Curtin Malaysia’s PhD student wins Young Researcher Award
MIRI: PhD student Lee Mok Siang of Curtin University, Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) did his varsity proud by winning a Young Researcher Award at the recent International Conference on Innovative Research in Science, Technology and Management ( ICIRSTM 2017) at National University Singapore ( NUS).
Lee was among four to receive the award, the other recipients being from Hindu University, India; Evalueserve SEZ, India; and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
About 140 participants from Australia, Austria, China, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oman, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, US and other countries presented innovative research ideas and results at the two- day event recently.
Lee who collaborated with teammates and fellow Curtin Malaysia academics Professor Goh Bean San, Dr Hendra Gunawan Harno and Dr Garenth Lim King Hann presented his research project entitled ‘ Bang- bang Iterations to Solve Unconstrained Optimisation Problems’ which has many applications in Engineering, Business and Biology.
During the course of project development, Lee and teammates developed new ideas and methods to turn the initial concept of bangbang iterations into an algorithm to solve unconstrained optimisation problems.
According to Professor Goh, the award is timely and the encouragement shown by international scholars at the conference will motivate academic staff and research students of Curtin Malaysia to keep up the good work.
ICIRSTM 2017 was jointly organised for the first time in Singapore by the International Institute of Research and Journals ( IIRAJ) and NUS. It targeted academicians, researchers, scientists, engineers and students interested in new ideas and knowledge for use of technology as well as research results on all aspects of science, technology and management.
The conference covered computer science and application, electronics and electrical engineering, materials and mechanical engineering, civil and bio- technical sciences, basic science and management, and agricultural and animal science.
The delegates shared and discussed their research ideas throughout the event held at NUS’ new education hub facility - the University Town ( UTown).
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