CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Personal Profile Name: RAMLAN MAHMOD Date of Birth: 17 April 1957 Address: Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor Phone: 03-89466504 Email: ramlan@fsktm.upm.edu.my 2. Education 1994 - Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence, Bradford University, UK 1985 - M.Sc. Computer Science, Central Michigan, University, U.S.A. 1983 - B.Sc. Computer Science, Western Michigan, University, U.S.A. 3. Previous Working Experience/Position 1. System Analyst, PETRONAS, 1979-1980. 2. Lecturer, Mathematic Department, Faculty of Science, UPM, 1985-1994. 3. Lecturer, Department of Multimedia, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, UPM, 1994 – 2002. 4. Associate Professor, Department of Multimedia, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, UPM, 2002 - now 5. Deputy Dean, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, UPM, 1998 – Nov 2006 4. Current Position Associate Professor, Multimedia Department, FSKTM, UPM, 2002 – now. 5. Previous Administration University Level 1. 2. 3. 4. Deputy Dean, FSKTM, UPM, 1998 – Nov 2006 Member, UPM Research Committee, 1998 – Nov 2006 Member, UPM Postgraduate Committee, 1998 – Nov 2006 Member, UPM Research Policy Committee, 2003 – Nov 2006 Faculty Level 1. Coordinator, Postgraduate Studies, FSKTM, 2001- Nov 2006 2. Head, ICT Unit, FSKTM, UPM, 1998 – Nov 2006 3. Head, Research Committee, FSKTM, UPM, 2001 – Nov 2006. 1 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Head, Quotation Committee, 1998 – Nov 2006 Head, Faculty Development Committee, 1998 – Nov 2006 Member, Management Committee, FSKTM, 1998 – Nov 2006 Member, Research Committee, Fakulti Sains & Alam Sekitar, 1995 – 1998. Member, Equipment Committee, Fakulti Sains & Alam Sekitar, 1996 – 1998. Department Level 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. Head, Research Committee, Jabatan Sains Komputer, 1995 – 1998. Head, Training & Extension Committee, Jabatan Sains Komputer, 1995 –1998. Head, Publicity Committee, Jabatan Sains Komputer, 1995 – 1996. Head, Computer Hardware Committee, Jabatan Sains Komputer, 1996 – 1997. Head, AI Research Group, Jabatan Sains Komputer, 1994 – 1998. Head, Curriculum Committee, Jabatan Sains Komputer, 1994 – 1995. Current Administration University Level 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Member, UPM Paten Committee, 2003 – Now Member, UPM Fundamental Research Committee, 2002 – now Head, UPM IRPA Technical Evaluation Committee Sector ICT, 2001 – now Member, UPM Thesis Title Committee, 2005 – now Member, UPM Academic Quality Committee (JUMPA), 1995 – now. Faculty Level 1. Head, Internal Auditor for ISO2001, 2005 – now 2. Member, Management Review Committee for ISO2001, 2005 – now 3. Member, Curriculum Committee, 2007 – now Department Level 1. Head, Curriculum Committee, 2007 - now 2. Head, PhD & MSc Mentoring Program, 2007 – now. 7. Teaching Experience PhD & Master Level 1. Research Method in Computer Science 2. Computer Vision 3. Data Compression 2 Bachelor Level 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8. Teaching Short Courses Experience 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. Artificial Intelligence Security in Computing Digital Image Processing Pattern Recognition Discrete Structure System Analysis and Design Data Structure Computer Programming Report Writing How to Do Research Cryptography – Stream Cipher How to Review Computer Science Articles Expert Systems Neural Network for Character Recognition Application of Fuzzy Logic to Shelf Live Prediction Professional & Consultancy Works (Previous Works) National Level 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Panel Member, Setting up Centre of Artificial Intelligence, Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Alam Sekitar, 1995. Panel Member, Setting up AI Centre - A joint project between Malaysia & Japan International Cooperation Agency (JAICA), 1995. Member, Planning of Academic Program for Faculty of Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Consultant, Language Expert (IT section) with Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka, Jan 1996 – 2005. Head, a Joint Project with UKM, MIMOS, DataPrep, SUN Malaysia & Accurate System Consultant on the Development of Educational Software (internet-based) Sponsored by Education Ministry, Januari 96 – Disember 96. Member, Malaysian Graphics Standard, SIRIM, 2003 – 2005. Member, Malaysian IT Security Policy (MAMPU), 1998 – 2003. Member, Computer Security for Malaysia Telemedicine Project, 1998 – 2004. University Level 1. Panel Member, Evaluator for the Best Project at University Level, 1989. 2. Panel Member, Evaluator for the Best Project at Faculty Level, 1994. 3. Panel Member, Evaluator for the Best Project at Faculty Level, 1995. 3 10. Professional & Consultancy Works (Current Works) National Level 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. Member, National Accreditation Board (LAN), 1997 – now. Member, IPTA Quality Assurance (Jaminan Kualiti IPTA), 1998 – now. Member, Board of Studies, Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat, UNIMAS, 1998 – now. Member, Board of Studies, Kolej Islam Darul Ridwan (KISDAR), Ipoh, Perak, 2005 – now. Member, Board of Studies, Pujangga Management Institute, Sg. Besi, Selangor, 2000 – now. Advisor, Diploma Teknologi Maklumat, International Worldview College, Kuala Lumpur, 2004 – now. Advisor, Diploma Teknologi Maklumat, Kolej Dar Al-Hikmah, Sg. Ramal, Selangor, 2005 –now. Member, Board of Director, Kolej Jaiputra, Kota Bahru, Kelantan, 2006 – now. Member, IRPA Evaluation Committee, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Malaya, 2003 – now. Journal Reviewer 1. 2. 3. 4. 12. Jurnal Teknologi, UTM Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, UTM Jurnal Antarabangsa Teknologi Maklumat, UKM Journal of ICT, UUM. External Examiner for Professor & Associate Professor Promotion 1. Professor Abdullah Md Zain, Faculty of Technology & Information Science (FTSM), UKM, 2006. 2. Prof Madya Dr. Adam Suhaimi, Faculty of Information & Telecommunication Technology, UIAM, 2003. 3. Prof. Madya Dr khairuddin Omar, faculty of Technology & Information Science, UKM, 2002. 13. External Examiner for PhD & MSc Thesis No Name Degree University Year Thesis Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 7 8 9 Pemeriksa Luar /External Examiner (Phd & MSc) – Partial List 1. M.Sc., Penganalisis Morfologi Bahasa Melayu, Wan Adilah Wan Adnan, Fakulti Teknologi dan Sains Maklumat, UKM, 1995. 2. M.Sc., Penganalisis Sintaksis Ayat Majmuk Gabungan Bahasa Malaysia, Rosmah Abdul Latif, Fakulti Teknologi dan Sains Maklumat, UKM, 1995. 3. M.Sc., Artificial Neural Network System for Texture Analysis and Classification, Monef Mohammad Abdel Kareem Jazaar, Fakulti Kejuruteraan, UKM. 1995. 4. M.Sc., Case Based Reasoning: An Application in Medical Consultation, Kalsom Nasir, Fakulti Teknologi & Sains Maklumat, UKM, 1996. 5. M.Sc., Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Software Reliability Studies, Wan Azizun Wan Adnan, Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat, Universiti Malaya, 1997. 6. M.Sc., Set Kasar untuk Perlombongan Data, Eva Fadhlya Nadra, Fakulti Teknologi dan Sains Maklumat, UKM, 1997. 7. M.Sc., Kejuruteraan Perisian Berorientasi Objek untuk Pemodelan Sistem Pembuatan, Luhur Bambang Subiantoro, Fakulti Kejuruteraan, UKM, 1997. 8. M.Sc., An Image Retrieval Prototype Using the Distribution of Colour Cluster, Wang Yin Chung, Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat, UNIMAS, 2000. 9. M.Sc., Visualizing Large Data Set of DTM, Chandraasegaran a/l Theetunni, Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Sistem Maklumat, UTM, 2000. M.Sc., Satu Pendekatan Dalam Pembangunan Sistem Pencaman Tulang, Walid Suradi, Fakulti Teknologi dan Sains Maklumat, UKM, 2000 14. Public Services 1. 2. Board Member, Sekolah (Rendah & Menengah) Islam Al-Amin, Bandar Baru Bangi & Serdang, 1997 – 2000. Committee Member, Sambutan Hari Keluarga Sedunia Peringkat Daerah Sepang, 1994. 5 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. Secretary, JK Surau Taman Sri Serdang, Selangor, 1986-1988. Committee Member, JK Surau Desa Sentosa, Kajang Selangor, 2000 – 2005. Member, Persatuan Pegawai Akademik, UPM Member, Kelab Kebajikan dan Sosial, FSKTM Member, Persatuan Penduduk Taman Desa Sentosa, BBB, Selangor Committee Member, J/K Khairat Kematian Taman Desa Sentosa, BBB, Selangor. Head, Persatuan PIBG, SRK Jalan 6, BBB, 2005 - 2006 15. Excellence Award 1. Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang, 1997. 2. Young Researcher Award, for the best paper presented in Cognitive Science Conference (CSE ’98). 3. Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang 2003. 4. Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang 2004. 5. Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang, 2005 6. 9. Research Specialization 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 10. Cryptography Steganography Digital Forensics Intrusion & Fraud Detection System Artificial Intelligence (Neural Networks, Expert System & Fuzzy Systems) Research Grants 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. A Malay Compiler -ASAS, UPM Short Term Grant, RM 10,000.00, 1989 – 1990. Neocognitron Model for Handwritten Post Code Classification, UPM short term grant, RM 10,000.00, 1995 –1996. Automatic Recognition System, Joint Research Engineering Faculty, UPM & Telekom R&D), RM 250,000.00,1995-1996. Colour Image Processing for Fruit Industry, IRPA grant (a joint research with UTM), RM40,000.00, 1996-1997. Digital Forensics, ScienceFund, MOSTI, RM130,000.00, Nov 2006 – now. Steganography Through Cover Generation Using 2D Images, Fundamental Research Grant, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi, RM60,000.00, Nov 2006 – now. 6 11. Successful Research Degree Supervised (As Main Supervisor) No. Name Degree Year Graduated Elfaki PhD 1999 1 Moawia Yahia 2 Khairuddin Omar PhD 2000 3 Luai Al-Shalabi PhD 1999 4 Elsadiq Ahmed PhD Mohamed Ummu Salmah PhD Hussin Essam Faleh PhD Said Al-Daoud 2002 7 Siti Jauyah Sibo MSc 1998 8 Ummu Salmah MSc Hussin Norhayati MSc Abdullah Fakariah Hani MSc Mohd Ali 1999 Sherif MSc Abdulbari Ali Mohd Shafri MSc Kamaruddin 2005 Mohd Nabil MSc Ahmad Zawawi Razali yaakob MSc 2006 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 12. 2004 2002 2000 2004 2006 1998 Thesis Title Hybrid Architecture for Expert Systems Based on Neural Networks and Rough Sets Pengecaman Tulisan Tangan Teks Jawi Menggunakan Pengkelas Multiaras Learning in Dynamic Data Sets Based on Rough Set Rough Sets for Arabic Speech Classification System Speech Recognition An Improved Public Key Cryptography Based on the Elliptic Curve Analisis Sistem Kripto dan LUC Serta Prototaip Sistem Pengesahan Aplikasi TELNET Neural Network Model for Malay Speech Recognition Personal Identification by Keystroke Pattern for Login security A faster Version of Rijndael Cryptographic Algorithm Using Cyclic Shift and Bitwise Operations Increase Randomness of AES Output for Better Security Development of a Method for fraud Severity Measurement based on Usage Profiling Steganography for Data Security Multi-Aras Rangkaian Neural untuk Pengecaman Warna Successful Research Degree Supervised (As Co-Supervisor) No Name 1 Siti Degree Year Graduated Maryam PhD 1999 Thesis Title Higher Order Centralised Scale- 7 Shamsuddin 2 3 4 5 Hamed Khaled Fawareh Jasem PhD Al- Rodziah Atan 2000 PhD 2005 Muhamad taufik PhD Abdullah 2006 Invariant for Unconstrained Handwritten Digits Slicing Object-Oriented Programs for Software Maintenance Use of an attribute Grammar for Software Process Measurement Monolingual and Cross-Language Information Retrieval Approaches for Malay and English Language Documents 6 7 8 9 10 13. Current Research Students (As Main Supervisor) No Name Abu 1 Sultan 2 3 4 5 6 7 Degree Research Title Bakar PhD Two point hybrid metaheuristic and metaheuristic performance measurement for university course timetabling problem. Anwar Ali PhD Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Intention Yahya Recognition in Dialogue Systems Fakariah Hani PhD Improvement on Output Complexity of AES Mohd Taufik PhD Finite State Machine for Event Reconstruction Abdullah Siti Hanom PhD Chatting Forensics Marjuni Syarifah Point-halving in Elliptic Curve Cryptographic PhD Algorithm Mohd Daud MSc Case-Based Approach for Fraud Detection Jaafar 8 MSc Social Network Analysis for Fraud Investigation 9 Rosmawati Abd Raub Mek Rahmah MSc 10 Erwandi MSc Improvement of Rijndael Key Schedule for Better Algorithm Security Key Security in Twofish Cryptographic Algorithm 8 MSc. (co-supervisor) – Partial List 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Hamed Jasem Khaled Al-Fawareh, Designing a Software maintenance System Using a Reverse Engineering Approach, 1997-1998, graduated in 1998. Nur Izura Udzir, Rangkaian Neural untuk Sistem Dapatan Semula Perkataan Daripada Pangkalan Data, 1997-1998, graduated in 1998. Hazura Zulzalil, Menspesifikasi Metrik Reka Bentuk Dengan Menggunakan Nahu Atribut, 1997-1998, graduated in 1998. Rafa Elayyan Jamil Al-Qutaish, Incorporating Software Measurement Into a Compiler, 1997-1998, graduated in 1998. Su Moon Ting, Virtual Reality Enhancing Internet-Based Education, 19961998, graduated in 1998. Hasan Mugbil Khalaf Abu Al-Ese, Static Analyser for Java-Based ObjectOriented Software Metrics, 1997-1998, graduated in 1998.. Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al-Naqeeb, Colour Recognition Using Back-Propagation Neural Network, 1997, graduated in 2000. 14 Current Research Students (As Co-Supervisor) 12. Penerbitan/Publication Jurnal/Journal 1. 2. 3. 4. Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani & Ramlan Mahmod, Making the Role of Software Metrics Respectable, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 1994, pp. 106-122. Moawia Elfaki Yahia, Ramlan Mahmod, etl., Pre-processing Rough Engine with Neural Expert System, Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, 1998, pp. 70-84. Siti Maryam Shamsuddin, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod & Fatimah Ahmad, The Backpropagation Network with an Improved Error Function, Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, 1998, pp 20-31. Moawia Elfaki Yahia and Ramlan Mahmod, “Hybrid Expert System of Rough Set and Neural Network”, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 1999, pp. 1-8. 9 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Razali Yaakob, Md. N. Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Tg. M. Mohamed and Abd. R. Ramli, “Multi-Counterpropagation Network Model for Colour Recognition”, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 1999, pp. 38-46. Nur Izura Udzir, Md Nasir Sulaiman & Ramlan Mahmod, Sistem Dapatan Semula Perkataan Daripada Pangkalan Data Menggunakan Rangkaian Neural, Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, 1999, pp. 1-24. Razali Yaakob, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, etl., Kaedah Rangkaian Counterpropagation Bagi Pengecaman Warna, Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, 1999, pp. 50-66. Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Maslina Darus, Ramlan Mahmod & Fatimah Ahmad, Classifications and Clustering of printed Mathematical Symbols with Improved BP and Self-Organizing Map, International Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Society, 22(2), 1999, pp. 157-167. Ramlan Mahmod dan Khairuddin Omar, Analisis Pegawalan Pemberat Rangkaian Neural Perambatan-Balik untuk Pengecaman Aksara Jawi, Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 8 No. 1, 2000, pp. 41-54. M.E. Yahia, R. Mahmod, N. Sulaiman and F. Ahmad, Rough Neural Expert Systems, International Journal of Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 18, 2000, pp 87-99. Hazura Zulzalil, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani, Ramlan Mahmod dan Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mengekstrak Metrik Reka Bentuk Menggunakan Nahu Atribut, Jurnal Teknologi Maklumat, Jilid 12, Bil. 1, 2000, pp14-30. Ramlan Mahmod, Khairuddin Omar dan Md Nasir Sulaiman, Rangkaian Neural Genetik Aplikasi dalam Pengecaman Aksara Jawi, Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, Vol 8 No. 2, 2000, pp. 241 – 252. E. Al-Daud, R. Mahmod, M. Rushdan & A. Killichman, A New Addition Formula for Elliptic Curve over GF (2n), IEEE Transactions on Computer, August 2002, Volume 51, No. 8, pp. 972-975. Khairuddin Omar, Abd. Rahman Ramli, Ramlan Mahmod & Md Nasir Sulaiman, Skew Detection and Correction of Jawi Images Using Gradient Direction, Jurnal Teknologi, No. 37, 2002, pp. 117-126. Ummu Salamah Mohamad, Ramlan Mahmod, & Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Malay Speaker Dependent Digits Recognition with Improved Backpropagation, International Journal of Information Technology, 2004. Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, Fatimah Ahmad, Ramlan Mahmod, Tengku Mohd. Tengku Sembok, Dapatan Semula Maklumat Bahasa Melayu Menggunakan Pengindeksan Semantik Terpendam, International Journal of Information Technology, 2004 Md Sultan A.B., Ramlan M., Sulaiman M. N., Abu Bakar M. R., A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Timetabling Problem: The Time Group Strategy, Journal of ICT, Vol 3, 2004, pp. 1-14. Abu Bakar Md Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Odd and Even Number Representation to Solve Highly Constrained Course Scheduling using Genetic Algorithm, Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2004, pp.44-54. 10 19. 20. Abu Bakar Md Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Maintaining Diversity for Genetic Algorithm: A Case of Timetabling Problem, Jurnal Teknologi, Vol. 44, 2006, Abu Bakar Md Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Measuring Metaheuristic Performance over Timetabling Problem Instances using Fitness Distance Correlation Method, International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security (IJCNS), Vol. 6:6, 2006, pp. 20-22. Prosiding/Proceeding 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Ramlan Mahmod, Syntactic Method for Training Multilayer Neural Networks, Conf. of Computer Science, UPM Malaysia, 1994, pp. 257-265. R. Mahmod & B, Singh, GUINES- A Graphical User-Interface for Neognitron Simulation, Int. Conf. on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, 1992, pp. 8.5.1-8.5.3. Ramlan Mahmod, Muhammad Taufik Abdullah & Low Kuet Leong, Momentum Learning Backpropagation Neural Network for Handwritten Postcode Recognition, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ’96), UPM Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp. 1-4. Ramlan Mahmod & Khairuddin Omar, Genetik Rangkaian Neural, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ’96), UPM Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp. 146-150. Ramlan Mahmod, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani & Lilly Suriani, Minig the Database, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ’96), UPM Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp.83-86. Md. Nasir Sulaiman & Ramlan Mahmod, Neural Network Applications Using NEUCOMP/NEUCOMP2, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ’96), UPM Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp.10-14. Khairuddin Omar & Ramlan Mahmod, Genetik Rangkaian Neural untuk Pengkelasan Aksara Jawi, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS’ 96), UPM Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp. 5-9. Abdul Rahman Ramli, Ramlan Mahmod & Abd Raof Mat Shaari, Automatic Recognition of Malaysian Car Registration Numbers, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ’96), UPM Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp. 39-43. Razali Yaakub, Muhammad Taufik Abdullah & Ramlan Mahmod, Analisis Morfologi Bahasa Melayu Menggunakan Rangkaian Nueral, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ‘ 96), UPM Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp. 49-53. Ummu Salamah Mohamad Hussin & Ramlan Mahmod, Pengecaman Pertuturan Menggunakan Rangkaian Neural, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp A1-A5. Moawia Elfaki Yahia & Ramlan Mahmod, Rough Set Based Neural Expert Systems, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. A6-A10. 11 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Nur Izura Udzir & Ramlan Mahmod, Rangkaian Neural dalam Capaian PadananSepara, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. A11-A15. Elsadig Ahmed & Ramlan Mahmod, Speech Signal Compression, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. A16A20. Hazura Zulzalil, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani & Ramlan Mahmod, Prototaip Pengautomasian Pungutan Metrik Reka Bentuk, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 976 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. B11-B15. Osman Abdul Aziz, Abu Talib Othman, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani & Ramlan Mahmod, A Solution Towards Paperless Outpatient Departments with Special Reference to The Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. B26-B30. Md Ali Aziz, Abu Talib Othman, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani & Ramlan Mahmod, Management of Media Resource Centre, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. C11-C15. Su Moon Ting, Md Yazid Md Saman, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani & Ramlan Mahmod, Virtual Reality for Internet-based Education, Prc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp D1-D5. Perwira Osman & Ramlan Mahmod, Pemampatan Teks Bahasa Melayu Menggunakan Rangkaian Neural, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. D21-D25. Adawiyah Adnan & Ramlan Mahmod, Modeling in Virtual Reality Environment, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 97 (INTEC 97), UPM Malaysia, 1997, pp. D41-D45. Yahia M.E. & Mahmod R., Fusion Method of Rough Set in Neural Expert System, Proc. of Fifth International Workshop of Rough Sets and Soft Computing (RSSC ’97), North Carolina USA, March 1-5, 1997, pp. 1263-1264. Su Moon Ting, Yazid Md Saman, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani & Ramlan Mahmod, Virtual Reality for Internet-Based Education, Proc. of REDECS ’97 USM, 27-29 November 1997, pp. 124-128. Nur Izura Udzir, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Ali Mamat, Ramlan Mahmod & Fatimah Ahmad, Rangkaian Neural Dalam Dapatan Semula Pangkalan Data, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ‘ 97) USM Malaysia, 2729 November 1997, pp. 93-97. Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Razali Yaakob, Ramlan Mahmod, Mahmud Tengku Muda Mohamed, Abd. Rahman Ramli, Pengecam Warna Menggunakan Rangkaian Neural, Proc. of Research and Development in Computer Science (REDECS ’97), USM, Nov 27-29, pp 103 – 107. El Sadig Ahmad Mohamed Babiker, Ramlan Mahmod, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Abd. Rahman Ramli, Speech Signal Sampling, Caching and Compression, REDEC ’97, USM., Nov 27-29, pp 173 – 177. Ramlan Mahmod, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Khairuddin Omar & Abd. Rahman Ramli, Comparative Analysis of Input Pattern with Square and Hexagonal-Grid System for Training Genetic-Back-Propagation, Proc. of National Conference on Cognitive Science, Kuala Lumnpur Malaysia, 28-29 September 1998, pp. 230-244. 12 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Razali Yaakob, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Multi-Neural Network for Colour Recognition, International Science Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-9 May 1998, pp. Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin & Maslina Darus, Geometric Moment Invariants & Aspect Invariant Moments: A Feature Exraction for Handwritten Digits, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. A13-A30. Nur Izura Udzir, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ali Mamat, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, Sistem Dapatan Semula Perkataan Daripada Pangkalan Data Menggunakan Rangkaian Neural, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. A31-A35. Moawia Elfaki Yahia, Ramlan Mahmod, Md. Nasir Sulaiman & Fatimah Ahmad, Rough Inference Engine for Neural Expert System, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. A52-A58. Hasan Abu Al-Ese, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani, Ramlan Mahmod & Md. Yazid Saman, Java-based Static Analyzer for Object-Oriented Software Metrics, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. B21-B25. Hazura Zulzalil, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani, Md. Nasir Sulaiman & Ramlan Mahmod, Keperluan Metrik Perisian di dalam Pembanguan Perisian, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. B26-B29. Maya Silvi, Md. Yazid Saman, Ramlan Mahmod & Fatimah Ahmad, ObjectOriented Approach To Integrate Different Media In Multimedia Presentation: An Overview, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. B115-B119. Rohaya Ahmad, Ramlan Mahmod, Mohamd Rushdan Said, & Shattri Mansor, Kawalan Capaian Terhadap Keselamatan Pangkalan Data, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. C42-C46. Siti Jauyah Sibo, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad & Mohamad Rushdan Said, Kriptografi Kunci Awam: Kajian Perbandingan RSA dan LUC, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. C47-C51. Luai Al-Shalabi, Ramlan Mahmod, Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani & Mohd Yazid Saman, Generation of Classification Rules From Large Datasets Using Rough Set Approach, Proc. of Information Technology Colloquim 99 (INTEC ’99), UPM Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp. E12-E16. Shamsuddin, S.M., Sulaiman, M.N., Darus, M., Mahmod, R. and Ahmad, F, A Generalization of A New Invariant Moments for Deformation Digits, Proc. Of International Conference on Robotics, Vision & Parallel Processeing for Automation, USM Malaysia, 16-18 July 1999, pp 513-521. L.A. Shalabi, R. Mahmod, A.A. Ghani and M.Y. Saman, Data Mining: An Overview, Proc. Of World Engineering Congress, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, 1999, pp 229-234. L.A. Shalabi, R. Mahmod, A.A. Ghani and M.Y. Saman, A New Model for Extracting a Classifactory Knowledge from Large Datasets using Rough Set Approach, Proc. Of World Engineering Congress, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, 1999, pp 105-108. 13 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. M.S. Smadi, M.Y. Saman, A.A Ghani, R. Mahmod and A.T. Othman, Spiritual Perception of Human Virtual Environment: Islamic Society Approach, Proc. Of Conf. On Information Technology in Asia, UMS Malaysia, 16-17 Sept 1999, pp 408-418. Essam Al-Daoud, Ramlan Mahmod, Mohamad Rushdan and Adem kilicman, LUC and RSA Methods for Cryptosystems, Proc. Of Information Technology Colloquim 2000 (INTEC 2000), UPM Malaysia, 28 Sept. 2000, pp 129-134. Norhayati Abdullah, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman & Razali Yaakob, Personal Identification by Keystroke Pattern for Login Security, Proc. Of Information Technology Colloquim 2000 (INTEC 2000), UPM Malaysia, 28 Sept. 2000, pp 135140. Muhammad Taufik Abdullah, Fatimah Ahmad, Ramlan Mahmod, T Mohd T Sembok, Cross-Language Information Retrieval, Proc. Of Information Technology Colloquim 2000 (INTEC 2000), UPM Malaysia, 28 Sept. 2000, pp 149-154. K. Omar, R. Mahmod, M.N. Sulaiman and A.R. Ramli, The Removal of Secondaries of Jawi Characters, Proc. Of International IEEE TENCON Conf., Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, 24-27 Sept. 2000, pp II149-152. Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Maslina Darus, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, Shearing Invariant Moments for Logo Trademarks, Proc. of Int. Conf. On Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, and Robot Vision, Terengganu Advanced Institute, May 14-15 2000, pp. 134-139. Rodziah Atan, Abdul Azim Abd Ghani, Mohd Hasan Selamat, Ramlan Mahmod, Attribute Grammar Rules in Measuring Software Process Models, Proc. Information Technology Colloquium 2004 (INTEC 2004) UPM Malaysia, June 1 2004. Rodziah Atan, Abdul Azim Abd Ghani, Mohd Hasan Selamat, Ramlan Mahmod, Atribute Grammar to Measure Software Process Models, Proc. Of 2nd National Conf. On Computer Graphics & Multimedia (Cogram ’04), Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia, 8 – 10 December 2004. Rodziah Atan, Abdul Azim Abd Ghani, Mohd Hasan Selamat, Ramlan Mahmod, Atribute Grammar to Measure Software Process Models, Proc. Of IASTED Int. Conf. On Software Engineering and Applications, MIT Cambridge, USA, 9 – 11 November 2004. Siti Salwa salleh, Rahmita Wirza OK Rahmat, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, An Audio Visual Data Capture and Extraction for Obtaining Standard Malay Dynamic Visemes Datasets, Proc. MMU International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies 2004 (M2USIC 2004), Palm Garden, Putrajaya, KL, 7-8 October 2004. Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, Fatimah Ahmad, Ramlan Mahmod, Tengku Mohd. Tengku Sembok, Term Weighting Schemes Experiment on Malay Text Retrieval System, Proc. 2nd National Conference on Computer Graphics and Multimedia (CoGRAMM 2004), ESSET, Bangi, Selangor, 8-10 December 2004 Siti Salwa Salleh, Rahmita Wirza Rahmat, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, Speech Training application for Hearing-Impaired Children, Proc. 2nd National Conference on Computer Graphics and Multimedia (CoGRAMM 2004), ESSET, Bangi, Selangor, 8-10 December 2004. 14 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. Abu Bakar Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Research Direction on Timetabling Problem using Genetic Algorithm, Proc. Seminar Sosio Ekonomi dan IT Ke 2, UUM, 2004. Mohd Juzaiddin Aziz, Fatimah Ahmad, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani, Ramlan Mahmod, Pola Grammar Technique to Identify Subject and Predicate in Malaysian Language, Second Int. Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, Oct. 10 – 15 2005, pp 185 – 190. Abu Bakar Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, A Genetics Algorithm Chromosomes Model for Constrained Timetabling Problem, Proc. Of Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC2004), UPM, 2004. Abu Bakar Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Research Direction on Timetabling Problem using Genetic Algorithm, Proc. Seminar Kebangsaan Sosio Ekonomi & IT, UUM, 2004, pp. 641-645. Abu Bakar Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Exploiting Fitness Distance Correlation of Timetabling Instances, Proc. Of International Advanced Technology Congress 2005 (ATCi2005), 2005, Putrajaya, Malaysia. Abu Bakar Sultan, Ramlan Mahmod, Md Nasir Sulaiman, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar The Performance of Different Random Seed Over Metaheuristic Approach : A Case of Timetabling Problem, Proc. of Regional Computer Science Postgraduate Conference (ReCSPC’06), Jun 2006, Penang, Malaysia. 17. Rujukan Peribadi/Personal Referee 1. Prof. Dr Muhammad Yusoff Deputy Dean, Faculty of Technology & Information Science, UKM, 43600 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. Tel: 89296178 E-mail: my@ftsm.ukm.my 2. Prof. Dr. Khairuddin Hashim Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) Jalan SS6/12, 47301 Kelana Jaya, Selangor. Tel: 03-7092190 E-Mail: khairuddin@unitar.edu.my 15