Monthly Archives: June 2022

FROM INSTAGRAM TO SCIENCE (JOURNAL ARTICLE SHARING)

FROM INSTAGRAM TO SCIENCE (JOURNAL ARTICLE SHARING)

Title: Individual Mobility Pattern in Malaysia During COVID-19 Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) Partial Lockdown

Journal: Geo: Geography and Environment 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.113

Our journal paper was 100% created during the UTM Work From Home (WFH) policy in the year 2021 pandemic. From social media instagram geo-data mining, geo-coding, geo-modelling, geo-analytics, official data correlation and writing, everything was done at home. The Geo: Geography and Environment journal is a Q2 journal with an impact of 12 and located in UK (Wiley Publisher). 

Using the new approach we created in GISc, the findings show that when the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) is implemented in Malaysia, the focus areas of Malaysians show uniform and consistent spatial pattern trajectories throughout the country. It is then supported by official data from the Ministry of Health Malaysia with an increase in cases of COVID-19 cases in the hotspot areas identified in this study.

What is unfortunate is that the findings of this study cannot be shared in advance for public use because the evaluation process by the reviewers of this international journal takes some time. However, we understand this enables the expert reviewers to evaluate the new proposed techniques, data, and writing to meet the world standards.

Hopefully, the new GISc techniques introduced in this journal can be used for future reference. Data mining from social media can provide insights into the findings of scientific studies.

P.S: This research is unrelated to the field of 3D GIS. But it shows how our new technique in GIS (2D) can help in predicting COVID-19 hotspots. Please don’t hesitate to read the paper and share it to your acquaintance and students. Thanks! 

#data #health #coding #analytics #socialmedia #future #research #instagram #environment #publications #covid #workfromhome #wfh #writing #reference #datamining #science #students #help #share 

NEW GROUP MEMBER

NEW GROUP MEMBER

Warm welcome to Mr. Nevil Wickramathilaka to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is a lecturer from the Department of Spatial Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka. He will be doing his MPhil study in UTM under my supervision. We will be working together in creating an improvisation equation for green areas via 3D city modelling. Welcome to the group!

#New #student #research #highereducation #3dcitymodelling #3dgis #university #teknologi #utm #mphil #mastersdegree

UTM METAVERSE


UTM METAVERSE

Throwback [24 May 2022] – First initial meeting call for UTM Metaverse project. It is a brainstorming session in bringing UTM to a new niche area which is developing metaverse for UTM.

I was able to give an idea on how to incorporate metaverse in the university. Among the advantages of creating a metaverse in the university are; students can socialize virtually, this includes going to lectures, sports, tadarus, and so on. Its a new concept (future new norm), which can be tested in the university.

#metaverse #utm #new #concept #virtual #future #project #students #university #sports

THE 65TH UTM CONVOCATION CEREMONY

THE 65TH UTM CONVOCATION CEREMONY

At this ceremony, seven (7) students under my supervision received their degrees. May they succeed in the future and overcome the challenges in the industries. All of my students are currently employed in the geoinformation profession. All the best to them! I am thrilled about this success!

  1. Noorain Nawawi (Doctor of Philosophy – Supervisor)
  2. Muhammad Tahfiz (BSc. Degree – Supervisor)
  3. Haziqah Abdul Hadi (BSc. Degree – Supervisor)
  4. Aizuddin Azlan (BSc. Degree – Supervisor)
  5. Hamizah Igdihat (BSc. Degree – Academic Advisor)
  6. Noridayu Kosni (3D GIS Lab Intern Student – Supervisor)
  7. Norshahirah Azhar (3D GIS Lab Student)

#success #future #students #intern #3dgis #gis #convocation #utm #academicadvising #supervision #geospatial #keranatuhanuntukmanusia