Invited Talks
Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi
KPJ Healthcare University, Malaysia
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medicine
Abstract
The KPJ Academic Health System (KPJHS) is Malaysia’s first integrated academic health system, strategically designed to unify clinical service delivery, biomedical research, and health professions education within a single collaborative ecosystem. KPJHS integrates the collective capabilities of KPJ Healthcare, enabling seamless exchange of clinical data, research evidence, multidisciplinary expertise, and innovation across its hospitals, academic institutions, and strategic partners to advance evidence-based and value-driven healthcare. Within KPJHS, the Future Health Institute (FHI) functions as a translational interface between academia, industry, and clinical practice, providing a collaborative platform for healthcare professionals, innovators, and government stakeholders to collectively develop future models of care. Operating under FHI, the Center for Digital Health (CDH) is dedicated to the research, development, and implementation of advanced digital health technologies and artificial intelligence across the healthcare and educational ecosystem. This presentation will outline the conceptual framework of KPJHS, FHI, and CDH, followed by an overview of ongoing initiatives under CDH such as the development of AI-based computer-aided diagnosis systems for cancer and diabetic wounds. These AI-driven computer-aided diagnostic systems enhance the overall quality and standard of healthcare by improving diagnostic accuracy and clinical consistency. They reduce human error, minimize inter- and intra-observer variability, mitigate interpretation bias, and enable faster, standardized reporting. Furthermore, these systems optimize clinical workflow by reducing the workload of healthcare professionals, thereby supporting more efficient and evidence-based patient care.
Biography
Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi, PEng, CEng, SMIEEE, MIEM, is a distinguished Malaysian academic, engineer, and researcher, currently serving as Professor and Dean of the School of Digital Health (SDH) at KPJ Healthcare University (KPJU) and Director of the KPJ Centre for Digital Health (CDH). Previously he was with Multimedia University (MMU) for more than 25 years. Renowned for his pioneering contributions to biomedical informatics, digital pathology, machine learning and artificial intelligence, he has spent over two decades driving innovation at the intersection of engineering, computer science and healthcare. Prof. Faizal earned his BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree from Imperial College London and PhD in Electronic and Computer Science from the University of Southampton, UK. His leadership in AI-driven healthcare research, particularly in cancer diagnostics, medical imaging, and precision medicine, has been recognised through prestigious awards including Malaysia’s Top Research Scientist (ASM, 2024), the Fulbright-MCMC Award (USA, 2017), and multiple honours from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). A Chartered Engineer (UK) and Professional Engineer (Malaysia), he has published widely, holds several patents, and has delivered numerous international keynote lectures. As an academic leader and mentor, he continues to champion the integration of digital health technologies, clinical AI, and research excellence to strengthen Malaysia’s position in the global digital health ecosystem.
Prof. Mardeni Roslee FASc
Multimedia University, Malaysia
Next Generation of Internet of Things System
Abstract
Today next generation of the Internet of Things (IoT) is important for everyone in the world where it can change the human life into more advanced technologies. Centre for Wireless Technology (CWT), Multimedia University Malaysia is actively work in this field where it is a foundational platform to develop a wireless research environment that produces high talented future leaders in academia, industry, and government. CWT aspires to prepare researchers to be an exceptional engineers and educators by integrating research and teaching to provide high impact learning and practice while serving as an international beacon in engineering research and academia. CWT aims to support and enhance wireless engineering curriculum through the lab members’ research contributions in the theoretical and practical aspects of wireless technologies. Through research and development, training and outreach activities, a wide range of smart connected wireless devices and technologies will be created, and enhance even more personalized and intelligent user experiences of wireless ecosystem in the horizon. This presentation will outline the research centre, core technologies of next generation of the Internet of Things (IoT) such as Artificial Intelligence & Agentic AI which is more to embedding machine learning and autonomous decision-making agents directly into hardware to take real-world actions without human triggers. An advanced connectivity will also being discussed which utilizing high-speed, ultra-low-latency 5G, 6G, and low-power wide-area networks like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT. The key applications are more to agriculture which combines smart wireless sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-speed connectivity like 5G/6G and satellite networks to automate and optimize farming.
Biography
Professor Mardeni is Chairman and Professor at Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering, Multimedia University Malaysia since 2008. His current research interests are 6G, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and UAV. He is the CEO/main founder of Armada Smart Tech MR Sdn Bhd company. In administration, he appointed as a Chairman of Centre of Wireless Technology, Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Intelligent Network, since 2017, Deputy Director of Research Management Centre MMU in 2020–2022 and Deputy Director of Research Institute of Digital Connectivity in 2019–2020. In professional association, he has been elected as Chairman of Institute of Electrical and Electronics (IEEE) Communication Society/Vehicular Technology Society (COM-VT) in 2019–2020 and serves as Vice-Chair of Malaysian Society for Engineering & Technology (MY SET). He is a registered Chartered Engineer with Engineering Council United Kingdom, and Member with The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK and a Senior Member IEEE (SMIEEE). He appointed as a Guest/Visiting Professor at 10 abroad Universities such as at United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, Turkey, Pakistan and New Zealand. He has Publication of 300 papers for indexed journals, conference proceedings, professional magazine and book chapters. He is the principle investigator for 40 project Grants under the local and international funding bodies with total RM11 million or 3 million USD. He has been involved in local and international industry Consultation. He was invited as Keynote Speaker for 40 International conferences and been invited by IEEE international conference as Invited Speaker at 20 countries worldwide. He served as General Chair of 20 International conferences including high committee for 40 International conferences. He is the recipient of more than 100 research Awards locally and internationally including Top Research Scientist in Malaysia 2020 from Academy of Science Malaysia (ASM), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia. His contributions to academic and the engineering professional over the years have earned him recognitions globally where in year 2025, he honor received a National Fellows of Academy Science Malaysia award which bring the title (FASc) from Government of Malaysia. Fellow of the Malaysian Academy of Sciences is the highest recognition given Malaysian Government to the best scientific minds which made outstanding contributions in fields globally.
Prof. Hideki Kawahara
Wakayama University, Japan
Revisiting Discrete Fourier Transform in Audio Signal Processing Applications
Abstract
Digital devices today are more than a billion times more powerful than those half a century ago. This advancement makes some of the best practices introduced in the early days of digital signal processing legacy. The “giant-FFT SRC (Sampling Rate Conversion)” is one such example; it enables artifact-free conversion in a straightforward implementation. This talk starts with a discussion of the giant-FFT SRC and leads to the introduction of our “signal safeguarding for impulse response estimation.” This signal safeguarding makes arbitrary sounds appropriate for acoustic tests.
Biography
Please see the speaker’s profile: Wakayama University Profile
Prof. I Gusti Bagus Baskara Nugraha
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Implementing Smart X in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities
Abstract
The Smart-X concept extends beyond smart cities, encompassing diverse domains such as healthcare, agriculture, mobility, defense, villages, and region-scale systems. It combines sensing, data integration, artificial intelligence, analytics, digital twins, and collaborative technologies to transform heterogeneous data into actionable insights and intelligent actions that improve quality of life. However, infrastructure disparities, data silos, no sense of urgency, and lack of regulations make it challenging to produce effective results. In this talk, we present a strategy to implement Smart-X in Indonesia by bringing together a multidisciplinary approach and collaboration.
Biography
I Gusti Bagus Baskara Nugraha completed his studies in Electrical Engineering at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1999 and then continued his studies in Electrical Engineering, also earning a Master of Engineering degree in 2001. In 2003, he pursued his doctoral studies in information systems at the Graduate School of Information Systems, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Tokyo, and graduated in 2006. After completing his doctoral studies, he continued working at UEC as research associate and then assistant professor. From 2011, he is with the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Bandung Institute of Technology, and part of the Information Technology Research Group. He is currently an associate professor. His primary research interests are information systems applications, the Internet of Things, and secure and trusted systems.