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Post-Coneference Workshop & Sharing Session on “Key Points in Industrialization of some Catalysts and Processes”

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP & SHARING SESSION on 

”Key Points in Industrialization of some Catalysts and Processes”

In conjunction with iCAT2016 and 1st Malaysian Catalysis Society Meeting, the organizing committee of iCAT2016 will be organizing a Post-Conference Workshop and Sharing Session on “Key Points in Industrialization of some Catalysts and Processes“.

The event will be held on 22 Sept 2016 from 14.00-17.00 at DK-1, Bangunan C-17, Fakulti Sains, UTM Johor Bahru.

Prof. Dr. Hideshi Hattori and Prof Wan Azelee Wan Abu Bakar will be the speakers for this workshop. Prof. Dr. Hideshi Hattori is a Professor from Hokkaido University – Japan and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral – Saudi Arabia. He is also a consultant for several big companies in Japan and Saudi Arabia and one of the author of “Acid-Base Catalysis’ book published by Elsevier/Kodansha. Prof. Dr. Wan Azelee Wan Abu Bakar is  a Professor from Dept. of Chemistry, Fac. of Science, UTM. He is one of the consultant in the development of catalysts for Petrochemical Industries in Malaysia.

Fill and send the form of workshop to the iCAT Secretariat at iCAT2016@gmail.com by 15 September 2016 to confirm your participation or contact +607-5534502 for details program.

22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017)

22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
IUI 2017

St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus

March 13-16, 2017

http://iui.acm.org/2017

Overview

ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces
community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting
outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces.

The 22nd edition of the conference will be held in Limassol, Cyprus.
Limassol (or Lemesos) is a multicultural bustling town, flanked by two
ancient cities, Amathus and Kourion, and guarded by the Amathusian
Aphrodite and Appolo Hylates. It is a town of great visual diversity and
contrast from spectacular seafront views, historic places like the mediaeval
Castle, and Byzantine churches.
Along the 17 km long sandy beaches, two
Marinas, world renowned 5 star hotels, and a most exciting dining, shopping,
nightlife and yachting scene create a year-round vibrant lifestyle well beyond
the expectations of a Mediterranean island.

ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets
the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as
psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design
or the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and
machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as
solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine
learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge
representation and reasoning. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from any
relevant arena: academia, business, or non-profit organizations.

IUI 2017 is pleased to invite tutorial proposals. Tutorials offer the community
an opportunity to learn about the state-of-the-art concepts and techniques
and allow the presenters to share their expertise. We invite proposals from
active researchers and experienced presenters. Ideally, a tutorial will cover
the state-of-the-art research and development in a specific area strongly
related to IUI. Tutorials on interdisciplinary areas, novel or fast growing
directions, and significant practical applications are also encouraged.

Each accepted tutorial will receive one free IUI 2017 registration.

Submission Guidelines

The proposals should be PDF documents not exceeding 3 pages, submitted
by e-mail to the tutorial chairs at: tutorial2017@iui.acm.org.

We encourage prospective presenters to contact the tutorial chairs in
advance and discuss their tutorial ideas. Each tutorial proposal should
provide the following information:

· Name and title: Your name, the tutorial title and the expected length of
your tutorial (up to half a day).

· Description of tutorial topic and goal: Detailed outline of the tutorial,
along with descriptions of the objectives, its relevance to IUI, benefits
to the attendees, and course materials/handouts (links to online
materials encouraged).

· Organizers: Name, email address, and affiliation of each presenter. Note
that each listed presenter must register for the conference and be
present at the tutorial.

· Target audience and prerequisites: Target audience level (introductory,
intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills.

· Experience: Tutors’ short bios and their expertise related to the tutorial,
including history of previously given tutorials.

· Equipment and software requirement: please list any that will be needed.


Important Dates

· Tutorial Proposals: October 21, 2016
· Decisions Sent: November 21, 2016

Tutorials Co-Chairs

· Shlomo Berkovsky, CSIRO, Australia
· Bart Kninijnburg, Clemson University, USA

ISHU 2016

Dear Prof/AP/Senior Fellow/Research Fellow/Scientist/Researcher/Supervisor/Lecturer & Students
 
ISHU 2016 call for a  full paper submission for Scopus  and ISI index journal publications. For more detail , visit  http://www.utm.my/ishu2016/publication/
Presentation is based on video conferencing style. No food, no hotel, no seminar room, no restaurant, no accommodation, no transport, minimum expenses and no need to travel to UTM.
 
Just need a computer with internet network and the join meeting ID from ISHU 2016 organizer. Refer to the publication below.
Thank you
 
ISHU 2016 Organizer
Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific  and Industrial Research,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310, UTM Skudai, Johor , Malaysia
–
    1. Pakistan Journal of Statistics (ISI & Web of Science with IF 0.14)
    2. Pertanika (Scopus)
    3. International Journal of Advances in Soft Computing and its Applications (Scopus)
    4. Advanced Science Letters (Scopus)
    5. International Journal of Economics & Financial Issues (Scopus)
    6. International Review of Management & Marketing (scopus)
    7. Science International (ISI Thomson Reuters)
A.P Dr Norma Binti Alias
Associate Professor
Center for Sustainable Nanomaterials,
Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific  and Industrial Research,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310, UTM Skudai, Johor , Malaysia

Office:+607-5536271 | Mobile: +6012-7299094 | Fax: +607-5536080

High Performance Computing-Large Sparse Mathematical Modelling- Big Data Simulation
and Software Engineering

 

Experience & Knowledge Sharing Session – Applying for Private Sector Grant & Contract Research

Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera,

  • Date : 7 September 2016 (Wed)
  • Time : 1000am-1130am
  • Venue : LPU Room, Level 17, Menara Razak.
  • Speakers:
    1. Prof Ir. Dr Abu Sahmah Mohd Supa’at, Research Dean – Innovative Eng Research Alliance
    2. Prof Dr Abu Khari A’ain, Profesor, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik

Those seeking tips and knowledge on how to apply/manage “private sector grant & contract research” are most welcome.

Narrowband Internet of Things

Javier Gozálvez

 

Vodafone Group, Huawei, and u-blox announced that they have completed what they claim to be the first successful commercial trial of pre-standard narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) using cellular bands. Vodafone and Huawei successfully integrated the technology into the operator’s existing mobile network in Spain, and then sent the first pre-standard NB-IoT message to a u-blox module installed in a water meter.

NB-IoT is a new technology that will extend the use of IoT by making it more efficient to connect objects that require a long battery life and are located in areas of poor Internet coverage. NB-IoT promises to provide up to ten years of battery life and deep indoor penetration. Industry technology standards for NB-IoT will be set with Release 13 from the global standards organization Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

Korea’s operator, KT, and Nokia announced that they have conducted what they claim to be the industry’s first enhanced machine-type communications (eMTC) field trial. The trial was conducted on KT’s LTE network using Nokia’s Flexi Multi-radio 10 Base Station, wherein eMTC used only 1.4 MHz of the full 20-MHz LTE system, leaving the remaining spectrum free for normal LTE traffic. Also referred to as LTE-M with a 1.4-MHz bandwidth, eMTC is a feature that will be fully standardized with 3GPP Release 13, the first step in the evolution of LTE Advanced to LTE Advanced Pro. It will provide data rates of up to 1 Mb/s, up to four times better coverage, and reduce device complexity by up to 80% in comparison to conventional LTE.

Ericsson, Orange, and Intel have completed what they claim to be one of the first live trials of extended coverage global system for mobile communications (EC-GSM) technology for IoT. EC-GSM (formerly enhanced coverage data rates for GSM evolution, or EC-EGPRS) is a new technology that enables new capabilities of existing cellular networks for low-power wide-area IoT applications. EC-GSM can be activated through new software deployed over a very large GSM footprint, adding even more coverage to serve IoT devices. This trial was conducted using the 900-MHz band. Coverage extension of 20 dB beyond GSM coverage was reached, showing a sevenfold improvement in the range of low-rate applications. It also showed the ability to reach challenging locations such as deep indoor basements, where many smart meters are installed, or remote areas in which sensors are deployed for agriculture or infrastructure monitoring use. The live trial proved that full coexistence of such devices with legacy mobile devices is possible. According to the companies, cellular networks optimized for IoT will be operational by 2017.

Full article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 11, Number 2, June 2016

SIRI MESEJ INTEGRITI 8 : PRINSIP ETIKA KERJA

Siri Mesej Integriti pada kali ini, ingin berkongsi dan mengimbas semula ingatan semua berkenaan Prinsip Etika Kerja warga UTM.
Sebagaimana yang semua maklum, di UTM, kita disediakan dengan Kod Etika Profesional dan Akademik Universiti Teknologi Malaysia sebagai salah satu rujukan utama, dalam menjelaskan etika yang perlu dipatuhi oleh setiap warganya.
Justeru, bagi mengingati semula berkenaan prinsip etika ini, mari kita sama – sama ruangkan sedikit masa, dan meneliti semula Prinsip yang dijelaskan dalam perkara 3.0 Kod Etikaini. 
Kod Etika UTM adalah berasaskan kepada prinsip – prinsip berikut :
3.1 Benar 
Semua staf menjalankan tugas mengikut prinsip – prinsip kebenaran.
Contoh : Kita perlu menjalankan tugas dengan jelas dan mengikut prosedur yang sebenar, supaya kerja yang dihasilkan adalah sebagaimana yang diharapkan.
3.2 Kejujuran dan Amanah (Integriti) 
Warga Universiti mengamalkan budaya integriti terbaik/tertinggi dalam menjalankan tugas setiap hari.
Contoh : Setiap warga UTM tidak seharusnya bertolak ansur dalam melakukan sesuatu perkara yang jelas dilarang semasa sedang bertugas, seperti mengamalkan rasuah atau mengular.
3.3 Ketelusan 
Memberi penekanan kepada penghayatan amalan terbaik (best practices) dalam semua aspek kerja.
Contoh : Sebagaimana yang selalu dilaksanakan, warga UTM dilihat mengambil benchmarking untuk sentiasa terkehadapan dalam menjalankan fungsi dan tugasnya, seperti membuat lawatan kerja,  sesi perkongsian ilmu dan program – program usahasama.
3.4 Bijaksana (Hikmah) 
Wujud keseimbangan di antara kehendak perundangan dan pertimbangan kemanusiaan dengan mengambil kira keperluan dan kepentingan semua pihak.
Contoh : Kadang – kala, semasa kita ditugaskan untuk membuat keputusan bagi sesuatu perkara, jangan kita terlalu rigid sehingga menyebabkan, pertimbangan akal sedar tidak diambil kira, perlu wujud garis sempadan antara praktis dan prosedur.
3.5 Adil dan Saksama 
Semua keputusan dibuat berdasarkan peraturan undang – undang dengan berani tanpa pilih kasih atau dipengaruhi oleh mana – mana pihak.
Contoh : Apabila wujud pegawai yang tidak mematuhi peraturan sedia ada di kalangan kita, tindakan yang sewajarnya perlu dikenakan sebagai memberi pengajaran kepada beliau.
Perlu jelas difahami oleh semua bahawa dinyatakan di bawah perkara 11 Kod Etika, perlanggaran kepada Kod Etika ini tidak menghalang Universiti untuk mengambil tindakan tatatertib terhadap pegawai di bawah Akta Badan – Badan Berkanun (Tatatertib dan Surcaj) 2000.
Semoga ingatan semula kod etika ini berguna untuk semua.
Sekian, terima kasih kerana meluangkan masa anda membaca mesej ini.
 
Mutiara Kata : Tanda seorang hamba semakin dekat dengan  Allah ialah semakin baik tutur katanya – Ibnu Al Jauzi.  

—

RAIHAN BINTI ABD KARIM 
Pegawai Integriti /Certified Integrity Officer (CeIO)
UTM Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang / UTM Chambers of The Legal Adviser
Sultan Ibrahim Chancellery Building
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
81310 UTM Skudai
Johor Darul Ta’zim
MALAYSIA.

PERINGATAN MESRA: GANGGUAN BEKALAN ELEKTRIK DI BANGUNAN MJIIT

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Dengan segala hormatnya perkara di atas adalah dirujuk.
 
2. Adalah dimaklumkan bahawa

 

Adalah dimaklumkan bahawa akan terdapat gangguan bekalan elektrik di Kampus UTMKL seperti ketetapan berikut:
 
Tarikh  : 1 September  2016 (Khamis)

Masa : 8:00 malam hingga 6:00 pagi

Blok Terlibat  : MJIIT

PIC : Sdr. Megat Yazid bin Megat Yaacob (di talian 311)

& Sdr. Zulkifli bin Ahmad @ Sulaiman (di talian 215)

3. Gangguan ini adalah disebabkan oleh kerja-kerja PENYAMBUNGAN KABEL  UNTUK MSB 3 MJIIT DI PENCAWANG SSU MASJID 
 
4. Pihak pejabat ini memohon maaf di atas segala kesulitan. Perhatian dan pertimbangan 

YBhg. Prof./Datuk/Dato’/Datin/Dr./Saudara

berhubung perkara ini amatlah dihargai dan didahului oleh ribuan terima kasih.
 
Sekian, terima kasih.
 
Sumber: Unit Ubahsuai, Pejabat Harta Bina, UTM Kuala Lumpur
Office of Corporate Affairs
Level 16, Menara Razak
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra

54100 Kuala Lumpur

Office:+(6)03-2180 5127 | Fax: +(6)03-2180 5602
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Postgraduate Annual Research on Informatics Seminar (PARIS2016)

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Dear UTM AIS students,

Advanced Informatics School (UTM AIS) will organize  Postgraduate Annual Research on Informatics Seminar (PARIS2016) for coursework and research students.  This seminar will be held at UTM, Kuala Lumpur  on 26th October  2016.

So, we would like to invite all students to submit and present their research works atPARIS2016.

 

All accepted and presented papers will be published in Proceeding Booklet (ISSN) in2016. Selected paper with extended version will be invited  to publish in Open International Journal of Informatics (OIJI – non index journal). The presenters also will receive the certificate for participation.

FEES
Free of Charge (F.O.C)

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission due date :  12th September 2016
Full paper submission due date :  26th September 2016
Notification of acceptance & correction due date : 10th October 2016
Camera ready : 17th October 2016
PARIS 2016 : 26th October 2016


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please submit your abstract (maximum 200 words) to: seminarPARIS.AIS@gmail.com
The maximum page for full paper is FIVE  (5) pages.
The manuscript should be in English. They should written clearly and concisely in a MS Word file. The manuscripts should be formatted according to guidelines from the given template. Please use the attached template for the full paper.

templateparis2016

GANGGUAN BEKALAN ELEKTRIK DI BANGUNAN MJIIT

Dengan segala hormatnya perkara di atas adalah dirujuk.
 
2. Adalah dimaklumkan bahawa

akan terdapat gangguan bekalan elektrik di Kampus UTMKL

seperti
k

etetapan berikut:

 
Tarikh 

: 

1
September

 2016 (

Khamis

)

Masa 

: 

8

:00

malam
 hingga 

6

:00

pagi
Blok Terlibat  : MJIIT

PIC 

: Sdr. Megat Yazid bin Megat Yaacob

 (di talian

311

)

& Sdr. Zulkifli bin Ahmad @ Sulaiman

(di talian 

215

)

 

3. Gangguan ini adalah disebabkan oleh kerja-kerja PENYAMBUNGAN KABEL  UNTUK MSB 3 MJIIT DI PENCAWANG SSU MASJID 
 
4. Pihak pejabat ini memohon maaf di atas segala kesulitan. Perhatian dan pertimbangan 

YBhg. Prof./Datuk/Dato’/Datin/Dr./Saudara

berhubung perkara ini amatlah dihargai dan didahului oleh ribuan terima kasih.
 
Sekian, terima kasih.
 
Sumber: Unit Ubahsuai, Pejabat Harta Bina, UTM Kuala Lumpur

 

Office of Corporate Affairs

Level 16, Menara Razak
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra
54100 Kuala Lumpur

Office:+(6)03-2180 5127 | Fax: +(6)03-2180 5602
Primary Email: hek.kl@utm.my | Site: http://corporateaffairs.utm.my/kl