BioMedical & Instrumentation Electronics Focus Group Name BioMedical & Instrumentation Electronics (bMIE Research Group)

Group Research Area bMIE Research Group Electronic & Biomedical Instrumentation Ultrasound Amplifier (En. Johari*) Electrophysiological Instrument (Pn. Ismawati) Tracking Device (En. Afzan*) Cell Sorting Device (En. Azhar*) Medical Equipment (En. Rahim) Analog Instrumentation (En. Hamid) Bio-sensors Electronic Nose (En. Fauzan*) Bionic Eye (Pn. Mitra*) BioMetrics (En. Camallil) Biomedical Signal Processing Speech Processing, EEG (Dr. Rubita) Ultrasound Imaging (Pn. Norhafizah**) X-Ray Imaging ( En. Ismail) Brain-Computer Interface, Brain-Muscle Control, EMG, EEG (Dr. Norlaili) Rehabilitation Speech Rehab. ?? (Prof. Dr. Jasmy) Diagnostic (Pn. Puspa*) Prosthetic Design (En. Nasrul*) New Field*** (En. Wan Fatihil Kamal - tutor) *: Full time Ph.D **: Part time Ph.D ***: Searching New Field

Research Grant by Members as Head Project En. Afzan Current Grant Applied Frgs (Title: A new approach on prediction of ECG (Arrythmia rythm) Dr. Rubita Current Grant Received e-Sci (Title: Development of medium vocabulary malay continuous speech recognition system) (Title: Development of brainwave EEG recognition system for speech disability person) (Title: ) Pn. Norhafizah Frgs (Title: Analysis of the effect of ultrasound wave on human tissue) Dr. Norlaili* e-Sci (Title: Developing Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) using scalp electrical signal (EEG)) Prof. Dr. Jasmy Frgs (Title: ) *: received 1 e-Science fund under MINE research group

Total Current Funding as at July 15, 2008 No. Members Grant type Title Period Amount (RM) 1. Dr. Rubita E-Science (MOSTI) Development of medium vocabulary malay continuous speech recognition system Nov. 06 – May 08 136,200.00 Development of brainwave EEG recognition system for speech disability person Sept. 07 – Feb. 09 230,000.00 2. Dr. Norlaili Developing Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) using scalp electrical signal (EEG) 225,960.00 TOTAL AMOUNT 592,160.00

Finish Project No. Members Grant type Title Period Amount (RM) 1 Prof. Jasmy Development of a Computer-Based Diagnostic System of Children with Speech Problem April 04 – April 06 87,000.00 TOTAL AMOUNT

Publications in journals as at 3rd July 2008 No. Authors Title Journal Year Page 1. Rubita Sudirman, Sh. Hussain Salleh and Shaharuddin Salleh Improved Method in Speech Signal Input Representation Based on DTWTechnique for NN Speech Recognition System Jurnal Teknologi (SiriD) 2007 2. DTWFF-Pitch Feature and Faster Neural Network Convergence for Speech Recognition ELEKTRIKA (National, UTM) Vol. 9(1), pp. 9-13 3. Norlaili Mat Safri and Nobuki Murayama Comparison of EEG-EMG time delays calculated by phase estimates and inverse FFT vol. 9(2), pp. 1-7 4. Norlaili Mat Safri, Nobuki Murayama, Tomohiko Igasaki, and Yuki Hayashida Effects of concurrent visual tasks on cortico-mascular synchronization in humans Brain Research (Elsevier) vol. 1155, pp. 81-92 5. Norlaili Mat Safri, Nobuki Murayama, Tomohiko Igasaki, and Yuki Hayashida, Effects of visual stimulation on cortico-spinal coherence during isometric hand contraction in humans Journal of Psychophysiology (Elsevier) 2006 vol. 61 (2), pp. 288-293

Publications in conferences as at 3rd July 2008 No. Authors Title Conferences Place Date 1. Norlaili Mat Safri, Siti Hajar Aminah Ali, Siti Zuraimi Salleh, Nobuki Murayama Modeling Information Pathway of Motor Control Using Coherence Analysis 2nd Asia International Conference on Modelling & Simulation (AMS 2008) Kuala Lumpur 13-15 May 2008 2. Rubita Sudirman, Sh-Hussain Salleh and Shaharuddin Salleh Hybrid Method for Digits Recognition using Fixed-Frame Scores and Derived Pitch 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BIOMED06) 11-14 December 2006 3. The Effectiveness of DTW-FF Coefficients and Pitch Feature in NN Speech Recognition 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology (ICAIET) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 22-24 November 2006 4. NN with DTW-FF Coefficients and Pitch Feature for Speaker Recognition 1st Regional Postgraduate Conference on Engineering and Science (RPCES), SPS, UTM Skudai 26-27 July 2006 5. Ooi Chia Ai and J Yunus Evaluating Efficacy of Therapy Techniques in Children who Stutter Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference (CIBEC ’06) 2006

Publications in conferences as at 3rd July 2008…cont.1 No. Authors Title Conferences Place Date 6. Ooi Chia Ai and J Yunus Overview of a Computer-Based Stuttering Therapy Regional Postgraduate Conference on Engineering & Science Kuala Lumpur 26 – 27 July 2006 7. Computer-Based System to Assess Efficacy of Stuttering Therapy Techniques 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BIOMED06) 11-14 December 2006 8. Rubita Sudirman, Sh-Hussain Salleh and Shaharuddin Salleh Local Dtw Coefficients and Pitch Feature for Back-Propagation Nn Digits Recognition, Iasted International Conference on Networks and Communications Chiang Mai, Thailand 29-31 March 2006 Total conference papers: 8