Bengkel Microsoft Word 2007

            

KUALA TERENGGANU – Bahagian Pembangunan Sumber, Seksyen Latihan Jangka Pendek & Induksi, Jabatan Pendaftar, Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia (UDM) telah menganjurkan Bengkel Microsoft Office (Word 2007) pada 24- 25 Februari 2009.

Bengkel yang diadakan di Makmal Komputer UDM, Kampus Kota telah dikendalikan oleh Ketua Unit Produksi Multimedia, Puan Norkhairani Binti Abdul Rawi.

Seramai 24 peserta terdiri dari kakitangan berjawatan Pembantu Tadbir (P/O) telah mengikuti  bengkel tersebut.

Antara pengisian bengkel tersebut, para peserta telah didedahkan dengan langkah-langkah penggunaan Microsoft Word 2007 seperti menghasilkan dokumen termasuk surat, laporan, kertas cadangan, memo dan buku panduan.

Menurut Puan Norkhairani, Word 2007 dapat membantu peserta dalam menghasilkan dokumen yang lebih kemas, teratur, menarik dan juga mampu melicinkan lagi kerja-kerja pejabat.

 

UMT Signs Aggreements with Telekom Malaysia for Broadband Capacity Upgrade

            

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) hari ini telah memeterai perjanjian dengan Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) bagi menaiktaraf kapasiti perkhidmatan jalur lebar TM Direct dari 16Mbps ke 45Mbps.

Dengan peningkatan kapasiti capaian Internet ke 45Mbps ini, UMT akan berupaya meningkatkan keberkesanan sistem operasinya di seluruh kampus termasuk semua jabatan dan dewan kuliah. 

Di majlis ini, TM telah diwakili oleh Y.Bhg Dato’ Adnan Rofiee, Ketua Pegawai Operasi, TM Retail, Malaysia Business, TM manakala UMT diwakili oleh Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Sulaiman Bin Md Yassin, Naib Canselor, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu . 


Perkhidmatan jalur lebar TM Direct yang disediakan oleh TM ini akan memberikan UMT capaian Internet berkelajuan tinggi yang dapat memenuhi segala keperluannya sebagai sebuah organisasi pendidikan yang mementingkan kualiti dan sentiasa mengorak langkah untuk maju kehadapan. Sehubungan dengan itu, teknologi telekomunikasi yang baik dan keselesaan dalam mengakses maklumat dari Internet bukan sahaja akan menambah pengetahuan pihak pengurusan, tenaga pengajar dan pelajarnya, tetapi ia juga dapat meningkatkan prestasi dan daya saing UMT dalam sektor pendidikan global yang semakin kompetetif. 

Prof. Dato’ Dr. Sulaiman Md Yassin dalam ucapannya berkata, ” Kami berharap dengan penaiktarafan infrastruktur ini, pelajar UMT akan dapat menerapkan gaya hidup digital masa kini, sekaligus memperolehi pencapaian yang cemerlang dalam pengkhususan pengajian masing-masing”. 

Berucap di majlis tersebut, Dato’ Adnan Rofiee berkata, “Penyediaan perkhidmatan litar suwa jalur lebar TM Direct daripada TM ini adalah bertepatan pada masanya kerana ia dapat menyokong pembangunan UMT, disamping meningkatkan keberkesanan pengurusan dan sistem pentadbiran jabatan-jabatan di seluruh kampus”. 

”Selain capaian Internet yang laju, TM juga turut menyediakan perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan tambah nilai seperti “web hosting” dan “storage access network” kepada UMT. Dengan ini, UMT akan dapat menyediakan kemudahan ICT yang menyeluruh kepada pelajar-pelajarnya. Selain dari itu, pihak UMT juga akan dapat menikmati penjimatan kos mengurus dan menyelenggara rangkaian datanya kerana ianya akan dipantau dan diselenggarakan sepenuhnya oleh TM melalui Pusat Operasi Rangkaiannya yang berpusat di Kuala Lumpur”, tambah Dato’ Adnan. 

Majlis yang diadakan pada hari ini juga merupakan salah satu usaha TM dalam menyokong usaha Kerajaan merealisasikan matlamat penubuhan Wilayah Pembangunan Ekonomi Koridor Pantai Timur (ECER). ECER yang dilancarkan secara rasmi oleh YAB. Dato’ Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, Perdana Menteri Malaysia pada 29 Oktober 2007 di Kuala Terengganu menumpukan kepada tiga sektor utama iaitu Pertanian, Pelancongan dan Pendidikan. 

FSKTM Students Represented UPM in Imagine Cup

            

Three students from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FSKTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), were selected to represent UPM at the 2011 Malaysia Imagine Cup competition recently.

Mohamad Najib Basery, The Green P The FSKTM team is led by their mentors, Dr. Lili Nurliyana Abdullah, Dr. Razali Yaakob and Dr. Rohaya Latip. Namely the Green P, they created the 'Botanic Sustainability Smart System', a web based software to identify the type of soil and suitable plants that can be planted with it. A second year student in Bachelor of Computer Science (Computer Networks), Mohamad Najib said the idea to develop the software was drawn from the famine situation in Africa. Thus we are inspired to help them in identifying suitable crops for their land. "It took us almost two months to develop this system as well as data collected from the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry (MOA), Institute for Research and Development Institute (MARDI) and assisted by Prof. Dr. Kamaruzaman Joseph from the Faculty of Forestry, "he said at the Malaysia 2011 Imagine Cup competition at the Pullman Hotel, Kuching. In addition, the system is able to analyze the crop price index, which enables those involved in the agricultural industry to determine their budget in order to initiate agricultural projects. Meanwhile, WASPending developed software that combines the teaching of general knowledge, science and math, and also a hero character as well as focused history for students aged 10 to 12 years old. WASPending team leader, Wong Ching Yee said the system called 'Challenge the Difference "was developed in the form of games and educational software. "I hope that this software will draw attention from the children’s education related industry," he said. His friend, Tan Wee Chong, a final year student of Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering) from The Frontiers said his group developed 'The 1 Cent Project' a micro donation system that integrates with telecommunication companies to further promote the culture of giving among students. "Students can donate as low as one cent, and the use of the software can be promoted by the telecommunications company as a community service program (CSR). "By using this system, users can select their donation to be distributed for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the amount to be donated and the identification number and the data will be verified by the telecommunication companies after obtaining confirmation," he said. The 2011 Imagine Cup is a technology competition between the students of the Institution of Higher Education in promoting solutions to global problems. The competition aims to produce talented students in the world of software designers, programmers, game developers and digital media enthusiasts and simultaneously addressing issues related to humanitarian assistance, poverty, education, disease control, health, environment and global issues.

Mohamad Najib Basery, The Green P Copyright : Wong Ching Yee, WASPending Tan Wee Cheng,The Frontiers Copyright : Wong Ching Yee, WASPending

UM and UPM Enhance Learning Facilities and Empower Student Lives with 4G Mobile Internet

            

Kuala Lumpur, 13 September 2010 – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Malaya (UM) today joined the Education Partner Program (EPP) spearheaded by YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Comms). Under the program, both universities will apply the power of 4G Mobile Internet campus-wide to give their students cutting-edge learning facilities and further enhance the quality of life on campus for both students and academic staff.

UM plans to utilise YTL's 4G Campus-wide Network to boost research activities and be among the top 100 universities in the world

UPM and UM are the third and fourth local university respectively to join the EPP program in the last two months after UTM and UTAR. All twenty of Malaysia’s public universities and selected private universities are expected to join the program by the end of the year.

“We want the students to access our enterprise, learning and research services from anywhere and at anytime and therefore we are pleased to partner with YTL Comms to give our students the freedom and the convenience of 4G Mobile Internet,” said Professor Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah, Vice Chancellor of UPM.

“We champion the model of Ubiquitous Learning at UPM. This means learning whatever, whenever, wherever. We call it www-learning, which is, incidentally, the way the real Internet should be, too”, said Associate Professor Dr. Suhaimi Napis, CTO and Director, InfoComm Development Centre (iDEC), UPM.

The Ubiquitous Learning Environment (ULE) at UPM, the brainchild of Dr. Suhaimi, relies on the Malaysian Research and Education Network (MYREN), a high-capacity broadband network that connects universities, colleges, research organisations and scientific laboratories. UPM was one of the founding proposers of this dedicated network that provides a platform for creating research communities and encourages them to exchange ideas and collaborate with international partners.

YTL's 4G Campus-wide Network is set to take UPM's model of Ubiquitous Learning Environment (ULE) even further

While UPM’s ubiquitous learning model relies on MYREN as the foundation, the university also has a number of cloud services that can support blended learning – a mixture of remote and on-premise education. For example, the video collaboration services, 1VideoBridge, make live virtual classes possible, with up to 160 laptops, desktops and other compatible devices connected at one time, where students can interact with the lecturer and each other. We also have uCast, modelled after a popular video-sharing portal to facilitate video-on-demand.

“All this innovation that supports the ubiquitous learning model can’t be fully harnessed by the students without high speed Internet access that is available everywhere and from any device,” said Dr. Suhaimi. “The power of 4G Mobile Internet will create new ways for education to be delivered and we are already working with YTL Comms to enable interoperability between our learning and research cloud services and all platforms, including new Android-based devices, which we are eager to explore.” He added.

Under the EPP partnership, each student will receive FREE converged data and voice services of 300 megabytes per user, on a monthly basis over a period of 3 years at anytime and from anywhere throughout the campus grounds. On top of that, the students will be able to top up their accounts at special student rates.

“UM is currently rated the top ranking university in Malaysia, but it is our mission to see UM among the top 100 universities in the world in the next five years. Our partnership with YTL Comms and participation in the EPP program is a major milestone towards realising this vision,” said Datuk Dr. Ghauth Jasmon, Vice Chancellor of UM.

UM sees 4G Mobile Internet as a perfect tool to enhance students’ lives on campus, too. “The combination of 4G Broadband & Voice service under one account is a great value proposition to our students. When every ringgit needs to be stretched, it helps that our students can use their 300 megabytes of free broadband to make free phone calls, too. Considering that the majority of their calls are made to friends and colleagues on campus, the savings they will be able to realize are substantial,” elaborated Dr. David Asirvatham, Director, Center for Information Technology, UM.

UM is Malaysia’s first public university and a Research University, as designated by the Government. As such, UM actively spearheads a number of research-intensive projects in ICT and Computational Sciences, Biotechnology and Bioproducts, and Health and Translational Medicine in which it applies the power of Grid Computing. However, due to the current bandwidth limitations, the Grid Computing can only extend to the servers at the time being.

“With the superior performance of 4G, that delivers connectivity in megabits instead of the kilobits we currently get with 3G, the power of grid computing can easily extend all the way to desktops and devices, too, significantly improving our research process,” added Dr. David.

“We are very impressed with UPM’s and UM’s vision to create superior academic environments and we are extremely pleased to be their partner in realising this vision,” said Yasmin Mahmood, Executive Director, YTL Communications. “We are building a better Internet for everyone, a 4G Mobile Internet network that truly empowers all people, and we want our students, the leaders of a better tomorrow, to be the first to experience this most advanced Internet technology available today.

The First 4G Outlet Launched in UTM

           

 

Yasmin demonstrates the use of 4G broadband to Dr Zaini after the launching of  the YES Campus Store at Arked Meranti.

Skudai, March 11 – “YES Campus Store”, the first 4G outlet at an institution of higher learning in the country is launched at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia today.

The UTM Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dato’ Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang said, the initiative to open the said outlet enables the UTM community to get the 4G mobile internet services at an affordable rate.

 The package, Education Partner Program Campus Citizen Plan, facilitates the UTM community to use the 4G network which has been customised with a special package.

The Yes 4G mobile phone is also launched today exclusively for the UTM community.

The YES Campus Store was launched by Dr. Zaini.  Also present was the Executive Director of YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Comms), Yasmin Mahmood.

Although more than 80 percent of the student residential colleges have been provided with internet coverage through the installation of almost 1,000 wireless hot spots, the 4G broad band services will extend the students’ accessibility to the online learning materials and services.

The facilities enable more than 20 thousand students to utilise the advanced communication and information technology as part of their learning process. The initiative is in tandem with UTM teaching and learning policy which emphasizes the use of e-learning while focusing on the development of soft skills among students.

The expansion of the broad band and internet accessibility will give great impact to the students of UTM as it enables them to obtain the information required particularly in research and development speedily and promptly. Such facilities are most appropriate as many of the learning references and materials are made available through the internet.

In addition the technopreneur program will get the advantage of the services provided by YTL Comms through high speed internet.

4G Internet Service in UTM

           

Skudai, December 6^th: Students and staff of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) can now enjoy faster broadband speed with the introduction of 4G (fourth generation) mobile Internet services under a collaboration with YTL Communications Sdn Bhd.

UTM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Zaini Ujang said the service would benefit the university's 2,000 doctorate students, of whom 500 were in the computer science field.

"This is one of the biggest broadband facilities among public institutions of higher learning in the country. YTL Communications selected UTM based on our progress in providing quality broadband for our students and staff.

"We are among the first to have been signed up for this, and the first to receive it," said Zaini after the introduction of the 4G YES service at the Skudai campus here.

He said UTM, which was declared a research university by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in June, would also collaborate with YTL Communications to develop 4G content.

In June, UTM upgraded its broadband capacity to 425 mbps (megabyte per second).

He said the 4G facility was already up and running at its Skudai main campus and at the Jalan Semarak campus in Kuala Lumpur.

Zaini said with the introduction of YES 4G, the university would be able to reduce capital expenditure and costs at its facilities.

Meanwhile, YTL Communications executive director Yasmin Mahmood said six other universities would receive the YES 4G services.

They are Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and Universiti Teknologi Mara.

Yasmin said Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris would soon receive the services, pending internal approvals.

She said YTL was working towards a 80 per cent penetration rate in the country within the next several months, and was gearing up for its YES TV in October next year.

It currently has a 65 per cent penetration rate in Peninsular Malaysia.

She said the YES 4G would benefit students as its Internet speed was not only five times faster than 3G, it would also only cost a RM30 minimum monthly fee.

USIM Innovation at PECIPTA 2009

           

Kuala Lumpur, 9 Oct 2009 – USIM won one silver medal and three bronze medals in the International Institutes of Higher Learning Invention Conference and Expo (PECIPTA), organised by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education together with University of Malaya. PECIPTA 2009 was held for 3 days from 8-10 October 2009 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mahir Mohamed Mokhtar’s “New Source of Citral from Lemongrass Flowers” won the gold medal whilst Prof. Salmah Yusof’s “Rush Tea-Roselle Tablet Tea” and Mr. Halim Mohd Hussin’s “Combat-PSDA” and “RecoTAC-E” won the bronze medal respectively. 

USIM submitted 12 designs and innovations in 4 categories, namely Bioscience and Biotechnology, Communication Information and Technology, Physics and Engineering Sciences and Social and Human Sciences. One of the innovations (Multi-class Traffic Packet Switching) by Prof Dr. Kamaruzzaman Seman was chosen to enter the competition at the Main Gallery.

As in past years, PECIPTA 2009 aims to exhibit designs and innovations by local and international universities. Apart from that, it also opens up opportunities to participants to form ties and partnerships for the development of prototypes and their commercialisation. 

Among the main objectives of PECIPTA 2009 is to support the government’s efforts in accelerating national growth through the emphasis on research and development. Other purposes include displaying products and designs by local universities that have been successfully commercialised and marketing research expertise that is competitive not only locally but also globally.

Usim Offers Dental Services to Local Community

           

Pandan Indah, 7 Oct 2009 – The Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) took its first steps in providing services to the local community with the Faculty of Dentistry (FPg) opening a Dental Service Unit, a modern facility equipped with 37 dental chairs, X-ray machines and other dental equipment.

According to the Dean and Head of the e-Clinical system project, Prof. Dato’ Dr Wan Mohamad Nasir bin Wan Othman, USIM spent RM30 million in the 8th and 9th Malaysia Plan to install ICT facilities for teaching and learning purposes in accordance with the aim of USIM’s establishment which is to uphold Islamic based education.

The Dental Service Unit has several facilities such as the Dental Clinics, Dental Laboratories and the X-ray rooms. The establishment of this unit is part of the main necessities in the teaching of dentistry. It is the cornerstone of clinical practice at the undergraduate level. The facilities provided will also be expanded to accommodate clinical practices at the postgraduate level in various dental expertise.

To ease the management of patient records, the e-Clinical system was developed as a means of support to enhance the quality of records used in two locations – the Students Health Unit at the Nilai campus of USIM and also the Dental Service Unit at the Pandan Indah campus. 

This system is fully functional as from July 2009 and it is a medical operation system that comes equipped with additional features like data entry, maintenance, inquiry and interactive reporting.

According to the Vice Chancellor of USIM, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Shukor Hj. Husin, the development of this e-Clinical system is another important effort in USIM’s strategic planning for ICT. Three parties, namely the Department of Knowledge Management and Information Technology (PPITM), the Faculty of Dentistry and the Students Health Unit, Department of Student Affairs, helmed the development and implementation of this system.

The statement was made by Prof. Dato’ Dr. Muhamad Muda  representing  the Vice Chancellor,  at the opening ceremony of the Dental Service Unit and e-Clinical system at the Pandan Indah campus.


The objectives of this e-Clinical project are to develop and implement an operational  solution to integrate the dental and medical records of patients in order to provide a more efficient service  to students, staff of USIM and the community.

The e-Clinical system is one of the technological advancements made in creating a paperless society and simplifying the management of patient registration and record keeping. This means that the process to analyse patient data and inventory can be done easily and continuously. 
It is hoped that the facilities provided will be utilised by all parties in making USIM one of the national referral centres for dental services and patient record keeping.