Bulletin Issue 3

JANUARY 2021, ISSUE 3/2021

EDITORIAL TEAM

The official newsletter of Institute of Human Centered Engineering

PATRON CONTENT

Prof. Dr. Mohd Shahrizal Sunar iHumEn SPOTLIGHT
Institute Director of iHumEn EVENTS - 3

ADVISORY INTERVIEW with Assoc.
Prof. Ts. Dr. Shukor Abd
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Yazid Idris Razak - 18
Director of MaGICX
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ardiyansyah Syahrom GAMES That You Should
Director of MEDiTEC Check Out Based On Your
Dr. Ahmad Zahran Md. Khudzari Personality! - 27
Director of IJN-UTM Cardio Centre
Dr. Muhamad Noor Harun iHumEn EXPERTS in
Director of SITC Q1/Q2 Journal - 30

EDITOR / WRITER

Dr. Syafiqah Saidin
Ts. ChM. Dr. Nor Suriani Sani
Ts. Zulfadzli Zakaria
Azizul Azman
Muhammad Akmal Ayob
Shaleena Melisa Syed Noor

SECRETARIAT

Azirah Ahsan

utmihumen utmihumen

MoU Between UTM and ISN

for Sustainable Medical, Technology, and Sports Science
Development

UTM and National Sports Institute (ISN) was ISN Chairman Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rahmat
involved in a Memorandum of Mohamad, and UTM Sports Innovation and
Understanding (MoU) exchange ceremony Technology Centre (SITC) Director, Dr.
on September 18 2020 in Bukit Jalil in Muhamad Noor Harun.
conjunction with ASN Inspire 2020 opening According to Prof Shahrizal, this MoU was
ceremony. sealed to enable sustainable cooperation and
In the MoU exchange, UTM was strategic development for service, research,
represented by the Director of Institute of and academics in the field of science,
Human-Centered Engineering (iHumEn), medicine, and technology.
Prof Dr. Mohd Shahrizal Sunar while ISN In the exhibition, SITC demonstrated some of
was represented by its Chief Executive its very own SPORTS 4.0 innovations such as
Officer (CEO), Ahmad Faezal Md Ramli. Virtual Reality Rowing, CAVE Automatic Virtual
Also present were the Minister of Youth Environment, Intelligent Drone Monitoring
and Sports, YB Dato’ Seri Reezal Merican System, and Visual Signal Device for Deaf
Naina Merican, Sport.

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Badminton Asia
Signed A Digital
Partnership With
SITC

On 23 September 2020, Badminton Asia signed
a Digital Partnership with Sports Innovation and
Technology Centre (SITC) in a ceremony held at
Novotel Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The Digital
Partnership builds collaboration between the
Centre of Excellence and the governing body of
badminton in Asia, where these two parties are
working hand-in-hand to develop a mobile
application for Badminton Asia.
The Digital Partnership was signed by Mr. Thana
Arikrishnan, Senior Manager Development of
Badminton Asia and Prof. Dr. Mohd Shahrizal
Sunar, Director of Institute of Human Centered
Engineering (iHumEn) while witnessed by Mr.
Saw Chit Boon, Chief Operation Officer of
Badminton Asia and Dr. Mohd Najeb
Jamaluddin, Research Fellow of SITC, UTM who
is also the project leader.

This news was originally published at https://news.utm.my,
“Badminton Asia Signed A Digital Partnership With UTM Sports
Innovation and Technology Centre”, 21 Oct 2020, UTM
NewsHub.

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Also present were Mr. Ian Wright, Director of
Development at Badminton World Federation (BWF)
and Dr. Muhamad Noor Harun, Director of SITC, UTM.
In this Digital Partnership, SITC are working on
developing a mobile application for Badminton Asia’s
coaches and athletes which is able to record the
badminton athletes’ performances and process the
data into a guideline that is specific to each athlete’s
needs. This guideline can later be used by the athletes
and their respective coaches in developing a more
solid training program.
Additionally, the developed applications will be a
medium for coaches, athletes and even the
management team to stay connected to ensure
training sessions and athlete performances are
consistently monitored, hence, enabling the continuous
growth of Badminton Asia.
Badminton Asia will use the developed application to
improve the performance of athletes who are part of
the Asia Olympic Project (AOP). AOP is a programme
that supports talented athletes from developing
countries in improving their performance to qualify for
the Olympics. The application will also be available to
all 43 member associations from five sub-regions all
across Asia who are a part of Badminton Asia.

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Initiatives Bringing
Drones to the
Classroom

It's more than a hobby

When everyone was busy stocking up groceries,
sanitizers and face masks on their household, a
researcher from Sports Innovation & Technology
Centre, Dr. Jaysuman Pusppanathan thought what can
be done during this pandemic COVID-19. With schools
closed, parents were busy occupying their children
with numerous kind of activities, just so they can have
a peace of mind while working at home too, a skill yet
to be mastered by all parents.
Drone Edu Challenge IR 4.0 was introduced as a
program to make secondary school students
understand and learn how to fly a drone by
participating in series of webinars, quizzes and
programming tasks as final assessment. A total
number of 2,888 students registered, an overwhelming
response throughout the nation.

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iHumEn | Issue 3/2021 "Drone
technology
To understand more on Drone Technology, participants were should be
required to watched videos on various topics recorded by UTM introduced
experts such as Components of Drone, 4th Industrial Revolution, as early as
Internet of Things and future of STEM in Malaysia. They were possible to
then required to answer quizzes based on the topics and 30 younger
best students were selected as final, each has to complete generation as
drone programming and fly their own drone, for free! the world is
Registered students were also eligible to stand a chance to win evolving
Lego Mindstorm, three sets of drones, tickets to Vrinity and rapidly
MyHeroBadges from MDEC during #mydigitalmaker fair. towards new
As the program director for Drone Edu Challenge IR 4.0 itself, technology
Dr. Jaysuman believes drone technology should be introduced and
as early as possible to younger generation as the world is development
evolving rapidly towards new technology and development in in this 4th
this 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). Industrial
This program received full support from the Ministry of Revolution
Education as well as Iskandar Investment Berhad as their main (4IR)."
sponsors. Other than that, Malaysia Digital Economy
Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDEC), Vrinity Medini, Centre for
Engineering Education (CEE), School of Education, UTM, OFO
Tech Sdn. Bhd., Archidrone Sdn. Bhd., Kelab Remaja Udara
Malaysia (KRUM) and Malaysia Unmanned Drones Activist
Society (MUDAS) also contributed as strategic partners.

iHumEn | Issue 3/2021

UTM iHumEn and Iskandar
Investment Berhad

On the 1st of October 2020, SITC along with iHumEn top
management team visited Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) at
Medini 9, Nusajaya, Johor with a purpose to increase visibility of
iHumEn and all research centres as well as looking into any
possible opportunity to collaborate together with IIB and its'
subsidiary companies.
The delegates were led by Prof. Dr. Mohd Shahrizal Sunar. Also
present were Dr. Muhamad Noor Harun, Director of SITC and Prof.
Madya Dr. Mohd Yazid Idris, Director of MaGICX. Datuk Ir. Khairil
Anwar Ahmad, Chief Operating Officer of IIB and En. Azman
Mohd Hussein, Executive Vice President (Support Services)
welcomed the delegates to IIB office.
Few potential collaborations were discussed during the meeting
such as to prosper sport industry eco-system, digitalization &
IR4.0 and possible MoU between these two agencies.
UTM were also then invited to the launching ceremony of Iskandar
NEXT (New Economy Experience & Talent) at Fraser Place, Puteri
Harbour on 22nd of October 2020 which was officiated by YAB
Menteri Besar Johor. SITC was able to showcase current drone
technology developed by the researchers to the crowd.

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iHumEn | Issue 3/2021

Enhancing Athletes’
Performance
through Scientific
Studies

BLINDSIDE @ RTM
SPORTNEWS With Dr. Hadafi
Fitri Mohd Latip

Sports Innovation and Technology Centre Unleash your
(SITC) has live-streamed Blindside RTM Sports potential!
news with Ts. Dr. Hadafi Fitri Mohd Latip on
June 22nd, 2020. The program was aired on
YouTube, Facebook, and RTM TV channel and
was participated by students, professionals,
educators, schools, departments, and local
communities.
Co-hosted by the iHumEn, the program aimed
to discuss the roles of academicians in sports,
promote research and studies that can
enhance athletes’ performance and invite
Malaysian coaches to collaborate with
academic experts in the area of sports
science.
Among the not field experts that were
present was Dr. Hazwani Ahmad Yusof, a
senior lecturer and the Head of Programme
for Master of Clinical Exercise Science,
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). According to
a notable scholar, sports serve society by
providing vivid examples of excellence, and
science is the true driving force of excellent
achievement.

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iHumEn | Issue 3/2021

iHumEn exhibits innovative products in conjunction with

Collaborative Visit of
DreamEdge Sdn. Bhd.
to UTM

iHumEn participated in the product exhibition in
conjunction with the visit of DreamEdge Sdn. Bhd.
on 22 July 2020 to UTM. Visit that led by CEO of
DreamEdge Sdn Bhd, Datuk Khairil Adri Adnan was
welcomed by UTM led by Vice Chancellor of UTM.
With a vision to be a partner in providing services
and solutions based on innovative technologies,
DreamEDGE has visited UTM to explore
collaborative opportunities to provide the right
solutions and services to meet the growing needs
and desires of consumers. 

The product exhibition was held to share This program
successfully
knowledge and expertise as well as explore became a platform
for exploring
possible collaboration. Several innovative products
possible
of iHumEn including wARna and sports technology collaboration
between UTM and
innovations which are Bicycle Simulator and Virtual DreamEdge in

Rowing was exhibited in this event. wARna is an research
development and
interactive coloring book that combines commercialization

conventional books and augmented reality (AR)

technology. Both Bicycle Simulators and Virtual

Rowing able to identify the level of intensity of the

athlete's physical and mental abilities during

training. This innovation also combines augmented

reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies in

athletic fitness testing.

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Course of Basic
Data Visualization

Improving skills in data analysis & visualization

iHumEn has organized 4 series Courses of
Basic Data Visualization. The sessions were
held on June to August 2020 and was
conducted at the MaGICX Seminar Room,
UTM. These courses was presented by Mr.
Chew Teong Han from the Department of
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research &
Innovation), UTM. Objective of these courses
were to share knowledge and strategies in
data analysis and how to provide a good
report to stakeholders. These events was
successfully attended by iHumEn
management and professional staffs.

Creating quality posts on the website

Course of Website
Management

iHumEn has organized a Website
Management Course on 28 June 2020 at the
UTM Johor Bahru. This course was officiated
by the Director of the iHumEn, Prof. Dr. Mohd
Shahrizal Sunar. This Course was conducted
by Mr. Azizul Azman, Research Officer of
MaGICX. All participants have been taught on
how to improve the quality of posting using
Yoast SEO software. Through this software,
the posts will be easily accessible by the web
browser during the search which significantly
increase the visibility of the web.

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iHumEn | Issue 3/2021

MEDiTEC Highlights
Quality Assurance
System in Implant
Manufacture

Prof. Dr. Mohd Hasbullah Idris, a research
fellow from Medical Device and Technology
Centre (MEDiTEC) was invited as a speaker in
'30 Minit Bersama iHumEn' which was
organized by JK Branding & Marketing, iHumEn
on 30 June 2020. He shared the need for a
Quality Assurance System in Implant
Manufacture in Implant Manufacturing. The 30
minutes talks were viewed by 965 viewers via
online streaming from iHumEn's Facebook and
Youtube.

RTM Sports News
Pays Visits to SITC

SITC is pleased to receive a visit from RTM It is hoped that SITC and RTM can collaborate
Sports News on July 1, 2020. Among the and form a strategic partnership with the
objectives were to promote awareness to the sports media to highlight the latest findings in
wider audience on the roles of UTM and SITC sports research and add more scholarly
scholars in sports and let the industry know perspectives in televised sports programs.
about SITC consultancies offered in the field
of sports science. The RTM delegates were
given a tour of SITC laboratories and were
introduced to the equipment in the labs for
teaching and research purposes. Besides
that, they were briefed on the roles of UTM
and SITC scholars in sports.
Also in attendance were the Dean of UTM
Engineering Faculty, Prof. Dato’ Ir. Dr.
Mohammed Rafiq, and the Director of
iHumEn, Prof. Dr. Mohd Shahrizal Sunar.

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Adobe Illustrator
Graphics Course

Use basic tools to create unique designs

Adobe Illustrator Graphics Course was conducted
on 5 July 2020 at the MaGICX Seminar Room,
Building T03, UTM in compliance with the Recovery
Movement Control Order (RMCO) that outlined by
the Malaysian Government. Mr. Azizul Azman who
works as a Research Officer at the MaGICX, has
been invited as a speaker for this course. This one-
day course was held to provide knowledge on
graphics development using Adobe Illustrator to
the iHumEn staff. Participants were given various
tips and exercises in creating posters for several
activities. This beginner level course has given
participants a new skill that can be practiced in
daily tasks in the context of branding and
marketing.

Interactive Hands-On
Systematic Review

SITC has hosted an interactive hands-on online course on the
systematic review, meta-analysis, and SPSS and AMOS for
beginners on November 7-8 2020 through WebEx. The course
was conducted by Dr. Nurwina Akmal Anuar, a research fellow
in SITC, and Ahmad Hakiim Jamaluddin, a researcher from the
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. With the
involvement of 21 students and staff from UTM, UTHM, and
UTeM, the outcome of this program is to produce capable
researchers and graduates and inculcate more versatile and
effective research techniques. Participants learned the
definition and importance of systematic reviews and meta-
analyses, steps, and techniques to manage their literature
review, and when it is possible to do a meta-analysis. They also
learned which SPSS test to use for their specific research
objectives, how to know if the data is ready for analysis, and
easy techniques to develop questionnaires.

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Collaboration between
MEDiTEC and OSA
Technology Sdn Bhd

In an effort to promote and improve the Medical
Device Manufacturing Ecosystem in Malaysia,
MEDiTEC initiated to collaborate with one of the
local medical device industry players that is OSA
Technology Sdn. Bhd. With this collaboration,
MEDiTEC hope that a complete ecosystem for the
Medical Device industry in Malaysia could be
prepared and imlemented in Malaysia.

MSDeaf Visits SITC to Keep Up with
VSD Technology

SITC received a visit from the Malaysian Deaf
Sports Association (MSDeaf) on July 26, 2020. The
MSDeaf delegates were led by their Deputy
President, Mohd Yusri Abdul Ghani. The main
objective was to discuss some latest issues on
Visual Scene Display (VSD) Signal, which was
developed by a SITC Research Fellow, Dr.
Jaysuman Pusppanathan in collaboration with
MSDeaf.
The aforementioned VSD Signal is directly used by
deaf athletes who are fully dependent on this VSD
graphic. While normal athletes listen to verbal
instructions and gunshots at the starting line, deaf
athletes use VSD Signals to focus and get ready.
Also attending from MSDeaf were the Vice
President 2, Yazid Bain, the Secretary-General,
Kamarzaman Hj Harun, the Assistant Secretary-
General, Mohd Shahril Saupi, the Treasurer Chan
Kok Sheng, and Exco members, Roraziah
Mohamad and Norbaya Mohamad Hoe.

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iHumEn | Issue 3/2021

4th International
Conference on Sports
Sciences and Health

Dr. Nurwina Anuar, a senior lecturer and researcher
from Sports Innovation & Technology Centre were
invited as a keynote speaker at 4th International
Conference on Sports Sciences and Health organized
by Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri
Malang, Indonesia. With a theme of 'Oppoturnities in
Developing the Best Practice of Accultration through
Sports, Mental Health, Physical Activity and Exercise
in New Norm Era' this conference were conducted via
Zoom on the 4th and 5th of November 2020.

Workshop: From Innovation, Intellectual
Property to Commercialization

SITC has hosted a workshop titled “From Innovation, Intellectual Property, to Commercialisation”
on August 27 2020 at BK 1, V01, School of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences
(SBEHS). The objective of this workshop is to give exposure to SITC students and researchers on
how to promote their products to the market and gain the copyright for their products.
The workshop was divided into three sessions. The first session was about the awareness of
Intellectual Property, presented by Siti Zulfarina, a Research Officer at UTM Innovation and
Commercialisation Centre (ICC). The second session was about IP management, presented by
Nur Diyana, also a UTM ICC Research Officer. The third and final session was about turning
ideas into innovation and marketing your technology, presented by Junaidi Said, the Chief
Executive of Human Life Advancement Foundation (HLAF).
15 staff and students were in attendance. Also attending were the SITC Director, Dr. Muhamad
Noor Harun, Deputy Director Dr. Hadafi Fitri, Dr. Najeb Jamaluddin, and Dr. Muhammad Iqbal
Tariq.

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iHumEn | Issue 3/2021

Clinic of KTP Project &
Star Rating iHumEn

Clinic of iHumEn KTP and Star Rating Project
was held on 30 September 2020 at the MaGICX
Seminar Room, Building T03, UTM in compliance
with the Recovery Movement Control Order
(RMCO) that outlined by the Government of
Malaysia. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johari Surif, Director
of the Centre of Industry and Community
Networking, was invited as a speaker for this
clinic. This one-day clinic was held to provide
guidance on conducting KTP project to iHumEn
researchers so that research activities can be
carried out more systematically. As well as
provide awareness to iHumEn researchers about
the importance of registering community-based
research programs and projects that have been
conducted in the UTM system.

SITC Publication Workshop

SITC has conducted a publication workshop on August
10, 2020 at the School of Biomedical Engineering &
Health Sciences (SBEHS) to help students in producing
high-impact articles and achieve their annual article
production target.
The workshop was attended by 15 SITC students,
predominantly new postgraduates who are in Semester
1 and 2 of their study. They were guided and facilitated
by Dr. Jaysuman Pusppanathan, Dr. Muhamad Amir
As’ari, and Dr. Mohd Najeb Jamaluddin.
High-impact articles are scholarly articles considered to
be highly influential in their fields. An article’s impact
factor is a measure of the frequency with which an
average article in a journal has been cited in a
particular year. In a nutshell High Impact means, it is
widely circulated, articles are accepted as quality
articles and considered as top quality journals in that
area.

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iHumEn | Issue 3/2021

Sports Webinars

Judo, Netball, Fencing, and Athletics Analyses

SITC, iHumEn have hosted a series of sports analysis webinars in
Malaysia from July 1 to August 25 2020 on Youtube and
Facebook Live. The in-depth sports analyses involved fencing,
judo, netball, and athletics and were moderated by the Deputy
Director of SITC, Ts. Dr. Hadafi Mohd Latip. The goal of this
program is to introduce sports technology in various types of
sports in Malaysia, increase the awareness and understanding
of sports among the current Generation Y, and produce great
athletes at the school level.
The fencing analysis webinar featured Coach Rafiuddin, a
former national athlete and Malaysian sports school trainer,
Cikgu Zharif Zakaria, a former state athlete and sports science
coach, and Natasya Eryna, also a former national athlete and
the Head of MSNJ Corporate and Communication Unit (Johor
State Sports Council).
The judo analysis webinar featured Coach Othman Nizam, an
MSNJ Titanium judo coach, Mok Judo, a national Judo and MMA
athlete and National Exemplary Teacher, and Cikgu Mohamed
Izzat, a former national judo and sambo athlete.
The athletics analysis webinar featured Coach Poad Md Kassim,
the Head of Athletic Coach in Malaysia Sports School, Badrul
Hisyam Abdul Manap, a national sprinter and UTM sports
science student, and Khairul Hafiz Jantan, a national athletics
athlete.
The netball analysis webinar featured Aruna Santhappan, a
former national captain and ISN Sports Psychology Officer,
Puah Pei San, also a former national captain and coach at
Malaysia Sports School, and Khairunnisa Nazri, a current
national athlete and UTM sports science student.
Moreover, it is hoped that this program can inculcate the
importance of sports and active lifestyle among the millennials,
discover potential athletic talents to be groomed for the
international level, and gain enough support and allocation for
Malaysia’s sports development from certain parties.

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Courtesy Visit The objectives of the visit are to introduce
to Johor
Tourism, SITC and iHumEn experts that might be
Youth
and Sports beneficial for the state and discuss some
Office
potential partnerships in developing the
On October 13, 2020, SITC paid a courtesy
visit to Johor Tourism, Youth, and Sports state’s sports technology and athletes’
Committee office at Dato’ Jaafar
Muhammad Building, Nusajaya, Johor. performance.
The delegates were welcomed by none
other than Chairman YB Dato’ Onn Hafiz Among the collaborations that can be done
Ghazi himself. Representing SITC were
Prof. Dr. Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, Dr. Hadafi between UTM and Johor State Sports
Fitri Mohd Latip, Dr. Mohd Najeb
Jamaluddin, and Shaleena Melisa Syed Council (MSNJ) is the Southern Youth Hub. It
Noor.
is one of the initiatives under Iskandar

Malaysia’s youth development strategy that

empowers the youth’s lifestyle through

entrepreneurship and volunteerism. The

development of every state starts with the

empowerment of its youth. We must provide

the tools and environment for people to

prosper.

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INTERVIEW SESSION WITH

Assoc. Prof. Ts.
Dr. Shukor Abd
Razak

Research Fellow of MaGICX, iHumEn, and Director
of Research Management Centre (RMC), UTM

AIM4STAR: Consortium
Of Academia, Industry,
Government & Society

Shifting trends in Innovation &
Commercialization

What is your definition of “Innovation”?

In my personal view, innovation simply means any
creation, new product, services, or as simple as
the new idea/approach to solve problems faced
by society.
Innovation does not necessarily have to come out
with a product. An innovative idea to improve a
certain process is fantastic enough. From there,
other people/party could make true your
innovative idea. So, the first part of innovation is
anything new. The second part of innovation is
that anything new idea or creation that we
propose must be beneficial to society. And
society here includes human beings as well as
our nature.

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The second category of my

research product is mobile and

responsive web applications. I

have developed several mobiles

and responsive web applications

for several companies and

government agencies. Compared

to other software developers,

most of the products that I have

developed for my clients are

based on research findings before

How would you bridge the gap from your research translated them into final
to research users?
products. The last category of
What creates a gap between research and research
users is the lack of communication. We cannot simply product/service offered to society
come out with innovation without understanding what
our society needs. In academia, the main beneficiaries is consultation services, and my
from our research works are government agencies,
industries, and communities. We need to engage with consultation services are not
these 3 parties from the very beginning of our
research. In UTM for instance we have the AIMS4STAR limited to matters related to my
research consortium. Through this platform, all
researches conducted in UTM is ensured to be aligned research expertise but also
with UTM niche areas as well as is designed to include
quadruple helix academia - government - industry - related to research management.
society collaborations.
I have been involved in research
Tell us more about your product.
management at RMC for more
Aligned with an academician role at UTM, I could
categorize my research products/services in 3 than 7 years now and it is a
categories. The first one is of course related to
information dissemination. I am happy to announce pleasure to share my experiences
that very soon UTM will have our own Security
Operation Centre and Cyber Range to train not just with anyone interested.
our UTM graduates but also public on how to
safeguard themselves from cyber threat. This is indeed
a recognition by MDEC (government agency) and
Tecforte (industry partner) that trust our researchers
from the Information and Assurance Security Research
Group to fulfill this national agenda.

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What inspired you to be a researcher What is your aspiration for the future?
and inventor?
In Malaysia for instance, innovation is still
It is simply the joy of seeing happy faces consider something expensive. Of course, we
from good things we did to people around could innovate without the need for a single
us. When you become a researcher or cent. However, we must admit that most
inventor you have in front of you the biggest innovations require investments. To ensure
and widest opportunities to help people everyone, get the benefits from innovations we
with their needs. People share with you need more funds to support RnD. We cannot
their problems or issues that could be forever depend on government budgets and
solved by your invention. People are getting initiatives. We need more active participation
more relying on technologies these days from industries and societies. In most developed
compared to before. The recent Covid-19 countries, industry sectors are very active
pandemic forced everyone to go online contributing to RnD. Their citizens also play an
although before this most of us i.e., active part in funding research activities
Malaysians are skeptical about online through crowdfunding platforms. I hope our
transactions. Businesses require helps to industries and citizens also will soon play their
ensure their products/services reach online active roles together with our government in
users. Our SMEs need help on this and ensuring sustainable innovation and research
helping them with their needs through ecosystem for the benefit of our country as a
research and invention is our responsibility. whole.

Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Shukor Abd Razak is a Research Fellow
of Media and Game Innovation Centre, iHumEn and also
Director of Research Management Centre, UTM

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Games That
You Should
Check Out
Based On Your
Personality!

A tour of our best ones yet!

Ts. Dr. Hadafi Fitri Mohd Latip E-sports is a growing part of the ecosystem. This

E-Sports Club Advisor will give Malaysia the opportunity to groom new
Sports Innovation Technology Centre (SITC)
Institute Human Centre Engineering (iHumEn) talents in the ecosystem that can become
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
champions in E-sports. In addition, the creation

of video games is also suitable based on our

This news was originally published at https://news.utm.my, “Video personality type. It shows everyone can play a
Games That You Should Definitely Check Out Based On
Your Personality Type”, 14 Apr 2020, UTM NewsHub. role in E-sports Ecosystem.

Wondering what video games should you play

E-Sports is a large industry that can potentially next? Well, let’s spice things up a bit, shall we?

provide high-quality jobs including software You know what, maybe this time, you should try

developers, engineers, graphic designers, out new video games according to your

illustrators, and even e-sports marketers and Enneagram Personality Type. What is

advertisers. The Budget 2019 announcement by Enneagram? According to Tuity.com, it is a

government proves a point that e-sports isn’t system of personality typing that explains

something to be looked down upon and instead it patterns in how people conceptualize the world

is a legitimate field and career where youth can around them and how their emotions are

pursue their passion for e-sports and games. managed.

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You can check out Truity.com to take their free test to get
some grip about your personality type. Like any other
similar personality types, it is not necessarily accurate, but
you will find it interesting as you can somehow get to know
yourself a bit even just on the surface level. Moving on,
here are some of the video game suggestions for you to
try.

THE PERFECTIONIST

Perfectionists are your natural born leaders. They are
responsible, serious, and they usually seek for improvement
and like to pursue the greater good. I think Light Yagami
from Death Note would fit right into this personality type.
Some of the Perfectionist’s Characteristics:

Serious and straight forward
Hardworking
Highly capable to concentrate
Practical, diligent
Based on these characteristics, I think Real Time Strategy,
Survival, and Resource Management games would suit
them as they enjoy creating a structural environment for
themselves. Video games that I think they would enjoy are
something like Minecraft or The Forest.

THE ACHIEVER/PERFORMER

The Achiever would be your stereotypical Extroverts. They
crave to give 110% of their effort in doing things thus
making them some of the most fired up people. Think of
Natsu Dragneel from Faity Tail, I think he could be
considered as the Achiever. Some of the Achiever’s
Characteristics:

Charismatic
Accomplishment seeker
May have interest in performing arts
Busy and on the go
I would suggest them to play Adventure based games and
also Choices Matter games as they are highly adventurous,
and they like to make a decision for themselves. Thus,
games like Pokemon and Until Dawn would definitely keep
them entertained.

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THE INVESTIGATOR/THINKER THE ENTHUSIAST/OPTIMIST

The Investigators are independent and inquisitive. Enthusiasts are bursts of energy. They
They like to wonder about how the world works and are what could be considered as the
they could be very analytical. They usually are life of a party or the happy pills. They
introverted, minimalist, and they could also be quite always view the world in a positive
insensitive due to their non-conformist personality. L. manner, similar to a precious little child.
Lawliet from Death Note fits this personality type They probably behave like Haruhi
perfectly. Some of the Investigator’s Characteristics: Suzumiya. Some of the Enthusiast’s
Characteristics:
Appears absent minded
Knowledgeable, insightful Always moving around
Reserved, independent Full of energy
In their own world Curious, eager
Personally, I enjoy a puzzle based and mystery/horror Optimistic, upbeat
games. If you are a Type 5, maybe you would Among those popular kids that you have
appreciate games like Baba Is You or Outlast. seen, one of them got to be an
Enthusiast. They are generally well-liked
and have no problem hanging around
with their peers. Thus, I figured that any
team-based and MMORPG games
would suit them perfectly. They could
also enjoy games that have colourful
and bizarre concepts. Dragon Raja or
Fortress 2 seems like something that
they would enjoy playing.

Playing esports is a

cooperative activity. Just like

a rugby or football team,

each player on the E-Sports

team has a role to play.

Research conducted by

cognitive neuroscientist

Daphne Bavelier confirms that

some action video games

have positive effects on the

brain. So remember that

gaming is more than just a

little “fun”: it’s an entire

industry, career, and passion.

If you have done it smartly

and enjoyed, e-Gaming can

be very good for you.

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