Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Malarvili Bala Krishnan
Feb 2015
Contents
One Page Summary CV………………………………………………………………………………………2
Personal Data…………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Education……………………………………………………………………………………………………..4
Professional Membership…………………………………………………………………………………….4
Work Experience.…………………………………………………………………………………..………...5
Computer Skills……………………………………………………………………………………………....6
Administrative Experience……………………………………………………………………………...…....6
Consulting & Professional Activities………………………………………………………………………...7
Academic Teaching…………………………………………………………………………………………..7
Subject Taught……………………………………………………………………………………...8
Academic Supervision…………………………………………………………………………..………...8-10
Awards……………………………………………………………………………………………………...10
Research Input…………………………………………………………………………...………………11-14
Research Output…………………………………………………………………………………………….14
Copyright/Intellectual Property…………………………………………………………..………..14
Journal Review………………………………………………………………………………..…...15
Publications………………………………………………………………………………….…….15
Journal Manuscripts ………………….……………………………………………...15-17
Conference Manuscripts ………………………………………………..……………17-20
Book Chapters…………………………………………………………………….……..20
Languages…………………………………………………………………………………………………...20
Reference………………………………………………………………………………………………...... 21
Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………………...…22-27
One Page Summary CVMalarvili Bala Krishnan, Dr. (Ph.D., M.Eng, B.Eng)
Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Bioscience and Medical Engineering, UTM
Head of Biosignal Processing Research Group -Biotechnology Research Alliance UTM
Tel: +6 07 5535982 Fax: +6 07 5536222 Mob: +6 012-3722964
Email:
Website: http://fbme.utm.my/malarvili & www.biomedical.utm.my/bsp
Academic/Professional Background / Community Service
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Sciences Engineering), The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia. 2008
Master of Electrical Engineering (Biomedical Signal Processing), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. 2004
Bachelor of Electric and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. 2002
Employment
2009- : Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Biomedical and Health
Sciences Engineering,UTM
2008-2009: Lecturer, Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences
Engineering, UTM
2005-2008: Lecturer, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTM
2002-2005: Tutor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTM
Awards
v International Awards:1
v National Awards :6
v UTM Awards :5
Membership of Professional Bodies
Member of IEM, BEM, BEAM, IET, ASMR and IACSIT
Academic Supervision
v PhD Students : 6
v Master Students : 4
v Undergraduate Students :15
Research Interests
Physiological signal processing, Pattern Recognition with anemphasis on biomedical applications, Time-frequency signalanalysis, Multi-modal signal processing, Computer aidedmedical diagnosis system, Biomedical data acquisition
Research Input
v Founder and Head of Biosignal Processing Research Group (BSP RG)
v Total no of research Grant:15
v Total no of grant achieved:10
Publications
v Total Journal Publication: 14 (Total Impact factor: 7.5)
v Total Conference Proceedings (ISI/SCOPUS Index): 20
v Total Conference Proceedings (Non- Index): 10
v Book Chapters: 2 / Administrative Experience
v Head of Research Group, Biosignal Processing (BSP-RG)
v Coordinator for Postgraduate Taught Course -programme MMBC (Masters of Biomedical engineering)
v Committee Member of Faculty Graduate Studies (JKPS)
v Committee Member of Faculty Management (JKP)
v IT Manager of FKBSK
v Committee member of Open Courseware Committee (OCW) UTM
v Committee member of EAC Committee
v Industrial Training Committee Member, FKBSK, UTM
Copyright/Intellectual Property
v Total Patents Pending: 3
v Total Copyrights: 6
Consulting & Professional Activities
v Technical Program Malaysian Liaison for ISSPA, 2010 & 2012
v Invited Speaker for InternationalTranslationalMedicineConference,Nov3-4,2011, Montreal,Quebec,Canada.
v A series of MATLAB WORKSHOP WITH EMPHASIS ON BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING were conducted for undergraduate, postgraduate and staff of UTM, Skudai and UTEM, Melaka.
v Technical Reviewer - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and EURASIP.
v Academic Facilitator of John Hopkins University-Center for Talented Youth 2013
v Panel for FRGS Proposal Evaluation
v Editorial Board Member
o IJAREEIE
o Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering
o FIJST Journal 2013
v Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) Evaluator in Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation
Languages
Tamil, English, Bahasa Melayu
CURRICULUM VITAE
MALARVILI BALAKRISHNAN
PERSONAL DATA
IC Number / : / 800626-14-5320 /Sex / : / Female
Date of Birth / : / 26 June 1980
Citizenship / : / Malaysian
Marital Status / : / Married
Place of Birth / : / Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur
Research Interest
Designation / :
: / Physiological signal processing, Pattern Recognition, Time-frequency signal analysis, Multi-modal signal processing, Computer aided medical diagnosis system, Biomedical data acquisition
Senior lecturer
Contact Address / : / Faculty of Biosciences & Medical Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Ph: +6 07 5535982
Fax: +6 07 5558515
Mobile: +6 012-3722964
http://fbme.utm.my/malarvili/
www.biomedical.utm.my/bsp
EDUCATION
University / Qualification / YearUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. / Bachelor of Electric and Electronics Engineering
Thesis: Feature Extraction of ECG Signals. / Jun 1998-Jun 2002
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor. / Master of Electrical Engineering (Biomedical Signal Processing)
Thesis: Development of QT Dispersion Algorithm as a Predictor of Sudden Cardiac Death. / Aug 2002-Aug 2004
Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Brisbane Women Hospital, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia. / Doctor of Philosophy
(Medical Sciences Engineering)
Thesis: Combining Newborn EEG and HRV for Automatic Seizure Detection / Oct 2004-March 2008
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
v The Institution of Engineers Malaysia , IEM: G 54349 (ELECTRONIC)
v Board of Engineers Malaysia, BEM: GE 78430R
v Biomedical Engineering Association Malaysia, BEAM: BEAM-0189
v Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET): 1100395405
v The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR): 4431
v International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT) : 80350264
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WORK EXPERIENCES
Post / Organisation/ Department / DateTutor / Department of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. / Jun 2002- Sept 2005
Lecturer / Department of Microelectronics and Computer Engineering,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. / Sept 2005-April 2008
Lecturer / Faculty of Biomedical and Health
Sciences Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. / May 2008-May 2009
Senior Lecturer / Faculty of Biomedical and Health
Sciences Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. / Jun 2009- Dec 2012
IT Manager / Faculty of Biomedical and Health
Sciences Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. / Jun 2009- Dec 2012
Senior Lecturer / Faculty of Biosciences and
Medical Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. / Jan 2013-
COMPUTER SKILLS
Platforms: Windows 2000, 2003 Server and Professional, Windows XP (Pro and Home), Windows 7, Win 3.11/95/98, Dos 6.22, Citrix ICA, MS Exchange 2000
Hardware: HP, IBM, Dell, and Intel Based Server and Desktop Platforms, Cisco 2500 Switches, HP Laser Jets, Toshiba E-310 Color Copier, Toshiba and Sony Laptops
Software: MS Office, Visio, Symantec: PC Anywhere, Antivirus, Utilities, Win fax; McAfee Virus Scan, Adobe: Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, Partition Magic, Adware, Spyware, Malware, Virus-Removal, C/C++, Visual C++, Java, HTML, PSP, MySQL, CMS (Joomla), Matlab, PSpice, Assembler, Tanner Tools, Max+Plus2.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
v Head of Research Group, Biosignal Processing (BSP-RG)-Biotechnology Research Alliance UTM
i. Founded RG at UTM in 2010
v Coordinator for Postgraduate Taught Course -programme MMBC (Masters of Biomedical engineering) 2014-
v Committee Member of Faculty Graduate Studies (JKPS), FKBSK 2009-
v Committee Member of Faculty Management (JKP), FKBSK 2009-2012
v Committee Member- Penilaian Teknikal, FKBSK UTM 2010-2011-2013
v Chairman of WEB TV FKBSK 2011-2012
v IT Manager of FKBSK, UTM 2009-2012
i. Setup, install & configure network (LAN & WLAN) at FKBSK
ii. Setup, install, configure & troubleshoot server BIOMEDICAL
iii. Design & maintain BIOMEDICAL website-Webmaster
iv. Setup, install, configure, troubleshoot & maintain BIOMEDICAL mailing server-Google Apps platform
v Committee member of Open Courseware Committee (OCW) 2012
v Committee member of Taskforce Mini Conference of Bachelor’s Degree Program, FBME 2014-2015
v Committee member of EAC Committee
v Committee member of Academic Committee Member 2011
v Committee member of Undergraduate Project Committee
v Industrial Training Committee Member, FKBSK, UTM 2009-2010
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CONSULTING & PROFFESIONAL ACTIVITIES
v Technical Program Malaysian Liaison, International Conference on Information Science, Signal Processing and Their Application (ISSPA), 2010 & 2012
v Invited Speaker for InternationalTranslationalMedicineConference,Nov3-4,2011, Montreal,Quebec,Canada.
v A series of MATLAB WORKSHOP WITH EMPHASIS ON BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING were conducted for undergraduate, postgraduate and staff of UTM, Skudai and UTEM, Melaka.
v Technical Reviewer for a number of International conference and journal with IF such as IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and EURASIP.
v Academic Facilitator of John Hopkins University-Center for Talented Youth 2013
v Assistant Chairman of Viva Session, 2013
v Associate member of UTM-IJN 2013
v Panel for FRGS Proposal Evaluation
v Project Advisor of Associate Faculty Member UTM Perdana School 2011-2013
v Editorial Board Member
o International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, IJAREEIE
o Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering
o FIJST Journal 2013
v Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) Evaluator in Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation
o Evaluator of Curriculum for Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering- MARA Ledang College 2012
o Evaluator of Curriculum for Bachelors of Biomedical Engineering- Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin 2013
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ACADEMIC TEACHING
v Developed three new courses and PBL labsheets for 3rd and 4th year:
I. Biomedical Signal Processing (final year undergraduate)
II. Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (first year undergraduate)
III. Advanced Biosignal Processing (postgraduate)
IV. PBL Labsheet
a. Analysis of ECG signal (3rd year)
b. Analysis of HRV (4th year)
c. Processing of EEG (4th year)
v Total teaching credits: 39
Subject Taught
v Biomedical Signal Processing
v Instrumentation and Measurement in Biomedical
v Problem Based Medical Measurement Laboratory
v Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
v Technical Writing for Postgraduate Students
v Research Methodology for Postgraduate Students
v Basic Electronics
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ACADEMIC SUPERVISION
v Doctor of Philosophy- 6
v Masters by Research- 4
v Undergraduate Project- 15
v PG Thesis Examiner- 8
Level / Name/Research Title / StatusPhD / 1- Mohsen Kazemi
“New Prognostic Index to Detect the Severity of Asthma Automatically using Signal Processing Techniques of Capnogram”
2- Sazan Mumtaz Haidar
“Engineering Porous Silicon Nanoparticles by electrochemical Etching as Drug Delivery Devices for Folic Acid and Anticancer Drugs Tamoxifen, Mitomycin”
3- Mohd Najeb Jamaludin
“Development of Spectral Delayed Luminescence System for Whole Saliva Analysis: A Prototype Study”
4- Radha Swathe Priya Malon
“Fabric-Based Electrochemical Devices for Biomedical applications”
5- Noor Aimie Binti Salleh
“Heart Rate Variability as a Measure of Mental Stress”
6- Ahmad Sh. Ahmad
“Identification of Human Pathogenic Aspergillosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for Early Diagnosis” / Graduated 2014
Graduated 2014
Thesis correction
Graduated, March 2015
First year
Second year, semester 2
Master / 1- Noor AimieSalleh
“Autonomic Function Assessment Tool using Time-Frequency analysis of Heart Rate Variability”
2- Nor Diana BintiZakaria
“A Development Of Prototype To Record Fetal Movement”
3- Marzihan Bini AB Karim
“Analysis of occupational stress among UTM academic staff diagnosed with hypertension using heart rate variability HRV”
4- Nurul Emaan Ameen
“Automated Analysis of the Retinal Vasculature” / Graduated 2014
Writing up
Second year
First year
Bachelor / 1- Hanafi Musa
“Development of Decision Support System for Screening Potential Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) Receiver”
2- Siti Zuleika Binti Zaharudin
“PC-Based Asthma Severity Monitoring Tool”
3- Nur Ilham Imrah Binti Mou Yusof
“The Optimization of Asthma Diagnosis Tool to Monitor the Severity of Asthma”
4- Tan Wei Kiat
“Extraction of Physiological Parameters to Screen Potential Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) Receiver”
5- Muhammad Farhan Bin Ishak
“Employee Medical History Management and Monitoring system”
6- Mohammad Zarif Bin Abdul Aziz
“Design of Problem Based Learning Module: Analysis of Electroencephalogram (EEG)”
7- Abdul Hadi Bin Abdul Wahab
“Study of Relationship between Heart Rate Variability and Automatic Nervous System”
8- Suriaty Binti Ramli
“Analysis of Non-Stationary Properties of Capnogram for Asthmatic Patient”
9- Syarifah Nadia Binti Mohamad
“Design of Program Based Learning Laboratory Module: Analysis of Electrocardiogram (ECG)”
10- Wan Mahani Hafizah Binti Wan Mahmud
“Comparative Analysis for Quantification of Heart Rate Variability (HRV)”
11- Tan Teik Keant
“Analysis of Capnography in Asthmatic Patient”
12- Norzahirah bt Mohd Rodi
“Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) Receiver Screening Tool”
13- Norshaliza Md Rosli
“Development of Respiratory CO2 Measurement Monitoring Tool ”
14- Nor Alizah Zainuddin
“Analysis of Relationship of HRV and hypertension”
15- Hesham Darjham
“Detection of Ashma using MFCC” / Graduated 2014
Graduated 2014
Graduated 2013
Graduated 2013
Graduated 2012
Graduated 2012
Graduated 2012
Graduated 2011
Graduated 2011
Graduated 2010
Graduated 2010
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AWARDS
I. International Awards: 1
II. National Awards :6
III. UTM Awards :5
v UTM-PTP Fellowship Award 2001 (Master’s Program)
v Most Outstanding Award for the category of Science and Engineering for invention of Development of QT Dispersion Algorithm as a Predictor of Sudden Cardiac Death; IPTA Research & Development Exposition 2003, PWTC Kuala Lumpur.
v 1st Runner-Up for Conference on Manufacturing & Electronic Technology, COMET 2004, UTM.
v UTM-SLAI Graduate Fellowship Award 2004 (PhD Program)
v Study Award 2011 on Controlling Infectious Disease for NAM member countries. This award was presented by The NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW), Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development.
v Best Lecturer Award for the course of Biomedical Signal Processing – 2012
v Silver Award for invention of Heart rate Variability Diagnostic Tool for Assessment of Autonomic Function at 14th Industrial Art & Technology Exhibition (INATEX) INATEX 2012.
v Bronze Award for Intelligent Heart Rate Variability Analysis Diagnostic Tool For Assessment Of Automatic Function, Innovation Awards For Medical Research, at BIOINNOVATION AWARDS, 2012.
v Silver Award for New Prognostic Index to Detect the Severity of Asthma Automatically at 24th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX), 2013, Malaysia.
v Gold Award for invention of Designing a Respiratory C02 Measurement for Monitoring of Asthma Severity at 16th Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX) 2014
v Certificate of Appreciation for Decision Support System to Screen Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Receiver at Novel Research & Innovation Competition 2014, Universiti Sains Malaysia
v Winner of Zone Level for innovation of Decision Support System to Screen Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Receiver at MyINOVASI 2014.
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RESEARCH INPUT
v Founder and Head of the Biosignal Processing Research Group
v Total no. of research grants: 15
v Total amount of grant received: RM 1 392 000.00
1. / Title: “ Instantaneous Frequency Estimation Technique for Biomedical Signal based on Time-Frequency Approach”Source: NAS UTM RU
Project No: R.J130000.7736.3P051
Duration: 1 year
Grant received: RM 113 000
2. / Title: “New Learning Algorithm Based Hidden Markov Model (HMM) As Stochastic Modelling For Pattern Classification”
Source: FRGS, MOHE
Project No: R.J130000.7823.3F189
Duration: 2 year
Grant received: RM 78 000
3. / Title: “Instantaneous Frequency Estimation Technique for Multicomponent Biomedical Signal based on Time-Frequency Approach”
Source: FRGS, MOHE
Project No: R.J130000.7836.3F428
Duration: 2 year
Grant received: RM 50 000
4. / Title: “Automatic Detection of Asthmatic Patient Using Digital Processing of Capnogram”
Source: GUP Tier 1, UTM RU
Project No: Q.J130000.2536.00H92
Duration: 1 year
Grant received: RM 113 000
5. / Title: “Anti-Diabetic Effect of EPA/DHA (Omega 3) In Vivo and In Vitro”
Source: GUP Tier 1, UTM RU
Project No: Q.J130000.2536.01H78
Duration: 2 year 3 month
Grant received: RM 129 000
6. / Title: “Novel method of assessing compliance levels and task performance of incentive spirometry”
Source: GUP Tier 2, UTM RU
Project No: Q.J130000.2636.01J86
Duration: 1 year 6 month
Grant received: RM 40 000
7. / Title: “Development Of Biophoton Emission Measurement System Using Human Saliva”
Source: GUP Tier 2, UTM RU
Project No: Q.J130000.2636.05J78
Duration: 1 year
Grant received: RM 40 000
8. / Title: “Development Of Decision Support System For Screening Potential Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) Receiver Based On Time-Frequency Analysis Of Heart Rate Variability”
Source: GUP Tier 1, UTM RU
Project No: Q.J130000.2545.04H49
Duration: 2 year 1 month
Grant received: RM 199 200
9. / Title: “FPGA Implementation of Electrocardiogram Biomedical Signal Processing System-on-Chip Design for Portable Heart Monitoring System”
Source: NAS, UTM RU
Project No: R.J130000.7736.4P071
Duration: 1 year
Grant received: RM 20 000
10. / Title: “A Novel Method to Analyze Instantaneous Properties of Physiological Signal Using Time-Frequency Approach”
Source: FRGS, MOHE
Project No: R.J130000.7845.4F473
Duration: 2 years
Grant received: RM 60 000
11. / Title: “Development of an Embedded System for portable Monitoring of Asthma Severity”
Source: Sciencefund, MOSTI
Project No: R.J130000.7945.4S107
Duration: 2 year 6 month
Grant received: RM 231 500
12. / Title: “Development Of Portable Asthma Severity Monitoring Tool For Home Environment”
Source: GUP Tier 1, UTM RU
Project No: Q.J130000.2545.07H29
Duration: 2 years
Grant received: RM 55 000
13. / Title: “A Design Framework for Multi-Processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC)Architecture Design-Space Exploration in Biomedical Application: Human Heart ECG Monitoring and Processing”
Source: Sciencefund, MOSTI
Project No: R.J130000.7945.4S061
Duration: 2 year 6 month
Grant received: RM 155 400
14. / Title: “Automated Intelligent System of Screening Potential Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator ICD Receiver based on Bioengineering Approach for Cardiac Electrophysiologist”
Source: Flagship, UTM RU
Project No: Q.J130000.2445.01G2
Duration: 1 year
Grant received: RM 30 000
15. / Title: “Instantaneous Frequency(IF) Estimation of Time-Varying Signals using Cross Time-Frequency Distribution (XTFD)”
Source: FRGS, MOHE
Project No: R.J130000.7823.4F188
Duration: 2 year
Grant received: RM 77 900
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