Archives for April 21, 2024

My kiddos back to school 2024 – March 24

Harraz managed to get into MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba alhamdulillah, Zaki enters his secondary schooling at SMK Taman Universiti PPKI and both girls continue their journey at Tadika Ihsan UTM. I couldn’t be more thankful of what Allah have granted us.

Lessons from Majlis Amanat TNCA – March 24

ISES, enVision 2025, MoonShot 2.0 drives UTM. Research-led teaching and premium employment are among the focus of JTNCAA.

Malaysia Happiness Index Components Which can Be Geospatialized

Following the recent announcement of KPKT Minister which ranks the top 3 city with are the happiest – Cameron Higlands, Jeli and Jerantut, the above are the components of the said index. These components can be transformed into a geospatialized indicators which must be specific according to the smallest possible geographical (mukim perhaps?). These indicators can later on be incorporated into a geospatial model for facilitating the future prediction of the happiest areas.

This is what is partially done by my PhD student Juhaida, of which she uses the geospatial model of IBM, AHP and ANP to predict the potential of radicalism for Peninsular Malaysia.

KLGIS1 Strengthening Students in Geospatial Data Collection and GIS Database Development – sharing from UTM Newshub 21 August 2023 – July, Aug 23

I am the coordinator of KLGIS1. The news is written by me.

More to read here https://news.utm.my/ms/2023/08/klgis1-strengthening-students-in-geospatial-data-collection-and-gis-database-development/

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir dan Batin – April 24

M.Sc Geoinformatics (new structure 1 year program) – as of April 24

Feel free to enroll. Here for more info https://builtsurvey.utm.my/academic/master-of-science-geoinformatics/

Our latest paper – Assessing the impact of RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios on landslide susceptibility mapping using support vector machine: A case study of Penang Island, Malaysia – Feb 24

WoS Indexed Impact Factor 3.7

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706523001407