9 August 2019 - As part of ITU’s Girls in ICT Day campaign in 2019, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in collaboration with Telebort conducted our second Animation using Scratch Workshop at the School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (CS USM) on 8 August 2019. For the second workshop, the task force thought it would be a good idea to bring the girls from nearby schools to experience learning coding at a university computer lab with high-tech computers. Twenty-eight primary school students aged between 10 – 12 years old  from seven schools (SK Minden Height, SK Sungai Gelugor, SK Bukit Gambir, SK Bukit Gelugor, SJKC Kuang Hwa, SJKT Subramaniya Barathee and SJKT Jalan Sungai) participated in the workshop. Again, the goody bags and prizes for the workshop were generously sponsored by L'Oréal Malaysia.

24 July 2019 - Congratulations to our final year student, Sim Jia Wei, for being declared Champion in the Innovate Malaysia Exabytes Challenge with his project PikaFoodAR: Augmented Reality Mobile Application to Decode Food Ingredients for Health Risk Evaluation. He also won Consolation in the Google Technology Track. On top of that, his project was also shortlisted as the top 5 in two other award categories: IEEE Social Innovation Award and MDEC Digital Tech Award.

3 May 2019 - In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Universiti Sains Malaysia, the School of Computer Sciences has organized "Project Innovation & Exploration in CS Education and Learning (PIXEL2019)" with the theme “Paving the Way for New Frontiers.” As PIXEL evolves into the second year of its inception and it is the first time PIXEL is organized as a full-scale exhibition featuring all the final year projects. Also, for the first time, the organizing committee comprises of synergizing committee: lecturers, staffs and student volunteers led by CS Society.

Officiated by Prof. Dr. Rosni Abdullah, the Dean School of Computer Sciences, PIXEL 2019 showcases a total of 139 final year projects comprises of system development & research projects. These projects are exhibited at Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra Foyer and Dataran Merah and they are evaluated by 14 assessors from various industries such as Aemulus, API Gate, Continental, Dell, Fusionex, Gut Studio, Hilti, Intel, and Vitrox. Among them are alumni from the School of Computer Sciences.

PIXEL 2019 has successfully achieved its objectives by:

• Featuring students’ work among their peers, industry and community members
• Exchanging knowledge and experience among the students, academics and community
• Enhancing students’ soft-skills particularly in presenting their ideas to the mass

PIXEL 2019 co-sponsors are Dr Sazani Shafie, Mr Anuar Haji Abdullah from BUMIKONSERV Sdn. Bhd., and Ir Md Rozi Ayope from TPJ Engineering Sdn. Bhd.

The list of PIXEL 2019 recipients of the PIXEL awards are as follows:

1. Best Project: Lum Mun Kwai

(Smart Power Socket for Power Management and Control with Integrated Cloud & Mobile System)

2. Best Presentation: Mohamed Sahil Mohamed Salim

(I-Alert: Precaution Intruder System)

3. People Choice: Ooi Lim Seong Liang

(Sentiment Analysis and Visualization for Restaurant Reviews)

4. Best Exhibition Booth: Kelvin Lim Ching Wei

(Rapid Bus Arrival Time Prediction)

5. Best Dressed (Male): Muhammed Marzukh Bashir Ahamed

(BLE Optimization for Internet of Things)

6. Best Dressed (Female): Ho Xiao Yun

(Penang Museums Tour Advisor)

Besides the award presentations, about 35 lucky draws are given to the final year students, contributed by the CS family consists of staff and academics as an appreciation for the students’ hard work and commitment making PIXEL 2019 possible. As theme for PIXEL 2019, “Paving the Way for New Frontiers,” PIXEL 2020 is anticipated as an integral part of CS final year project evaluation.

Reported by Dr Zarul Fitri Zaaba and Dr Mohd Adib Haji Omar, School of Computer Sciences.

17 April 2019 -  The manufacturing process at DELL APCC2 in Bukit Minyak covers assembly, software installation and quality control. More than 150,000 units produced per year in this facility from 120 product families.

The trip to DELL APCC2 provides a valuable experience for both the students and academic staff. With an aim to go beyond academics, this industrial visit provides students a practical perspective of the work place. It provides an insight on applications of software in the industry, and an exposure to Agile Software Engineering practices and software testing in particular. The academic staff gain more knowledge about the career prospects of the related area and gain a valuable connection with Dell.

At their in-house Testing Lab, DELL APCC2 analyzes commercial data to identify important configurations and perform pilot testing on priority configurations in order to develop and apply the manufacturing process. Their products and solutions are well tested before being shipped. With their impressive Testing Lab, DELL APCC2 aims to be recognised as a software defined organization, inline with their Software Engineering Initiative Hub in the northern area of Malaysia.

In conjunction with International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Girls in ICT Day celebration, the School of Computer Sciences, USM in collaboration with Telebort will launch the . The campaign aims to encourage and empower girls and young women to consider studies and careers in ICT, thus enabling both girls and technology companies to reap the benefits of greater female participation in the ICT sector in Malaysia.

The campaign consists of a series of workshops to be hosted at a few selected primary schools in Penang. The task force led by Dr. Jasy Liew, Dr. Teh Je Sen and Dr. Azleena Mohd Kassim and advised by Dr. Rosni Abdullah was set up to plan and organize the workshop and campaign together with Mr. Kee Chong Wei, the CEO of Telebort.

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