INVITED SPEAKERS
Associate Prof Dr Rozalina Zakaria
Physics Department, University Malaya
Rozalina Zakaria received her B.Sc (Hons.) in Physics in 2000 and a Master's degree in Applied Physics from the University of Malaya in 2002. She later obtained a PhD degree in Laser Physics in 2009 from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. She has been involved in teaching various subjects, including Fundamentals of Matter, Experimental Methods, Optics, Thermal Properties of Materials, Photonics Materials and Devices, and Photonics and Optoelectronics. After completing her PhD, she initially joined the Physics Department and then transferred to the Photonics Research Centre in 2015. Her research interests focus on fundamental and applied aspects of nanophotonics, such as SPRF sensors using optical fiber, nonlinear studies, and photodetectors. Throughout her career spanning over 12 years, she has supervised the graduation of 4 PhD students and 5 Master's students, while currently supervising 7 ongoing PhD students.
"Plasmon-enhanced gold-heterostructures of tungsten disulphide nanoflakes (Au/WS2 NFS) from nonlinear and photodetector applications"
Associate Prof Dr Asral Bin Bahari Jambek
Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Associate Professor Dr. Asral Bahari Jambek is the head of the Universiti Malaysia Perlis’ Centre of Excellence for Micro System Technology (MiCTEC). He is also a member of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), where he served as the Program Chairperson for the Electronics Engineering Degree Programme. He has over 20 years of experience in both industry and academia in the design of very large-scale integration (VLSI) circuits and systems. He is an active member of the IEEE Circuit and System Society (CAS), serving as Vice Chair of the Malaysia Chapter. His research interests include the development of low-energy algorithms and architecture for ultra-portable devices. This includes circuits and systems for Internet of Things (IoT) device, system-on-chip, signal/image/video processing, and data compression. Click here for more information on these research areas.
"Analysis of K-RLE Data Compression Performance on ECG Signals for an Internet of Things Application"
Associate Prof Dr Shahrir Rizal Kasjoo
Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Shahrir Rizal Kasjoo completed his doctoral studies in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Manchester, U.K in 2012. Previously, he received a M.Eng degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Imperial College London, U.K in 2003. He used to work with SilTera Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., and MIMOS Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd. Both are wafer foundries located in Malaysia. He is now with the Faculty of Electronic Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. His research interests include simulation and fabrication of high-speed electronic devices for various applications.
"Terahertz Imaging Using Nanorectifier-Based Detectors and Broadband Thermal Sources"
Associate Prof Dr Abdel-Baset M. A. Ibrahim
Universiti Teknologi MARA
A.-B.M.A. Ibrahim earned a Ph.D. in Nonlinear Optics from the University Sains Malaysia in 2009. (Malaysia). Previously, he earned a B.Sc. (in Physics) and an M.Sc. (in Quantum Optics) from Al-Zagazig University in Egypt and the University of Malaya in Malaysia, respectively. He worked on optical materials and devices as a research officer at Telekom Research and Development (Malaysia) from 2000 to 2005. He joined Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM; Malaysia) in 2010 and he is now an associate professor at the Faculty of Applied Sciences (Shah Alam). He is also the group leader of the Photonic and Materials Research group. From September 2018 to December 2020, he was a visiting research fellow at Abu Dhabi University (UAE). He has supervised over a dozen M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and condensed matter physics. He has over 50 articles and book chapters published in international journals. He edited two books and wrote more than 50 reviews for physics-based journals. Since 2012, he has been a member of Optica (formerly OSA).
"Quantum Entanglement in Nonlinear Coupler with Raman Process"
Associate Prof. Dr. Irmansyah
IPB University, Indonesia
Associate Prof. Dr. Irmansyah is head of applied physics Division Dept of Physics IPB University. He has research experience in the field of agricultural waste-based materials such as empty fruit bunches of oil palm, rice husks, rice straws, and others. In addition, he conducts research in the field of sensors and instrumentation. His projects are ranging from nano-cellulose sensors to making bus tracking systems using raspberry pi. He is interested in bringing technology to agriculture and bioscience. Examples of research in this field include image processing methods for sorting agricultural products and making IoT-based automatic feeding systems. Several other publications related to computational physics are using physical equations for economic parameters such as predicting stock values and currency exchange rates
"Simple and Low-cost Ground Level Ozone Measurement System Based Internet of Things"
Professor Dr. Husin Alatas
IPB University, Indonesia
Dr. Husin Alatas (ORCID: 0000-0002-7570-3267) is as a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Head of Theoretical Physics Division at the Physics Department of IPB University. His recent research interests includes Physics and Modelling of Complex Systems, and Physics of Optics & Photonics and related Materials. He has been a Join SPIN-KNAW Postdoctoral Researcher in 2009-2011 at the Physics of Magnetism and Photonics (PMP) Research Group, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, and the Integrated Optical Microsystems (IOMs) Research Group, MESA+ Institute, Twente Universiteit, the Netherlands. He has published 62 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and 53 conference papers. Prof. Alatas group has developed liquid quality control and ambient air quality monitoring real-time devices based on one dimensional photonic crystal where he contributed theoretical platform. He also involves designing the theoretical platform for an optical based non-invasive blood glucose and haemoglobin measurement device
"Design Simulation of Circular Photonic Crystal Structures for the Development of Biomedical Sensors Based on the Finite Difference Method"