the reviewer’s …

Post Graduate Research Lab Cleaning

This post was contributed by Rex Ng The Postgraduate Research (PGR) lab cleaning, organised by the Faculty of Engineering (FoE) was successfully carried out on 4th of October 2013. The aim of this activity was to clean and tidy the labs in Engineering Research Building (Block N) to achieve a safer and more comfortable working …