Handling the FSKTM Booth At the ASPer (Asasi Sains Pertanian) Towards Industry 4.0 Education Fair

7 February 2017 (Thursday)

On duty to man the faculty booth at the ASPer Towards Industry 4.0 event. This event was primarily aimed at the final semester Asasi Pertanian (UPM Matriculation) students, but was also opened to all secondary school leavers to promote the programmes which UPM offer. It was held at UPM's Main Hall (PKKSSAAS) from 8 am - 5 pm. All sixteen faculties took part, exhibiting and also rallying for their very own program. ASPer students are typically top students, hand-selected by UPM through their mock SPM results to undergo a shorter matriculation program compared to their peers attending the KPM Matriculation program (the Fast Track program is only for 8 months whereas KPM Matriculation can be up to 2 years prior to starting their degree courses). 

There was a big turn up at the event, and having several students to help out at the booth was definitely a blessing. For the Multimedia Department, we had brought several of our students' FYP projects and let the visitors played around with the Virtual Reality world, or tried out the Augmented Reality apps. Quite a few students had finalized their option to apply for our Bachelor of Computer Science programs, especially Software Engineering. As an added information, FSKTM offers Bachelor of Computer Science with three majors - Multimedia, Computer Network and Computer System, as well as Bachelor of Software Engineering.

Teaching Files Organization Workshop

25 January 2017 (Wednesday)

A file which is completely organized with no ISO document missing signifies the end of a semester, long after the last student has left the compound, home-bound. As academics, we need to mark,  key in marks, present, justify and sometime argue the results of the semester e.g. why so  and so student receive such and such grades. As UPM rigidly enforces the ISO 9001:2008 standard, each case is documented and transparent, albeit it being another additional step for the academics to sit and sift through piles of documents in this twice a year workshop. Thanks for those who sponsored the Nasi Lemak and Kuih Keria Gula Melaka to keep our momentum going. Just what we needed!

Visit to the Virtual Reality Convention, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya

16 January 2017 (Monday)

A group of staff from the Multimedia Department at FSKTM UPM went on a visit to attend the Virtual Reality Convention held at MMU, Cyberjaya. We were interested to see several new VR technologies which were on exhibits from various VR companies who took part showcasing their products. We also managed to attend a VR seminar and interacted with the VR projects (systems / games) from MMU students which were on display. Hope to secure some money from the faculty to get our VR equipments up-to-date. We also managed to talk with several companies such as VR Lab, Integrasi Erat, Streamline Studios and a few more regarding the possibility of sending our undergraduate students to do their internship there, as well as staff to do their Industrial Attachment there too.

Quality Award Day

Our Faculty held the Quality Day on 11 January 2017. The Q-Day is a day where awards are handed out to all deserving members of FSKTM on their excellent performance the year prior. Some of the awards include, Best Teaching Award, Highest Grant, Highest Number of Publications, etc. The Multimedia Department bagged the Most Active in Industrial Relations and Community Work Award. Well done, team!