Research

Grants

  1. “Extrapolated Alternating Minimization Algorithms for Nonconvex Nonsmooth Optimization Problems”, PY/2021/01263, UTM Encouragement Research Grant, RM 20, 000 (PI, 2021-2023).
  2. ”Proximal Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers Algorithm for Large-scale Optimization Problems”, REIG-ICSDI-2020/036, UCSI University Research Excellence & Innovation Grant, RM 15,000 (Member)
  3. “Derivative-free Hybrid Conjugate Gradient Method for Constraint Nonlinear Equations under Line Searches”, PY/2022/02418, UTM Fundamental Research Grant, RM 60, 000 (Member, 2022-2024)
  4. “A New Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Nonconvex Optimization Problems Based on Proximal Re-Weighted \ell_1-norm Method”, PY/2023/02122, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), RM 63,300 (PI, 2023-2025)

Students

Undergraduate

  1. Md. Ashraful Islam (SECJ), Topic: A comparative analysis of conjugate gradient methods for total variation COVID19 time series smoothing (Completed)
  2. Ishaq Sani Ishaq (SECV), Topic: Accelerated Tikhonov Regularization for Medical Image restorations (Completed)
  3. G A Rubayat Hyder (SECJ), Topic: Mood Detection with Facial Expression (Completed)
  4. Salman Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed (SECJ), Topic: Comparative Analysis of Tikhonov and Total Variation Model For Medical Image Restoration (Completed)
  5. Aaron Ryan Shamika (SECV), Topic: Pothole Detection System (Completed)
  6. Noor Arinie Norhalil (SECV), Topic: Mobile Application based Halal Logo Recognition using Deep Neural Networks (Completed)
  7. Ong Yin Ren (SECV), Topic: A Comparative analysis of optimization algorithms for training deep convolutional neural networks with application to gas porosity and shrinkage porosity image recognition (Completed)
  8. Wan Ahmad Amirul Iman Wan Ahmad Yusmi, Topic: Real-Time Car Plate Recognition Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network (Completed)

Postgraduate (Research)

  1. Mohamad Nurfalihin Mohd Othman (PhD), Co-supervision with Dr. Yusliza Yusoff and Prof. Dr. Habibollah Haron. 2022 – present
  2. Liu Yuping (PhD), Main-supervisor. Co-supervisor, Dr. Md Sah Salam. 2022 – present
  3. Ong Yin Ren (Master of Philosophy, CS), Main-supervisor. Co-supervisor, Dr Nur Syarafina Mohamed. Topic: Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Nonconvex Optimization Problems. 2023 – present
  4. Hong Xiaobin (PhD, CS), Main-supervisor. Co-supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Masitah Ghazali. Topic: Transformer-Enhanced Graph Convolutional Network. 2022 – present
  5. Simon Chong Kai Yuen (PhD, CS), Co-supervisor. Main-supervisor, Dr. Goh Eg Su. Topic: Flatten Layer Overfitting Prevention Methods in Convolution Neural Network. 2023 – present
  6. Mohammed Yasin (Master of Philosophy, CS). Co-supervisor. Main-supervisor, Dr. Md Sah Salam. Topic: Integrated Knowledge-Distillation and Active Learning in Single-Stage Object Detection. 2022 – 2024. Completed.
  7. Chee Yew Tung (PhD, CS), Main-supervisor. Topic: 3D Point-cloud reconstruction methods. 2022 – present.

Postgraduate (Masters mixed-mode)

  1. Yang Ziyi. Main-supervisor. 2023 – present
  2. Yahya Adnan Ghadhban Alsaedi. Main-supervisor. 2023 – present

Reviewing Activities

I have reviewed for the following journals

  1. Elsevier Signal Processing
  2. Elsevier Digital Signal Processing
  3. Springer Signal, Image and Video Processing
  4. Elsevier Alexandria Engineering Journal
  5. IEEE Access
  6. Elsevier Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  7. Springer Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing

Talks

  1. The Alternating Direction Method of Multiplier (ADMM) for Large Scale Convex Optimization Problem: Applications in Image and Signal Processing. VicubeXpert Series Talk. Slides
  2. Optimization-based Image & Signal Processing. The 2023 Workshop on Metaverse, 11th December 2023. Slides. Codes
  3. FRGS Workshop: FRGS Proposal Writing Tips. Slides