Profile

Research Interests:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Science, Text Mining, Recommendation Systems, eLearning

Education:

PhD. (Intelligent Systems), University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Master of Science (Software Engineering), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

B. IT (Science and Information Management), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Appointments (*selected):

1. Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (July 2016-current)

2. Deputy Director, Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Centre for Academic Development and Leadership Excellence (CADe-Lead), Universiti Putra Malaysia (July 2018-Jul 2023)

3. Committee, National Task Force for Artificial Intelligence Roadmap Implementation, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI) 

4. Chairperson, Young Scientist Network-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM), Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI) (Apr 2023-Mar 2025)

5. Secretary, Young Scientist Network-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM), Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI) (Dec 2022-Dec 2023)

6. Chair of ASM Data Scientist Group for COVID-19, Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI) (Jan 2021-Jan 2022)

7. Chair of Science Education Working Group, Young Scientist Network (YSN)-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), (Jan 2021-Jan 2022)

8. Co-Chair of Science Education Working Group, Young Scientist Network (YSN)-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), (Jan 2020-Jan 2021)

9. Member, Malaysia Public University e-Learning Council (MEIPTA), (July 2018-current)

10. Consultant, Kajian Keberkesanan Bantuan Sara Hidup Rakyat (BSH) untuk LHDNM, UPM Consultancy & Services Sdn Bhd (Jan 2020-Jun 2021)

11. 2020 IEEE CASS Microlearning AdHoc Committee, (October 2020-Jun 2021)

12. Big Data Analytic Framework Validation Consultant, Statworks Technology Sdn Bhd (March-September 2020)

13. Consultant, National Integrated Information Security Threat Factor Profiling, Cybersecurity Malaysia (CSM)-Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), (Jan 2016-Dec 2017)

14. Technical Advisor and Coordinator, Shippez.com, OnlineFellas Sdn Bhd (October 2017-October 2018)

15. Academic Felo, Century Software Sdn Bhd (April 2017-October 2017)

16. Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (November 2010-June 2016)

17. Member, Intelligent Computing Research Group, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (November 2010-Nov 2016, Jan 2018-current)

18. Head, Intelligent Computing Research Group, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (Dec 2016-Dec 2018)

19. Associate Researcher, Soft Computing and Data Mining Centre, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia 

20. Associate Researcher, Cancer Resource and Education Center, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

21. Associate Researcher, Centre of Agent Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia

22. Researcher, Database Technology and Applications Group, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

23. Researcher, Digital Information Computation and Retrieval Research Group, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

24. Postdoctoral Fellow, Knowledge Technology Group, Centre of Artificial Intelligence Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia (April 2012-April 2013)

25. Tutor at Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (August 2003-November 2010)

26. Research Assistant at Faculty of Technology and Information Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia (May-August 2003)

27. Industrial Trainee, Petroleum Engineering Group, PETRONAS Research and Scientific Services, May-October 2002

Affiliation in Professional Societies:

1. Associate, Young Scientist Network, Malaysia

2. Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member

3. Member, Malaysia Public University E-Learning Council (MEIPTA), Malaysia

4. Senior Member, IEEE Computer Society

5. Senior Member, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

6. Member, Association of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management, Malaysia (PECAMP)