Monthly Archives: April 2021

EXTERNAL PHD EXAMINER AT AZMAN HASHIM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

EXTERNAL PHD EXAMINER AT AZMAN HASHIM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

Opportunity to be as an external examiner for PhD student named Hama Qasim Hama Qushid from Iran. Qasim is a student at Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS). I was also informed after the defense session that Qasim is also a consultant who is actively involved in GIS-related work in his country.

The topic of his research is on spatial data sharing for smart cities in Malaysia. Quite an interesting topic. But in reality it is not a straightforward research if the research scope is not well defined. I love to help and give suggestions to improve his research and to make it achievable. In fact, this will benefit geospatial data sharing in Malaysia. 

All the best Qasim!

#externalexaminer #phd #spatial #sharing #sdi #mygdi #ahibs #utm #highereducation #gis #datasharing #smartcities

EXTERNAL PHD EXAMINER AT AZMAN HASHIM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

EXTERNAL PHD EXAMINER AT AZMAN HASHIM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

Opportunity to be as an external examiner for PhD student named Hama Qasim Hama Qushid from Iran. Qasim is a student at Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS). I was also informed after the defense session that Qasim is also a consultant who is actively involved in GIS-related work in his country.

The topic of his research is on spatial data sharing for smart cities in Malaysia. Quite an interesting topic. But in reality it is not a straightforward research if the research scope is not well defined. I love to help and give suggestions to improve his research and to make it achievable. In fact, this will benefit geospatial data sharing in Malaysia. 

All the best Qasim!

#externalexaminer #phd #spatial #sharing #sdi #mygdi #ahibs #utm #highereducation #gis #datasharing #smartcities

UNITED NATION – GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (UN-GGIM)

UNITED NATION – GLOBAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (UN-GGIM)

I had the opportunity to participate in the UN GGIM roundtable session this time. The transition from SDI to GKI is exciting. But in my opinion, on the ground the approach to spatial data sharing in Malaysia is still not a 100%reality. Even between units or departments.

But one day we will be there. Hopefully by then we are still not too late.

P.s: Happy to see my colleague Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse in the session. We managed to get his point of view. Excellent 👍🏻

3DGIS #SDI #GKI #Malaysia #UN #GGIM #roundtables

UTM 106th Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series

UTM 106th Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series

Honored to be the chairman of the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) 106th Professorial Inaugural Lecture Series session. The speaker was Professor Sr. Dr. Alias Abdul Rahman with the lecture title 3D GIS and 3D City Modeling- Current Status and Perspectives. I was chosen to be the chairman because the topic discussed was the topic of my research expertise as well.

This chairman appointment from the UTM Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and International, becomes a little unusual when this lecture is conducted online (Webex and Facebook Live). But the good thing is that it can be attended by friends of researchers from all over the world. I feel happy to be the chairman of the series this time.

#3DGIS #3Dtalk #3Dfuture #3Dcitymodeling #professorial #inaugural #lecture #series #utm #106th