I was invited to give a lecture to the GIS staff at Ranhill SAJ. This is part of the GIS course for Ranhill SAJ staff in deepening their knowledge of Geospatial Science & Technology.
A rather big responsibility as I was the first speaker who will be giving the talk right after the inauguration of the course. In my view, it is important for GIS users to know the knowledge behind the GIS system being built. No matter how much technology will change in the future, the fundamentals of GIS will remain the same, forever.
We have published a Scopus-indexed journal in partnership with Miguel and Guillermo of eCapture3D R&D company from Spain. This article discusses the organization of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data using a document-oriented database management system.
Document-oriented databases are the most recent solution being adopted commercially (e.g., by Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Netfilx) to address the problems / constraints of conventional relational database systems’ data storage.
Feel free to disseminate this with your acquaintance.
Title: Document-Oriented Data Organization for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Outputs.
#1 GRAND PRIZE AWARD – SEOUL INTERNATIONAL INVENTION FAIR 2021
An unexpected award. My first experience to participate in this international invention competition, this product/patent has never been competed at national level (INATEX or MTE) and far away from expected to win the Grand Prize award at international level.
SIIF is hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and organized by the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), in order to market and to promote inventions. Currently under the patronage of the City of #Seoul, the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO, and the IFIA-International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA) it has thus become an event where inventors and researchers from all over the world showcase new ideas and products to manufacturers, investors, distributors, licensing firms and the public.
Referring to my previous writing/post, my invention is the Geoinformation-based Search and Rescue System (Geo-SAR). More than 100 participants join this event and showcase their invention. Humbly said, I would be grateful if Geo-SAR could win one of the awards like the Bronze, Silver or Gold award. Unexpectedly, Geo-SAR won the highest award in SIIF 2021.
Here are the links of the SIIF 2021 event:
2021 Seoul International Invention Fair – Grand Prize Award (https://youtu.be/sDGjd0AMd2A)
2021 Seoul International Invention Fair – Best Inventor (https://youtu.be/UbON-1vgu1k)
2021 Seoul International Invention Fair – Gold Prize Award (https://youtu.be/kWhiLraiv80)
2021 Seoul International Invention Fair – Silver Prize Award (https://youtu.be/VzctLzJZVFo)
2021 Seoul International Invention Fair – Bronze Prize Winner (https://youtu.be/5EH3sD-Nd4s)
2021 Seoul International Invention Fair – Full Event (https://youtu.be/qsNmHOKE1RM)
2021 Seoul International Invention Fair – Grand Prize Winner (MALAYSIA – Ts. Sr Dr. Uznir Ujang) – (https://youtu.be/8PvfylzrvxA)
Because this victory exceeded my expectations, the speech that was delivered was also spontaneous. I was driving when I was required to pull over to the roadside and deliver a short speech at this significant event. To the organizer, please accept my apologies for being unprepared.
Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying Excellence Awards Ceremony 2021
Didn’t expect this. Late in the afternoon, found out that I had received seven (7) awards from the 2021 Excellence Awards Ceremony of the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The awards are:
1. Research and Innovation Quality Award – Intellectual Property (Patent) Category
2. Research and Innovation Quality Award – Intellectual Property Category (Copyright)
3. Research and Innovation Quality Award – Head of Research Grant Category (Industry Grant)
4. Research and Innovation Quality Award – Contract Research Grant (DTD) Category
5. Prolific Award – Prolific Category of Research Grant
6. Prolific Award – Prolific Category of Intellectual Property (Patent)
7. Service Quality Award
Praise to the almighty for His plan. Many thanks to the organizer. Great event!
“Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.” – Denzel Washington
Three research papers were accepted and presented at the 6th International Conference on Smart City Applications (SCA2021) in Safranbolu, Turkey. Accepted papers will be published in a Springer or Scopus-indexed publications.
The three papers are titled as follows: 1) 3D Topological Support in Spatial Databases: An Overview 2) Modelling Immovable Asset in 3D using CityGML 3.0 Concept to Support Smart City Initiatives 3) 3D Air Pollution Computational Fluid Modelling Data Analysis Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) And Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Approach
As usual, I am not presenting these papers; instead, my three lucky students, Syahiirah Salleh, Fairun, and Amalin, presented the research papers. They appears to be confident during the presentation. I wish to say congratulations, and please keep up your good research work.
Thank you to the organizer for arranging this excellent conference and for giving my students with an opportunity to deliver their presentations. Appreciate it.
Our article was accepted for presentation at 3D Geoinfo 2021 in New York. We are the only representative of UTM’s 3D GIS Research Group to have been accepted to this conference. We are thrilled.
This article, titled “Data Interoperability of Building Information Modeling and Geographic Information Systems in the Construction Industry,” examines data interoperability challenges in the construction industry between BIM and GIS. Available for free at the following ISPRS link: https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLVI-4-W4-2021/111/2021/.
Congratulations to Wan Nor Fa’aizah, my PhD student who presented the paper. Yes, I rarely present papers at conferences. Certain supervisors choose to be the presenter.
In my opinion, let this experience be given to new and young researchers, to stand up in fronts of experts, to feel nervous, stage fright and so on. I myself have been through this experience some time ago. Now is their time.
In addition to my obligations as a lecturer and researcher, I am also responsible for talent development. Having to be at the front and having my students following behind me would be pointless. Allow them to fly.
The privilege to be recognized as a member of UTMShine was something I never expected.
What exactly is UTMShine? They called the programme as UTM Strategy for Recruiting and Inspiring Top-Notch Scientists and Researchers.
It is one of the strategies implemented by the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) to encourage UTM researchers to conduct high-impact research and produce high-quality research output.
Among the obligations I must embrace is to serve as the faculty’s ambassadors for research and innovation, respectively.
Only 14 individuals were recruited. Each of us received RM40,000 in the form of a research grant. Plus, extensive research activities at the university level in the future.
GIM International magazine has published an article about our research with the industry. GIM International, a well-known geomatics publication, is constantly looking for new, cutting-edge works to publish in their magazine.
Article: 3D Point Cloud Aerotriangulation for Smart City Reconstruction Magazine: GIM International Publisher: Geomares
I hope that by providing information about our research works at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM, this article will help the global readership of this magazine. Many thanks to Wim van Wegen for his excellent works in managing and inviting us for this Data Visualisation theme edition.
You can read the magazine online at the following link: https://www.gim-international.com/content/article/3d-point-cloud-aerotriangulation-for-smart-city-reconstruction?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Data+Visualization+Weeks+%7C+Newsletter+1+%7C+27-09-21&sid=40195
This week, I’ve been invited to deliver a talk at the International Conference Geospatial Asia-Europe 2021 on my field of 3D topology.
The conference is being organised by Morocco’s Universite Hassan II De Casablanca. Additionally, the conference was held in conjunction with GeoAdvances 2021, which was co-organized by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Moreover, I will serve as the chair of a session at this International Conference. If you’re interested in joining the conference, you can do so by visiting this conference website: https://www.geoinfo.utm.my/gae2021/
Honored to receive the excellence award for journal publication from UTM. Themed in traditional, it was conducted for the first time via online and being broadcast live. I wish to thank and congratulate the organizer for arranging this important event during the pandemic.
