Principle Researchers

Professor Ts. Dr. Rayner Alfred (Scopus)

Ph.D. (University of York, UK)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: ralfred(at)ums.edu.my, ralfred121@gmail.com

Area: Ubiquitous Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Large Language Model, Artificial Intelligence

Professor Dr. Jason Teo (Scopus)

Dr. IT (New South Wales, Aus)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: jtw(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Emotion Recognition, Evolutionary Computing, Artificial Life, Bio-Inspired Robotics

Professor Dr. Ag. Asri Ag. Ibrahim (Scopus)

Ph.D. (York University, UK)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: awgasri(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Sonification, Kansei Engineering, Human Computer Interaction and Usability

Associate Professor TS. Dr. Mohd Hanafi Ahmad Hijazi (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Liverpool, UK)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: hanafi(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Medical Image Analysis, Precision Agriculture

Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Goh Say Leng (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Nottingham)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: slgoh(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Operations Research, Discrete Optimization, Scheduling, Timetabling, Meta-heuristics, Hyper-heuristics

Associate Professor Dr. Leau Yu Beng (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: lybeng(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Information Centric Network (ICN) Security

Associate Professor Dr. Azali Saudi (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: azali(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Computer Vision for Robotics and Embedded System, Intelligent Robotics

Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Chin Kim on (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: kimonchin(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Image Processing, Deep Learning

Dr. James Mountstephens (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Surrey, UK)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: james(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Psychologically-Inspired Computing, Natural Language Processing

Dr. Ervin Gubin Moung (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: ervin(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Face recognition, Neuroscience-inspired computer vision

Dr. Farashazillah Yahya (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Univ of Southampton, UK)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: fara.yahya(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Security Science, Schema Evolution

Dr. Florence Sia (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: florence.sfs(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Contrast Subspace Mining, Data Mining & Warehousing

Ts. Dr. Rayner Pailus (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: rayner.pailus(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision

Dr. Khalifa Chekima

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: kchekima(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Internet of Things.

Dr. Chin Pei Yee (Scopus)

Ph.D. (University of South Australia)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: peiyee(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Social Computing, Technology Adoption and Diffusion, Philosophy of Technology

Dr. Mohd Shamrie Sainin (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: shamrie(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Artificial Intelligence, Speech Recognition, Low Resource and Speech Disorder

Dr. Suraya Alias (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: suealias(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Artificial Intelligence, Speech Recognition, Low Resource and Speech Disorder

Dr. Jane Lai Po Hung (Scopus)

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: laipohung(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Sentiment Analysis, Text Emotion Detection

Dr. Tan Soo Fun (Scopus)

M.IT (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: soofun(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Post Quantum Cryptography / Quantum-safe cryptography

Ts. Nordin Saad (Scopus)

M.IT (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)

Address: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

email: nordin(at)ums.edu.my

Area: Network Performance, IoT, Path Planning

Associate Researchers

Professor Dr. Iida Hiroyuki

Ph.D. (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) in Computers and Games

Address: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Access 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292 Japan

email: iida(at)jaist.ac.jp

Area: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Games

Associate Professor Dr. Yuto Lim

Ph.D. (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Address: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Access 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292 Japan

email: ylim(at)jaist.ac.jp

Area: Wireless Network, Ubiquitous Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, Energy Distribution

Associate Professor Dr. Patricia Anthony

Ph.D. (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Address: Lincoln University, Faculty of Environment, Society and Design, Christchurch, New Zealand

email: Patricia.Anthony(at)lincoln.ac.nz

Area: Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Agent Systems

Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Aslina Baharum

Ph.D. (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)

Address: Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University

email: aslinab@sunway.edu.my

Area: Visual Informatics

Dr. Raymond Alfred

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Allyssa Certification Sdn. Bhd., 322, 3rd Floor, West Wing, Wisma Sabah, 88817, Kota Kinabalu

email: certificationallyssa@gmail.com

Area: Spatial Modelling

Josh Lee Ren Ting

B.Sc. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Sri Komputer Sdn Bhd, Wisma 2020, Level 5, West Wing, 18, Jalan Belia 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

email: lrt@joshlrt.com

Area: Future Internet Architecture & Technology, IoT Engineering, Enterprise Networking & Security, Cloud Solutions, DevOps Engineer, Cyber Security

LS Dr. Nosius Luaran

Ph.D. (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Address: Jurukur Luaran & Associates, Unit E-4-6, Block E, Level 4 Tanjung Aru Plaza, Jalan Mat Salleh 88100 Kota Kinabalu

email: jurukurluaran@gmail.com

Area: Licensed Surveyor

Raymond Victor

Master of Science (North Borneo University College, Sabah, Malaysia)

Address: Infinity Enterprise, Lot 6, Block A, 2nd Floor, Donggongon Newtownship, 89500 Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia

email: info@infinityenterprise.my

Area: Technology Management

Innovative Projects

Exploring creative applications of AI and machine learning technologies.

A smartphone displaying the OpenAI logo rests on a laptop keyboard. The screen features a blue abstract design, and the keyboard is visible beneath with dimly lit keys.
A smartphone displaying the OpenAI logo rests on a laptop keyboard. The screen features a blue abstract design, and the keyboard is visible beneath with dimly lit keys.
AI-Generated Art

Creating unique artworks using advanced machine intelligence techniques.

A conference room setting with several laptops on a large table, each being used by a person. A large screen displays a blue interface with the text 'Generate ad creatives from any website with AI'. A stainless steel water bottle and a conference phone are also visible on the table.
A conference room setting with several laptops on a large table, each being used by a person. A large screen displays a blue interface with the text 'Generate ad creatives from any website with AI'. A stainless steel water bottle and a conference phone are also visible on the table.
AI in Music

Developing music compositions through innovative AI algorithms and models.

A metallic robotic hand and a human hand point towards each other at the center. Between them, there is a stylized, crystal-like representation of the letters 'AI'. The background is a gradient of orange shades.
A metallic robotic hand and a human hand point towards each other at the center. Between them, there is a stylized, crystal-like representation of the letters 'AI'. The background is a gradient of orange shades.
A 3D-style logo with a geometric design is prominently displayed on a dark, rounded square background. Below the logo, the word 'OpenAI' is written in a sleek, modern font.
A 3D-style logo with a geometric design is prominently displayed on a dark, rounded square background. Below the logo, the word 'OpenAI' is written in a sleek, modern font.
AI in Writing

Generating compelling narratives and content using AI technologies.

AI Research

Conducting studies on AI's impact across various industries.