Archives for January 17, 2018

JOHOR BAHRU, 3 January 2018-  About 31 architectural students and two faculty members from Kansas University (KU) Lawrence, United States of America have participated in Malaysia Architectural Study Tour 2018 organized by Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

The delegation which led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kapila Silva will be staying in Malaysia for seven days and six nights starting from 3rd January 2018 to 9th January 2018 visiting state of Johor, Selangor,Perak and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

Programme Leader for Malaysia Architectural Study Tour 2018, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gurupiah Mursib said that the tour is part of Kansas University Study Abroad Programme which involves three countries namely Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.

“As for tour in Malaysia, ISI has prepared a ‘short and sweet’ seven days and six nights programme that covers the three above mentioned states.

“Excusion includes architecture that is award winning and iconic to the traditional.  Among highlights are Petronas Twin Tower Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Mesiniaga Tower, The Troika, Tha Capers and Universiti Teknologi Petronas,” said Assoc Prof. Gurupiah.

Also visited were Arc Rimbayu, National Mosque, Bamboo Playhouse, Lantern Hotel, OBYU Tower, PAM Centre, Penghulu Seman House, Badan Warisan and many more. Other significant places in the visit list are Lake Garden, China Town and Batu Caves.

The tour also features Malaysia’s prominenet regionalist architect, Ar. Jimmy Lim who will share his ‘Tropical Laboratory’ and the implementation in regionally rooted contemporary houses.

A welcoming luncheon was held in Denai house of Ar. Razin Mahmood in Johor Bahru today. The warm ceremony was also attended by Dean Faculty of Built Environment, Prof. Dr. Mohd Hamdan Hj. Ahmad, Head of Architecture Department, Dr. Abdul Halim Hussein and ISI Executive Director, Assoc. Prof Dr Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin.

 

Source: 31 architectural students from KU visits Malaysia

JOHOR BAHRU, 11 January 2018 – Thirty nine Masters students majoring in Primary School Education and three lecturers from Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA), Indonesia are taking part in a study visit program at Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Jan 2017: – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and National Instruments today have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to intensify collaboration and partnership in the research and development (R&D) of software defined radio solutions for future 5th Generation (5G) mobile communications. Under the terms of the MoU, UTM represented by their Wireless Communication Centre (WCC), the only recognized Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) in 5G research by the Ministry of Education Malaysia, and NI will collaborate on R&D projects utilising NI’s software defined radio and LabVIEW integrated software development environment to enable rapid in house prototyping of UTM’s research and innovation. Both parties will engage in sharing of knowledge on the application of NI’s tools and equipment for 5G R&Ds, and facilitate the exchange of staff and researchers.

The partnership between NI and UTM plays an important role in promoting the industry-academia collaboration, strategically aligned with Malaysia’s Education Blueprint 2015-2025 and UTM Global Plan 2012-2020, with the aim of producing world class research outcomes. NI has a long history of providing a range of hardware and software development equipment, as well as visual programming tools, for test and development professionals. NI is currently collaborating globally with top researchers in leading international research institutions to accelerate the R&D of 5G technology using integrated platform that combines off-the-shelf LabVIEW Communications software and software defined radio hardware. NI will share their expertise and research collaboration experience to accelerate UTM’s discovery in countless 5G innovative applications. The next generation 5G mobile communication technology is expected to be standardised and launched by the year 2020. This new exciting 5G technology will not only support multi-gigabits per second enhanced broadband, but will also support massive internet of things (IoT) and ultra-reliable ultra-low latency applications such as autonomous driving and industrial automation. To address the above mentioned and challenging requirements, new radio and innovative signal processing technology is the key to boost and improve the spectral efficiency and latency of wireless communication. One important goal from this MoU is for WCC UTM, with NI as industry research collaborator, to develop innovative software defined radio solutions that can further improve the spectral efficiency and latency of wireless communications. The MoU document was signed by UTM’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation), Prof. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail and the Managing Director of NI Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Mr. Rajesh Purushothaman.

Source: Collaboration on Software Defined Radio Solutions for future 5th Generation (5G) Mobile Communications between UTM and NI Malaysia.

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