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Biography
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Zaki Bin Abu Bakar
Dean,
Faculty of Computer Science & Information Systems
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
- Professor, Multilingual Information Technology, Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Systems, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. UTM staff member for 25 years (since 1977 - today).
- Experience in the field of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for 25 years (since 1977) Research Areas: Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation, Multilingual Information Technology, Intelligent Systems, Knowledge Management, Knowledge-Based Systems, e-Business, mobile computing, IT Technoprenuership
- Malaysian Official Representative to the Global Information Infrastructure for Equal Language Opportunity organized by Center of International Cooperation in Computerization, Japan, 1997- today. Malaysian Representative to the Multilingual Information Technology Forum held in Singapore (May 1997), Japan (Oct 1997), Viet Nam (Oct 1998), Myanmar (Oct 1999), Malaysia (Nov 2000).
- Recipient, MNCC 1999 National IT Excellence Teacher Award, Sept. 2000.
- Chairman, Malaysian National Information Technology Standards Committee (JTC1), SIRIM, 2000- Today. Chairman, Malaysian National Multilingual Information Technology (MLIT) Standards Committee, SIRIM, 1998-now.
- Chairman, Internationalizing Entreprenuership Education & Training International Conference 2002 (IntEnt2002), Jul 2001- Jul 2002.
- Director, Malaysian Division of the Joint Research in Multilingual Computer Translation Project between Japan, Malaysia, China, Thailand and Indonesia, Ministry of Education, 1989-1996. Founding Managing Director, Malaysian National Institute of Translation, Ministry of Education, 1993-1996
- Former Vice President & Council Member, Malaysian National Computer Confederation (MNCC), 1994-1996 & various professional societies
- Over 300 academic & technical publications
- Cyber Novelist: Dendam Siber, Pustaka Cipta (1997) & Wira Pesona Avatari, Utusan Publications (2000), Corat Coret Komputer, Utusan Malaysia (1989-1993). National Laureate: 1999 National Literature Award (Novel), Utusan Melayu-Public Bank, July 2000, Holder of the Malaysian Book of Records for Malaysian First Cyber Novel, 2001.
- Education
Ph.D. Electrical Eng. (A.I.), UTM, Malaysia, 1989 - First Ph.D. UTM
M. Eng Computer Engineering, California Polytechic State University, USA, 1984
B.Sc (Hons) Electronics Engineering, Essex Univ. UK, 1981
Dip. Communication Engineering, UTM, Malaysia, 1977 - First Class & Best Student - Birth Date: 29 May 1956 Birth Place: Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia
- Address: Faculty of Computer Science & Information Systems, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johore, Malaysia, Tel: 607-550-3500, Fax: 607-556-5044, E-mail: zaki@fsksm.utm.my
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