Working Groups
MYREN Research Community comprises of leading researches from various organizations in Malaysia. The community aims to promote formalization of research projects in accordance to specific focus area.
There are currently 10 Research Areas (RA) established under MYREN including Network & Distributed Systems, Management Science & Technology, IPv6, Internet Security, E-Research, Multimedia Applications and Knowledge Management and Information Retrieval, Telemedicine, Green Technology, E-Culture & Heritage and Visual Informatics (VI). Each RA is chaired by an appointed area director.
The list of Research Areas & Working Groups are
Network & Distributed Systems Working Group
Chairperson : Assoc Prof Dr Ling Teck Chaw
Sub Working Group
1. E-Security
2. Wireless / WSN
3. Routing & Network Monitoring Management
4. Network Quality of Service
5. Software Engineering
IPv6 Research Working Group
Chairperson : Prof Dr Sureswaran Ramadass
Sub Working Group
1. IPv6 over Fiber
2. IPv6 Addressing and Routing
3. Real-Time Network Monitoring
4. Communications and HD Video Conferencing
Objective:
To address issues for nationwide implementation of IPv6, including address allocation as well as to carry out IPv6 Awareness and Activities among MYREN members
Internet Security Working Group
Chairperson : Selvakumar Manickam
Sub Working Group
- Botnet
- Web Security
- IPv6 Security
- IDS/IPS
Objective :
- Design security technologies based on the principles of good human-computer interaction so as to maximize user compliance.
- Develop metrics for security.
- Design curricula and outreach programs for university education that will ensure the future workforce has an awareness of—and respect for—security.
- Address market and regulatory impediments.
- Ensure that security is built into products and processes.
- Develop national and international doctrines for internet security.
- Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of real-time data generated by process control systems.
- Identify the origin and history of input data and of physical components so their trustworthiness in and untrustworthy environment can be assessed.
- Apply well known social-science protocols to the development of an effective security culture.
- Support the creation and implementation of motivation-based strategies for the prevention and remediation of human-induced error (including misuse and malicious use).
Multimedia Applications Working Group
Chairperson : Dr Harold Thwaites
Sub Working Group
1. Blended & Immersive Technologies
2. Learning Technologies & Applications
3. Interface Design & Ambient Intelligence
Internetworks Working Group
Chairperson : Assoc Prof Dr Suhaidi Hassan
Sub Working Group
Collaborative Group 1 : Pervasive Computing Research Group
Working Group Co-Coordinators : Prof Abdul Hanan Abdullah
Collaborative Group 2 : Wireless Communication Network Research Group
Working Group Co-Coordinators : Prof. Sobira Khatun
Collaborative Group 3 : Ensemble P2P Mobile Computing RG
Working Group Co-Coordinators : Dr Rosdiadee Nordin/Prof Mahmod
Collaborative Group 4 : Open-source Computing Group
Working Group Co-Coordinators : Dr Raja Badlishah
Collaborative Group 5: Mobile and Embedded Computing Research Group
Working Group Co-Coordinators : Dr Raja Badlishah/Dr Ong Bi Lynn
Objective :
To promote research of importance to the evolution of the Internet by creating and conducting focused research on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and technology.
To foster and support the vision of ISOC InterNetWorks initiatives in ensuring that the Internet continues to perform with the reliability and growth that are its hallmarks—enabling end users worldwide to utilize the Internet for essential tasks that they freely choose
To disseminate the research outputs by transferring the knowledge for the benefit of the community and society at large.
E-Research Working Group
Chairperson :Assoc Prof Dr Suhaimi Napis
Sub Working Group
1. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
2. Cheminformatics
3. Medical Informatics
4. Scientific Computing (Mathematics/Theoretical Physics)
5. Parallel/Distributed/Ubiquitous Computing
6. E-Infrastructure and Global Collaboration
Digital Cultural Heritage and Humanities Working Group
Chairman: Assoc Prof Dr Faridah Noor Mohd Noor
Sub Working Group
1. E-Culture and Heritage
2. New Media and Social Networking
3. Arts and Humanities Creative Contents and Technologies
Information Retrieval & Knowledge Management Working Group
Chairperson Prof. Dr.Tengku Mohd T.Sembok
Birds Of a Feather (BoF)
Sub Working Group 4 - Content Based Information Retrieval
Visual Informatics (VI)
Chairperson : Prof Dato' Dr Halimah Badioze Zaman
Objective
a. Enable researchers, academics and professionals in the area of Visual Informatics
to share their research findings with other researchers locally and globally.
b. To plan, organise and conduct successful meetings to discuss issues in the area
of visual informatics.
c. Enable researchers to expand their research, education and social networks.
d. Allow research groups from the different universities locally and globally to create
linkages to share and conduct collaborative research that can enhance and
enrich the groups mutually.
e. Conduct collaborative research through the attainment of substantial grants
nationally and internationally in order to enhance the lives of the community.
f. Allow researchers with similar interest groups to solve theoretical, technical, and
development problems more efficiently.
g. Enable researchers from universities, research institutions and industries to write
papers collaboratively in top impact journals
Sub Working Group 1 - Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Graphics Design (CAGD) and Intelligent Graphics
Coordinators :
Azlina Ahmad (UKM)
Prof Madya Dr Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin (UTM)
Prof. Madya Dr. Rahmita Wirza O.K. Rahmat (UPM)
Sub Working Group 2 - Industrial Computing
Coordinators :
Prof Madya Dr Riza Sulaiman (UKM)
Prof Madya Dr Abdul Rohni Mat Piah (USM)
Sub Working Group 3 - Medical Imaging
Coordinators :
Prof Dr Mohd Sapiyan Baba (UM)
Dr Zainul Ahmad Rajion (USM)
Dr M. Iqbal Bin Saripan (UPM)
Sub Working Group 4 - Computer Visualisation
Coordinators :
Prof Madya Dr Bahari Belaton (USM)
Prof Madya Dr Nor Laila Md Nor (UiTM)
Sub Working Group 5 - Virtual Visualization Technologies
Coordinators :
Prof Datin Dr Halimah Badioze Zaman (UKM)
Haslina Arshad (UKM)
Dr Shaidah Binti Jusoh (UUM)
Sub Working Group 6 - HCI, Creative Image Colourisation, and Usability Visialisation Techniques
Coordinators :
Dr Azizah Jaafar
Dr Sim Kok Swee
Green Technology Working Group
Chairperson : Dr Mahendra
Sub Working Group
7) PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles)
8) Water Management
Telemedicine Working Group
Chairperson : Dr Salem Omar
Sub Working Group
1. Tele-endoscopy
2. Tele-surgery
3. Tele-real time diagnostic imaging
4. Tele-emergency medicine
5. Tele-rehabilitation
6. Tele-pharmacy
7. Tele-referral
8. Tele-research
9. Remote presence (RP) robots
Procedures to Form a Working Group
Stage 1 : Form a Sub Working Group under any of the related or closest Working Group for 3 months
Stage 2 : Write a proposal to the secretariat stating your intention to be a Working Group with the below format
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 OBJECTIVES
3.0 JUSTIFICATION FOR NEW MYREN RESEARCH AREA (Includes the benefits to MYREN
Community)
4.0 CURRENT RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN THE AREA OF <RESEARCH AREA> (Working Groups
if any and whose heading it)
Stage 3: Commitee will sit in to evaluate the proposal and will notify the working group in 7 working days.
