1. ISMS2018 Words of thanks Conferences coming up This conference
8th International conference on
Intelligent Systems, Modelling & Simulation
8 – 10 May 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Words of thanks
Conferences coming up
This conference

2. Thanks are due to
Reviewers, track teams and Authors from (country of 1st author): Malaysia 9, India 6, Sri Lanka 6, Indonesia 5, Philippines 5, China 4, Bangladesh 2, Palestine 2, Australia 1, Iraq 1, Japan 1, Oman 1, Thailand 1, UAE 1, UK 1, Vietnam 1. Total = 47 papers.
EUROSIM and its national societies for active support and participation
IEEE Malaysia Section: chairman Assoc Prof Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi, for support and technical sponsorship,
Asia Modelling and Simulation Section, UTM, UMP, UMS, KMUT and other universities in South East Asia for active sponsorship and support.
Keynote speakers: Prof Philip Sallis, Prof Dong Hwa Kim, and Dr Fawnizu Hussin.

3. University of Technology Malaysia
ISMS2018
Welcome by
Dr Ibrahim Shapiai
University of Technology Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Campus

4. Conferences Coming up
CIMSim2018: Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation 2018, Kuantan, September 2018.
EMS2018: European Modelling Symposium 2018, Rome/Madrid?, October 2018
AMS2018: Asia Modelling Symposium 2018, Kota Kinabalu, November 2018

5. ISMS2018 Day-1, Monday 7 May: 4 - 6pm: early registration desk
Day-2, Tuesday 8 May: Keynote Speakers Prof Dong Hwa Kim and Dr Fawnizu Hussin + 15 IEEE-CD papers. Full day 9am till 8pm including dinner
Day-3, Wednesday 9 May: Keynote Speaker Prof Philip Sallis + 30 papers (12 IEEE-CD + 18 IJSSST) in 2 parallel sessions. Full day 9am till 5.30pm including lunch at 12.15pm.
Day-4/5, Thursday/Friday 10/11 May: Visits to 1. Kuala Lumpur Tower, 2. Local University Labs, and 3. Bus Tour of Kuala Lumpur and Highlights, see registration desk for more info.

6. ISMS2018 Published Papers Statistics
Papers published: 47
Scheduled for presentation: 3 keynote speakers and 47 papers
Published papers by track: most popular in descending order:
A Intelligent Systems, 10
T. Circuits, Sensors and Devices, 7
F. Image, Speech and Signal Processing = 6
C. Methodologies, Tools and Operations Research, 5
B. Hybrid Intelligent Systems & Hybrid Soft Computing, 3
R. Mobile/Ad hoc wireless networks, mobicast, 3
D. Bio-informatics and Bio-Medical Simulation, 2
H. Human Factors, Social & Economic Sciences, 2
K. Energy, Power Generation and Distribution, 2
P. Internet Modelling, Semantic Web and Ontologies, 2
S. Performance Engineering of Computer & Communication Systems, 2
E. Discrete Event and Real Time Systems, 1
G. Industry, Business and Management, 1
L. Transport, Logistics, Harbour, Shipping and Marine Simulation, 1 10 7 6 5 3 2 1
Total 47

7. ISMS2018 Day-2 Keynote Speakers 1 & 2 + 15 papers
9 – 10am: Keynote Speaker-1, Prof Dong Hwa Kim 10 – Refreshment break – 12.15pm, 6 papers A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, T – 1.15 Lunch 1.15 – 2.15: Keynote Speaker-2, Assoc Prof Dr Fawnizu Hussin 2.15 – 3.15pm: 3 papers B1, B2, H – 3.30 Refreshment break 3.30 – 5.30pm: 6 papers C1, C2, C3, C4, F1, F2 6pm: Close of Day-1 and Photo opportunity 6.30 – 8pm: Dinner, book at registration desk only RM60.

8. ISMS2018 Day-3 Keynote Speaker-3 + 30 papers
9 - 10am: Keynote Speaker-3: Prof Philip Sallis : Refreshment break : 6 papers G1, H1, K1, R1, R2, R : Lunch : Room A: 6 papers D1, P1, P2, S1, T1, T3 Room B: 6 papers JA1, JA2, JA3, JB1, JC1, JD : Refreshments break : Room A: 6 papers JL1, JS1, JT1, JT2, JT3, JT4 Room B: 6 papers JE1, JF1, JF2, JF3, JF4, JK1 5.25: Close of conference, photo opportunity Day 4, 5: Visits to: 1. Kuala Lumpur Tower, RM90, 2. Local University Labs (post-election public holiday permitting), and 3. Bus Tour of Kuala Lumpur and Highlights, RM50

9. Keynote Speaker-1: Prof Dong Hwa Kim Current Artificial Intelligence Research Status of Global Companies and Top Universities using Neural Networks as Learning Method
Ph.D x 2: Ajou University in Korea, & Tokyo Institute of Technology, ‘Genetic Algorithms Combined with Particle Swarm Optimization/Bacterial Foraging and its Application to PID Controller Tuning’
Work Experience
President, Institute of Korea HuCARE (Human-Centered Advanced Technology Research/Education
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute.
Korea-Hungary Joint Work : Robot Emotion related topics.
President, Daedeok Korea-India Forum.
President: Science Culture Research Institute, Korea Science Foundation.
Vice-president: recognition board, world congress of arts, sciences and communications.
Korean Science Forum.
Science and Technology Forum of the deputy Prime Minister for Korean Science and Technology
Author: 2 books , 200+journal papers, 150+ conference papers
Numerous awards and citations.

10. Keynote Speaker-2: Assoc
Keynote Speaker-2: Assoc. Prof Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin Challenges for the Internet of Things Development in the Interconnected World
Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin is currently the Director of Strategic Alliance at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP).
He spent one year as a Visiting Professor at Intel Microelectronics (Malaysia)s System-on-Chip DFx Department in where he worked on low power built-in-self-test approaches for a mobile microprocessor.
BSc, Electrical Engineering: University of Minnesota (1999), M.Eng.Sc.: University of New South Wales (2001), PhD, Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan (2008) ”Core-based testing of system-on-chips (SOC) and network-on-chips (NOC)” which won an award at the ASP-DAC 2008 Student Forum.
Research interests: VLSI design and test especially in core-based testing, SOC and NOC.
Currently works on: test and debug of ICs, including design-for-test, built-in-self-test and test scheduling.
He has filed five patent applications and published more than 100 research papers.
He is actively involved in various committee positions with the IEEE Malaysia Section since 2009.
He was the Chair of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Malaysia Chapter (2013 & 2014) and currently the Vice Chair of IEEE Malaysia Section (2017 & 2018).
More details are available at

11. Keynote Speaker-3: Prof Philip Sallis Blockchain Technology - Power to the People!?
PhD, meta - information process modelling, City University London in 1979.
Positions in: England, Australia, New Zealand, research professorships in USA, Hong Kong and Chile.
Foundation Chair in Information Science at The University of Otago, New Zealand in 1987
1999: Deputy Vice Chancellor, Auckland University of Technology (AUT): academic, research innovation and enterprise activities
2009 returned to full-time research, now Director, Geoinformatics Research Centre, AUT:
Also Pro Vice Chancellor, strategic planning and ambassadorial tasks.

12. ISMS2018
Thank you and have a
good conference!!