soc briefing 18 may 2014

School of Computing (SOC)UUM College of Arts and Sciences

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Welcometo

Universiti Utara Malaysia

UUM Campus

• Sintok campus began operations on 15 September 1990• Officially opened on 17 February 2003• Campus grounds covering an area of 1,061 hectares• Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) was officially established on 16 February 1984 as the

sixth public institution of higher learning in the country.3

15 STUDENT RESIDENTIAL HALLS(MAS, TENAGA NASIONAL, TRADEWINDS, PETRONAS, EON, MISC, SIME DARBY, BSN, TM, PROTON, MAYBANK, YAYASAN ALBUKHARY, BANK MUAMALAT, BANK RAKYAT and SME BANK) 4

Academic Colleges at UUM

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UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies (UUM COLGIS)• School of Law• School of Tourism and Environmental Management• School of Government• School of International Studies• Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government

UUM College of Arts and Sciences (UUM CAS)• School of Computing• School of Multimedia Technology and Communication• School of Education and Modern Languages• School of Quantitative Sciences• School of Social Development• Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

UUM College of Business (UUM COB)• School of Accounting

• School of Business Management• Islamic Business School

• School of Technology Management and Logistics• School of Economics, Banking and Finance

• Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business

School of Computing (SOC)Vision of SOC

“To establish School of Computing as a centre of excellence and reference in computing”

Mission of SOC

“To develop competent and committed human capital (in Computing related areas) to drive forward the nation and humanity at the large in tandem with the University’s charter and philosophy”

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Background• School of Computing (SOC) was first known as School of

Information Technology (SIT). It was established in 1st Mac 1990.

• In September 2003, it was renamed to Faculty of Information Technology (FIT).

• The school was restructured into two different schools namely School of Computing (SOC), and School of Multimedia Technology and Communication (MMTC) on 1st

July 2011.

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DEAN

AP Dr. Huda Hj. Ibrahim

HEAD OF INFORMATION SYSTEM DEPT

Dr. Mohd. Khairudin Kasiran

B.Sc. (Hons.)(IT) COORDINATOR

Mdm. Zahurin Mat Aji @ Alon

MSC(TECHNO) COORDINATOR

Dr. Shahrul Azmi Mohd. Yusof

HEAD OF COMPUTER

SCIENCE DEPT

Dr. Mohd. Hasbullah Omar

MSc. (IT) COORDINATOR

Dr. Norliza Katuk

MSC(ICT) & MSC(IS) COORDINATOR

Dr. Nur Haryani Zakaria

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

Mdm. Yati Arikah Mohd Yusof

ADMIN STAFF –(17)

ACADEMIC STAFF (113)

DEPUTY DEAN

AP Dr. Osman Ghazali

The Management Team

Our Academic Staff

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Staff Number

Professor 5

Associate Professor 16

Senior Lecturer 35

Lecturer 45

Visiting Lecturer 1

Tutor 10

Fellow 1

TOTAL 113 * Staff in study leave = 20Data as of 15 May 2014

Departments Number

Information System 27

Computer Science 86

TOTAL 113

Our Programs• Undergraduate program

– B. Sc. (Hons.) (Information Technology)

• Master programs– Master of Science in Information Technology [MSc. (IT)]

– Master of Science in Information and Communication Technology [MSc. (ICT)]

– Master of Science in Intelligent System [MSc. (IS)]

– Master of Science in Technopreneurship [MSc. (Techno)]

• Doctoral programs– Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science [Ph.D. (CS)]

– Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology [Ph.D. (IT)]

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Our Students

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ProgramsNon-

Malaysian Malaysian TotalD.Mgmt. - 3 3

Doctor of Management (CAS) - 3 3Ph.D. 116 63 179

Ph.D. (Computer Sc.) 18 12 30Ph.D. (Information Technology) 98 51 149

Master 185 162 347MSc. (ICT) 35 28 63MSc. (Intelligent System) 1 9 10MSc. (IT) 149 114 263MSc. (Techno.) - 11 11

Undergraduate 111 424 535B.Sc. (Hons.) (Information Technology) 111 424 535

TOTAL 412 652 1064

Data as of 15 May 2014

Our Alumni

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Graduation Year

Malaysian Non-Malaysian

GRANDTOTAL

1994 - 2003 3596 4 3600

2004 - 2013 3117 168 3285

TOTAL 6713 172 6885

Data as of 15 May 2014

Undergraduate Program- BIT (1994 – 2014)

Our Alumni

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Programs Graduation Since

Malaysian Non-Malaysian

GRANDTOTAL

Ph.D. (Computer Science) 2013 1 1 2

Ph.D. (Information Technology) 2004 16 30 46

MSc. (IT) 1999 556 422 978

MSc. (ICT) 2004 79 157 236

MSc. (Intelligent System) 2002 70 55 125

MSc. (Techno.) 2007 34 - 34

TOTAL 756 665 1421

Postgraduate Programs

Programs Under Review in 2014

1) B. Sc. (Hons.) (Information Technology)

2) Master of Science in Information Technology [MSc. (IT)]

B.Sc. (Hons.) (Information Technology)

• 131 credit hours in 7 semesters.– University Requirement Courses – 39 credit hours– Programme Requirement Courses – 50 credit hours– Majoring Courses – 42 credit hours

• Majoring– Information Management– Software Engineering– Networking– Intelligent System

B.Sc. (Hons.) (Information Technology)• University Requirement Courses

(39 credit hours)– Islamic and Asian Civilization– Ethnic Relationship– Malaysian Nationhood Studies– Co-Curriculum– Fundamentals of Intrepreneur– English for Communication 1– English for Communication 2– Process Writing– Practicum

• Programme Requirement Courses (50 credit hours)– Science of Thinking and Ethics– Foundations of Finance – Basic Programming– Mathematics for IT– Discrete Structure– Data Structure & Algorithm Analysis– System Analysis and Design– IT Project Management– Database System & Information Retrieval– Basic Networking– Computer System Organization– Operating System– Introduction to Artificial Intelligence– Human Computer Interaction


• Information Management– IT Management– Database Administration– IT Entrepreneurship– Information Resource Management– Information Strategic Planning– Research Methodology in IT– Statistics for IT– Project 1– Project 2– Seminar in IT (Elective) – Knowledge Management (Elective)

• Software Engineering– Software Engineering– Mobile Programming– Software Testing & Quality Assurance– Web Engineering– Real-Time Programming– Component-Based Development

– Research Methodology in IT

– Statistics for IT

– Project 1

– Project 2– System Programming (Elective) – Web Application Development (Elective)

Majoring courses (42 hours)


• Intelligent System– Logic Programming– Knowledge Discovery in Databases– Neural Network– Machine Learning– Knowledge Engineering and Expert

System– Research Methodology in IT– Statistics for IT– Project 1– Project 2– Natural Language Processing (Elective)– Fuzzy Logic System (Elective)– Genetic Algorithm (Elective)– Intelligent Agent (Elective)

• Networking– Computer System Architecture– System and Network Security– Routing Protocols And Concepts– Distributed Computing– Research Methodology in IT– Statistics for IT– Project 1– Project 2– Web Application Development (Elective)– Network Design (Elective)– Network Management (Elective)

Majoring courses (42 hours)

Master of Science in Information Technology [MSc. (IT)]

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Structure Mode Minimum Period Maximum Period

Coursework Full-Time 3 semester 6 semester

Part-Time 5 semester 10 semester

Coursework and

Dissertation

Full-Time 3 semester 6 semester


Research Full-Time 3 semester 6 semester


Master of Science in Information Technology [MSc. (IT)]

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Components

MSc. (IT) Structures

Coursework Coursework andDissertation

Research

Program corecourses

24 credits 16 credits 8 credits

Elective 12 credits 4 credits Thesis

Project 6 credits 20 credits

TOTAL 42 credits 40 credits

Master of Science in Information Technology [MSc. (IT)] - Coursework

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Components Courses

Program Core (24 credits) STIN5014 Artificial Intelligence

STIW5014 Advanced System Analysis and Design

STIJ5014 Distributed System

STIW5024 Advanced Programming

STID5014 Advanced Database Design

SZRZ6014 Research Methodology

Elective (12 Credits) STIXXX4 Elective 1

STIXXX4 Elective 2

STIXXX4 Elective 3

Project (6 Credits) STIZ6996 Master’s Project

Master of Science in Information Technology [MSc. (IT)]- Coursework & Dissertation

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Components Courses

Program Core (16 credits) STIW5014 Advanced System Analysis and Design

STIJ5014 Distributed System

STID5014 Advanced Database Design

SZRZ6014 Research Methodology

Elective (4 Credits) STIXXX4 Elective

Dissertation (20 Credits) STIZ69920 Dissertation

Elective Courses

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Information ManagementSTID6014 IT Policy and StrategySTID6024 Decision Support SystemSTID6034 E-Government & Managing ICT in Public SectorSTID6044 Managing Knowledge in A Changing WorldSTID6054 Seminar in Information TechnologyNetwork and CommunicationSTIJ6014 Network SecuritySTIJ6024 Information SecuritySTIJ6034 Network ManagementSTIJ6044 Mobile Internet ProgrammingSTIJ6054 Computer ForensicSTIK6014 Network Architecture and Design

Artificial IntelligenceSTIN5024 Data MiningSTIN5034 Neural NetworkSTIN6034 Intelligent Agent DatabaseSTIN6044 Intelligent DatabaseSTIN6054 Web based Intelligent SystemSTIN6064 Natural Language ComputingSTIN6074 Fuzzy LogicSTIN6084 Genetic AlgorithmsSTIN6094 Swarm Computing

Software EngineeringSTIJ6044 Mobile Internet ProgrammingSTIV5014 Interaction DesignSTIV6014 Usability EngineeringSTIW6014 Requirements EngineeringSTIW6024 Measuring Software Quality

MultimediaSTIJ6044 Mobile Internet ProgrammingSTIV5014 Interaction DesignSTIV6014 Usability EngineeringSTIV6024 Virtual RealitySTIV6034 Video Production Technique

Teaching & Learning Practice

• Our current practices in teaching and learning are based on:– MS ISO 9001:2008– Code of Practice For Programme Accreditation (COPPA) by Malaysian

Qualifications Agency (MQA). COPPA comprises 9 areas:• Area 1: Vision, Mission, Educational Goals and Learning Outcomes• Area 2: Curriculum Design and Delivery• Area 3: Assessment of Students• Area 4: Student Selection and Support Services• Area 5: Academic Staff• Area 6: Educational Resources• Area 7: Programme Monitoring and Review• Area 8: Leadership, Governance and Administration• Area 9: Continual Quality Improvement

Thank you

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