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THE DUTCH RESEARCH COUNCIL ASSESSOR

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THE DUTCH RESEARCH COUNCIL ASSESSOR

I like the way how the Dutch works. 

They appoint scientific assessors/reviewers based on one’s expertise; expert that based on their research field.

They do not simply appoint any Dutch Head of the Ministry/Department or any Director of an Dutch Institute which are not the experts of the field. 

The keyword here is the “expert of the field”. 

I’ve been appointed by The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and The Netherlands e-Science Center (NLeSC) as their part of their Scientific Panel to evaluate their researchers proposal submitted for the Dutch research grant application. Definitely I’m not Dutch but the research topics submitted is in my area of expertise. 

As an international assessor representative, I need to prepare a comprehensive report and comments. I have managed to complete it in-time even during this strenuous time frame.

“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#dutch #thenetherlands #international #proposal #reviewer #assessor #gis #3dtopology #3dgis #highereducation #research #experts #nwo #nlesc

THE INTEGRATION OF BIM AND GIS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT – A DATA CONSISTENCY REVIEW

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART CITY AND APPLICATIONS 2020 (SCA2020)

Paper #3

Integrating BIM and GIS is not a straightforward task. There are issues from data mismatch and losses. In this research article, we tries to highlight the issues for construction project management.

Here you go!!!

Title: THE INTEGRATION OF BIM AND GIS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT – A DATA CONSISTENCY REVIEW
W. N. F. W. A. Basir, U. Ujang, Z. Majid, S. Azri, and T. L. Choon
International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science,
Vol: XLIV-4/W3-2020, 107–116,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIV-4-W3-2020-107-2020, 2020
URL: https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLIV-4-W3-2020/107/2020/

#research #gis #3dgis #university #bim #citygml #highereducation

DIRECT MESSAGE (DM)

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DIRECT MESSAGE (DM)

(This post is related with my previous post)

There are LI friends congratulating or Direct Message (private message) asking me how I managed to achieved 10 Awards of Excellence for Active Blended Learning in all the courses. And how to get such high access hits in the elearning system.

What I did was, the implementation of the course is structured alike courses offered internationally. Organized by topics and also sub-topics (including exercises and lab tasks).

Perhaps instructors can mirrors some of the courses offered like in Coursera, Udemy, FutureLearn or any MOOC offered online. There you will have an idea how courses are being designed and implemented.

But if you have any tips and hints, please mind to share. I believe this will benefit the students in their learning process. While improving ours.

Below are the student’s feedback about their courses for this semester. Mine are the most left and right (red arrow). This “Satisfaction Index” is important for future reference.

tipssharing #MOOC #highereducation #universityteaching #directmessage #students #studentlife #gis

REQUEST FOR AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH BOOK REVIEW

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REQUEST FOR AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH BOOK REVIEW

This week ends with an offer to be a reviewer for an upcoming research book. Usually this responsibility is given to me to evaluate journals and conference papers. But this time I have been nominated to review a research book with 12 chapters.

This book/publisher publishes more than 100 journals in both electronic and printed formats. These journals are indexed in recognized indexing agencies, such as Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, MEDLINE/Index Medicus, PubMed, Scopus, Chemical Abstracts, and EMBASE.

I believe I have an academic responsibility to make a positive impact on the society. I call this as “my academic way”.

#research #gis #university #researchers #academicresearch #3dgis

PHD AND MPHIL RESEARCH PROGRESS PANEL

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PHD AND MPHIL RESEARCH PROGRESS PANEL

I’m so opportune to see these happy faces of our postgraduate students (researchers) from several parts of the globe. Delighted to give comments for their research progress and supportive feedback for their next semester planning.

  • 8:30am to 4:30pm.
  • 6 future PhDs & 5 future MPhils

A student mentioned that I look serious from beginning till the end. That really made my day.

There was a quote by Harshvardhan Rane:
“My father looked like this serious guy but was actually a very kind person.”

#research #students #highereducation #gis #university #covid19 #academicresearch #researchers

TEN (10) UNEXPECTED AWARDS FOR 2020

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TEN (10) UNEXPECTED AWARDS FOR 2020.

(Covid-19 pandemic changed lot of things)

Never crossed my mind to be awarded with 10 Award of Excellence for my courses taught for year 2020. I wish to thank to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for giving me these awards. Active Blended Learning Course award, given to academic courses which fulfilled the requirements in UTM elearning system towards 21st-century learning skills.

Surprisingly, after some careful checking, there are courses which reaches more than 15,000 hits in the elearning system. It means that each student access the system at least five times daily throughout the semester!

I’m not sure if my courses are interesting or difficult until it reaches such a high access hit. Or maybe they are bored at home due to MCO and opt for studying deeper into my courses. Whatever it is, I hope that the knowledge imparted will be useful for students in the future. Let us pray for this pandemic washed away.

“I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.” – Natalie Portman

#highereducation #awardofexcellence #blendedlearning #21stcenturylearning #education #students #3dgis #university #studentlife #covid19pandemic

1ST PATENT APPROVED FOR THE YEAR 2021

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1ST PATENT APPROVED FOR THE YEAR 2021

A good kickstart for the first day of the year 2021. Received a patent number for my innovation today. This is a patent intended to improve the efficiency in Search and Rescue Operations using GIS technology. Contact me if you are interested.

#patent #intellectualpropertyrights #searchandrescue #defenceindustry #firefighter #highereducationresearch #3dgis #3dmodeling

BRONZE AWARD FOR INDUSTRIAL ART AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (INATEX 2020)

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BRONZE AWARD FOR INDUSTRIAL ART AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (INATEX 2020)

This is a teamwork by 3D GIS Research Group, UTM. Our group won the Bronze Medal for this exhibition with an innovation entitled “3D City Modeling towards Smart City Applications”.

INATEX 2020 was participated by 75 participants with various research innovations submitted for this competition. We wish to congratulate to the other winners. Hopefully this exhibition can boost more innovation in this world of research.

“For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.” – Margaret Heffernan

#research #INATEX #academicresearch #researchers #bronze #medal #3dgis #smartcity #university #3dcitymodelling

PAPER 3 – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART CITY AND APPLICATIONS 2020 (SCA2020)

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART CITY AND APPLICATIONS 2020 (SCA2020)

Paper #3

Integrating BIM and GIS is not a straightforward task. There are issues from data mismatch and losses. In this research article, we tries to highlight the issues for construction project management.

Here you go!!!

Title: THE INTEGRATION OF BIM AND GIS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT – A DATA CONSISTENCY REVIEW
W. N. F. W. A. Basir, U. Ujang, Z. Majid, S. Azri, and T. L. Choon
International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science,
Vol: XLIV-4/W3-2020, 107–116,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIV-4-W3-2020-107-2020, 2020
URL: https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLIV-4-W3-2020/107/2020/

#BIM #bimmodeling #gis #3dgis # #researchimpact #highereducation