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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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 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

7. 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

8. 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