Prof. Dr Mohd Shahrizal Sunar is the Director of Institute of Human Centered Engineering (iHumEn) and Founding Director of Media and Game Innovation Centre of Excellence (MaGICX), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He obtained his PhD from the National University of Malaysia. His major field of study is real-time and interactive computer graphics and virtual environment. He received his MSc in Computer Graphics and Virtual Environment from The University of Hull, United Kingdom and BSc degree in Computer Science majoring in Computer Graphics from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He received scholarships awards from Sultan Iskandar Johor Foundation for both his postgraduate study. He served as an academic member at School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Since 2009, he had been given the responsibility to become the Head for Department of Graphics and Multimedia as well as leading the Virtual, Visualisation and Vision research group (UTM ViCubeLab). Dr. Shahrizal is an active professional member of ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE Computer Society and International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and Fellow for European Alliance of Innovation (EAI). He is also the Deputy President of Malaysian Muslim Scientist Association (PERINTIS) and a member Malaysian Society of Mathematics and Science (PERSAMA).

 

Lip Yee Por is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. A Senior Member of IEEE, he is a recognized expert in security and machine learning. His research interests include AI, deep learning, support vector machines (SVM), IoT, authentication, computer vision, blockchain, cryptography, steganography, and watermarking. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications in reputable international journals and has secured more than RM 7 million in competitive research funding as Principal Investigator. Prof. Por's impactful contributions have earned him numerous national and international awards, and he is consistently recognized as one of the top-rated lecturers at FCSIT. In addition to his research and teaching excellence, he serves as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Computer Science, and the Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, as well as Guest Editor for Applied Sciences. He is also an Editorial Board Member for CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua. He has held key leadership roles in national and international conferences as Program Chair, Technical Chair, and Local Chair, and serves as an external academic assessor for academic programs at TARUC, MMU, HELP, and APU. To date, he has delivered more than 20 keynote and invited speeches at national and international conferences.