People

MLDS Current Team & Alumni

MLDS Heads

Dr. Siti Sophiayati Yuhaniz

MLDS Group Head
Dr. Siti Sophiayati Yuhaniz is a Senior Lecturer at Advanced Informatics School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM AIS). Currently, she is the Program Coordinator for MSc (Business Intelligence and Analytics) and the Head of Machine Learning for Data Science Group at UTM AIS. She received her PhD from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom in 2008, in the area of Image Processing On-Board Small Earth Observation Satellites. She is currently active in the research field of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Big Data Analytics. Other than working in the academic world, she is also involved in several research projects with industries, such as Cybersecurity Malaysia, Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd and Sapura Group.
Website: ais.utm.my/sophia

Dr. Nurulhuda Firdaus Mohd Azmi

MLDS Group Head
Informatics School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
PhD: 2014 at University of York, United Kingdom
PhD Thesis: Artificial Immune Systems for Profile Adaptation in Information Filtering.
Master: Applied Statistics at UPM in 2000.
Research Area: Data Mining, Data Analytics, Bio-inspired Computing and Operational Research.
Project Collaboration: SAPURA , Malaysia Ministry of Health on Human Resource Predictions based on system dynamic, Agensi Angkasa Negara on Data integration for online analytics
Website: ais.utm.my/hudafirdaus

Senior Members

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Harihodin Selamat

Assoc. Professor
Research Interests: Database Systems, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Information Integration
Website: ais.utm.my/harihodin

Dr. Nilam Nur Binti Amir Sjarif

Senior Lecturer
Research Interests: Image and Video Processing, Pattern Recognition, Soft Computing

Members

Nur Farhana Hordri

PhD Student
Advisors: Dr. Siti Sophiayati Yuhaniz, Prof. Dr. Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Dr. Nurulhuda Firdaus Mohd Azmi
Research Interests: Deep Learning in Financial Frauds Analytics.
Website: teknologimalaysia.academia.edu/nfarhanahordri

Nor’asnilawati Salleh

PhD Student
Advisors: Dr. Siti Sophiayati Yuhaniz, Dr. Nurulhuda Firdaus Mohd Azmi
Research Interests: Space Weather Data Prediction and Machine Learning.

Adilah Sabtu

PhD Student
Advisor: Dr. Nurulhuda Firdaus Mohd Azmi
Research Interests: Big Data Management, Integration, Security.

Wail Hassan Al-ammari

PhD Student
Advisor: Dr. Siti Sophiayati Yuhaniz
Research Interests: Detecting Fake Location in Social Media Using Big Data Analytics.
Website: linkedin.com/in/wail-hassan-al-ammari-884aa5b7