CURRICULUM VITAE
1.Name in full:FATIMAH BINTI DATO AHMAD
2.Department/Faculty/Field of Specialization:
Department of Multimedia
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel: 03-89466556
E-mail:
Field of Specialization: Information Retrieval, Multimedia Computing, Natural Language Processing
3.Date of Birth/Age:18 March 1962 - 45 years
- Education and Academic Qualification
June 1980 - May 1983Institut Teknologi Mara
Diploma in Computer Science
Sept. 1984 - May 1986University of Hartford, U.S.A.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics-Computer Science (Cum Laude)
Sept. 1986 - Dec. 1987Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.
Master of Science in Computer Science
Dec. 1991 - June 1995Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Ph.D. in Computer Science (Information Retrieval)
- Scholarship/Fellowship/Award
- Excellence Service Award 1997.
- Malaysia Women’s Scientist Exhibition at the National Science Centre, 2002.
- Silver Medal for the project titled “Content-Based Image Retrieval Based on Colour” at The Invention, Research and Innovation Exhibition, Universiti Putra Malaysia on 1-19 March 2005.
- Bronze Medal for the project titled “Colour-Based Image Retrieval using Statistical-Based Colour Pattern Code Approach” at The Invention, Research and Innovation Exhibition, Universiti Putra Malaysia on 22-24 August 2006.
- Bronze Medal for the project titled “Automated Essay Grading: An Evolution for Malay Language” at The Invention, Research and Innovation Exhibition, Universiti Putra Malaysia on 22-24 August 2006.
6.Previous Academic and Other Relevant Appointments
Dec. 2001 – presentAssociate Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia
April 1988 – Nov. 2001Lecturer, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Mar. 1984 - Aug. 1984Computer Programmer, Accountant General's Department, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur
7.Research Projects
- A Malay Language Document Retrieval System: An Experimental Approach and Analysis - IRPA (02-07-03-024) worth RM500,000.00 (completed).
- A Malay Language Information Retrieval System - Short-term Research Grant worth RM10,000.00 (completed).
- A French Language Information Retrieval System - Short-term Research Grant worth RM10,000.00 (completed).
- Learning System Through The Internet - Short-term Research Grant worth RM15,000.00 (completed).
- An Image Retrieval System - Short-term Research Grant worth RM10,000.00 (completed).
- An Effective Content-Based Image Retrieval Through Improved Sub-Block Technique – eScienceFund (01-01-04-SF0696) worth RM84,196.00 (on-going).
8.Supervision of Students
Postgraduate (PhD) – Completed
- Moawia Elfaki Yahia, An Approach to the Development of Hybrid Architecture of Expert Systems, (Committee Member), 1999.
- Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, Higher Order Centralized Scale-Invariants for Unconstrained Handwritten Digits, (Committee Member), 2000.
- Jehad Qubiel Odeh, Fast and Efficient Approaches for Content-Based Image Retrieval using Colour and Shape Features, (Chairman), 2004.
- Omar A.A. Shiba, Case Slicing Technique for Feature Selection, (Committee Member), 2004.
- Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, Monolingual and Cross-Language Information Retrieval Approaches for Malay and English Language Documents, (Chairman), 2006.
- Lilly Suriani Affendey, A Model for Storing and Retrieving Video Database, (Committee Member), 2006.
- Khor Siak Wang, Colour Image Retrieval using Staistical-Based Colour Pattern Code Approach, (Chairman), 2007.
Postgraduate (PhD) – On-Going
- Wong Chung Wei, Content-Based Image Retrieval, (Chairman)
- Mohd. Juzaiddin Ab. Aziz, Automatic Malay Essay Marking, (Chairman)
- Salah Mahdi Darwash, Testing the Usability of Web-Based Applications (Committee Member)
- Sharaf Sami Al-Horani, Colour and Shape of Colour in Content-Based Image Retrieval Systems, (Committee Member)
- Mohammad Said Mansur El-Bashir, On-Line Arabic Character Recognition on PDA, (Committee Member)
- Siti Salwa Hj. Salleh, 3D Modelling on Speech Production and Articulation Characteristics, (Committee Member)
- Anwar Ali Yahya Esmail, Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Dialogue Act Recognition, (Committee Member)
- Siti Rahmah Ujang, ImageTrail: Searching and Browsing Images in Web, (Committee Member)
- Mohammad Khatim Hasan, The FDTD Method on Free Space Wave Propagation Applied to Antenna, (Committee Member)
- Kweh Yeh Lun, Selection Algorithm in Peer 2 Peer Grid Computing Environment, (Committee Member)
Postgraduate (M.Sc. - by Research) – Completed
- Md. Mahbubur Rahim, Software Engineering Approach in Developing Distributed Database, (Committee Member), 1991.
- Azmi Md. Saman, Hypermedia System, (Committee Member), 1997.
- Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor, Computerised Information System in Managerial Decision Making: A Comparative Study, (Committee Member), 1997.
- Mohd. Shahidan Abdullah, Prestasi Kaedah Penilaian Pertanyaan dalam Pangkalan Data Teragih, (Committee Member), 1997.
- Suresh a/l Krishnan, Interactive Multimedia in Education, (Chairman), 1998.
- Kamarudin Tahir, Kerangka Kerja Konsep untuk Pembangunan Sistem Persidangan Video Berorientasi Objek, (Committee Member), 1998.
- Nur Izura Udzir, Rangkaian Neural untuk Sistem Dapatan Semula Perkataan daripada Pangkalan Data, (Committee Member), 1998.
- Ummu Salmah Mohamad Hussain, Pengecaman Pertuturan Bahasa Melayu dengan Menggunakan Kaedah Rangkaian Neural, (Committee Member), 1998.
- Idi Fulayi, Building a French Stemmer using a Dictionary of French Root Words, (Chairman), 1999.
- Siti Jauyah Sibo @ Hj. Mohamed Osman, Analisis Sistem Kripto RSA dan LUC serta Prototaip Sistem Pengesahan Aplikasi Telnet, (Committee Member), 1999.
- Atef Ali Elian Al-Khwaldah, An Image Retrieval System, (Chairman), 2000.
- Mohamed Ahmed Sullabi, Integrated Environment for Software Documentation, (Committee Member), 2000.
- Suzaimah Ramli, Satu Kajian Mengenai Pemprosesan Bahasa Tabii untuk Bahasa Melayu dalam Sistem Selari dan Teragih, (Committee Member), 2000.
- Maya Silvi Lydia, Object-Oriented Approach to Integrate Different Media in Presentation, (Committee Member), 2000.
- Norhaidah Abu Haris, A Video Retrieval System, (Chairman), 2001.
- Akram M. Zeki, A Comparative Study of Software Used for Computational Geometry Applications, (Committee Member), 2004.
- Mas Rina Mustaffa, Content-Based Image Retrieval Through Improved Sub-Block Technique, (Chairman), 2006.
Postgraduate (M.Sc. - by Research) – On-Going
- Chan Kim Fatt, Multimedia Innovation, (Committee Member)
Undergraduate Supervision – Bachelor of Computer Science
Have supervised about 100 final year students’ projects.
9.Examiner for Postgraduate Theses
External Examiner
5 UKM students
1 UUM student
1 UiTM student
Internal Examiner
2 PhD students
7 MSc students
10.Publications
Thesis
Fatimah Ahmad. 1995. A Malay Language Document Retrieval System: An Experimental Approach and Analysis. Ph.D. Thesis, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.
Journals
- Mohd. Hasan Selamat, Md. Mahbubur Rahim, Abu Talib Othman, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1993. State-Structured Transition Model of Structured Prototyping. Journal of Information Technology, 5(1), pp: 69 – 80.
- Fatimah Ahmad, Mohammed Yusoff, and Tengku M. T. Sembok. 1996. Experiments with a Stemming Algorithm for Malay Words. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47(12), pp: 909 - 918.
- Moawia Elfaki Yahia, Ramlan Mahmod, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1998. Pre-processing Rough Engine with Neural Expert System. Journal of Information Technology, 10(1), pp: 70 - 84.
- Siti Mariyam Hj. Shamsuddin, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Maslina Darus. 1998. Backpropagation Model with an Improved Error Function. Journal of Information Technology, 10(2), pp: 20 - 31.
- Nur Izura Udzir, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Ali Mamat. 1999. Sistem Dapatan Semula Perkataan daripada Pangkalan Data Menggunakan Rangkaian Neural. Journal of Information Technology, 11(1), pp: 1 - 24.
- Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, Kamarudin Tahir, Ali Mamat, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1999. Pembangunan Aplikasi Persidangan Video Berorientasi Objek. Journal of Information Technology, 11(1), pp: 96 - 116.
- Fatimah Ahmad, Tengku Mohd. Tengku Sembok, and Mohammed Yusoff. 2000. A Comparison of Retrieval Effectiveness between Stemmed Malay and Non-Stemmed Malay. International Science Journal, 12(2), pp: 203 - 204.
- Siti Mariyam Hj. Shamsuddin, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Maslina Darus. 2000. Digits Recognition with Moment Invariant. Chiang Mai Journal of Science, 27(1).
- Moawia Elfaki Yahia, Ramlan Mahmod, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, and Fatimah Ahmad. 2000. Rough Neural Expert Systems. Expert Systems with Applications Journal, 18(2000), pp: 87-99.
- Omar A. A. Shiba, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ali Mamat, and Fatimah Ahmad. 2003. Classification Model Based on Slicing. Journal of Institute of Mathematics & Computer Science (Computer Science Series), 14(2), pp: 77-88.
- Jehad Qubiel Odeh, Fatimah Ahmad, Mohamed Othman, and Rozita Johari. 2003. An Efficient and Fast Multi Layer Statistical Approach for Colour Based Image Retrieval. Proceedings of the 6th. International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2003), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8-12 December 2003, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 2911), pp: 134 – 148.
- Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, Fatimah Ahmad, Ramlan Mahmod, and Tengku Mohd. Tengku Sembok. 2003. Application of Latent Semantic Indexing on Malay-English Cross Language Information Retrieval. Proceedings of the 6th. International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2003), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8-12 December 2003, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 2911), pp: 663 – 665.
- Akram M. Zeki, Rahmita Wirza OK Rahmat, Fatimah Ahmad, Rozita Johari, and Md. Nasir Sulaiman. 2004. A Comparative Study of Software Used for Computational Geometry Applications. Journal of Institute of Mathematics & Computer Sciences (Computer Science Series), 15(1), pp: 127-136.
- Omar A. A. Shiba, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Fatimah Ahmad, and Ali Mamat. 2004. An Experimental Evaluation of Case Slicing as a New Classification Technique. Journal of ICT, 2(2), pp: 105-117.
- Omar Abdalgani Shiba, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Fatimah Ahmad, and Ali Mamat. 2004. Code Slicing to Improve Case Classification Accuracy. Suranaree Journal of Science and Technology, 11(2), pp: 107-114.
- Jehad Qubiel Odeh, Fatimah Ahmad, Mohamed Othman, and Rozita Johari. 2004. Image Retrieval System Based on Density Slicing of Colour Histogram of Images Subareas and Colour Pair Segmentation. The International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT), 1(2), pp: 196-202.
- Salah Mahdi Darwash, Mohd. Hasan Selamat, Mohamed Othman, and Fatimah Ahmad. 2004. The Effect of Web Site Structure on Users’ Navigation Style. Journal of Technology & Management, 2(1), pp: 27-33.
- Mohd. Juzaiddin Ab. Aziz, Fatimah Ahmad, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani, and Ramlan Mahmod. 2006. Pola Grammar Technique for Grammatical Relation Extraction in Malay Language. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, University of Malaya, 19(1), pp: 59-72.
- Omar A. A. Shiba, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ali Mamat, and Fatimah Ahmad. 2006. An Efficient and Effective Case Classification Method Based on Slicing. International Journal of the Computer, the Internet and Management, 14(2), pp: 15-23.
- Anwar Ali, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Md. Nasir Sulaiman. 2006. Bayesian Networks Model for Dialogue Act Recognition Based on Intra-Utterance Features and Inter-Utterances Context. Suranaree Journal of Science and Technology, 13(4), pp: 285-297.
Proceedings
- Fatimah Ahmad. 1987. ANNA: A Specification Language for Ada. Proceedings of the Third Annual Computer Science Conference, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, 25 April 1987, pp: 404 - 409.
- Fatimah Ahmad, Tengku Mohd. Tengku Sembok, and Mohammed Yusoff. 1994. Characterization of an Experimental Collection using Malay Language. Proceedings of the 4th. International Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 7-9 April 1994, pp: 5.1.1.1 - 5.1.1.9.
- Tengku Mohd. T. Sembok, Mohammed Yusoff, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1994. A Malay Stemming Algorithm for Information Retrieval. Proceedings of the 4th. International Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 7-9 April 1994, pp: 5.1.2.1 - 5.1.2.10.
- Fatimah Ahmad, Tengku Mohd. T. Sembok, and Mohammed Yusoff. 1994. Pengakar Perkataan Melayu Berasaskan Petua Morfologi. Proceedings of the 2nd. Postgraduate Seminar, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and Computing, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 6 September 1994, pp: 16 - 26.
- Tengku Mohd. T. Sembok, Mohammed Yusoff, Fatimah Ahmad, and Belal Abu Ata. 1995. Sistem Capaian Dokumen: Satu Eksperimen dalam Bahasa Melayu-Inggeris. Proceedings of the 5th. International Translation Conference, Johor Bahru, 21-23 November 1995, pp: 31 - 38.
- Fatimah Ahmad, Tengku Mohd. Tengku Sembok, and Mohammed Yusoff. 1996. Classification of Document Retrieval Techniques: An Overview. Proceedings of the National Conference on Research and Development in Computer Science and its Applications (REDECS '96), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 26-27 June 1996, pp: 377 - 382.
- Nur Izura Udzir, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ali Mamat, Ramlan Mahmod, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1997. Rangkaian Neural dalam Capaian Padanan-Separa. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '97), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 20 May 1997, pp: A11 - A15.
- Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor, Mohd. Hasan Selamat, Ali Mamat, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1997. The Usage of DSS between Public and Private Sectors in Malaysia. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '97), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 20 May 1997, pp: B16 - B20.
- Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor, Mohd. Hasan Selamat, Ali Mamat, Abdul Azim Abdul Ghani, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1997. Decision Support System: An Overview. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '97), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 20 May 1997, pp: B51 - B55.
- Mohd. Shahidan Abdullah, Ali Mamat, Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1997. Prestasi Kaedah-kaedah Penilaian Pertanyaan di dalam Sistem Pangkalan Data Teragih. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '97), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 20 May 1997, pp: C1 - C5.
- Idi Fulayi, Fatimah Ahmad, Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, and Norwati Mustapha. 1997. A French Document Retrieval System: An Overview. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '97), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 20 May 1997, pp: D31 - D35.
- Suresh Krishnan and Fatimah Ahmad. 1997. Interactive Multimedia in Education. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '97), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 20 May 1997, pp: D36 - D40.
- Idi Fulayi, Fatimah Ahmad, Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, and Norwati Mustapha. 1997. Architecture of a French Document Retrieval System. Proceedings of the National Conference on Research and Development in Computer Science and its Applications (REDECS '97), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 27-29 November 1997, pp: 76 - 80.
- Nur Izura Udzir, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ali Mamat, Ramlan Mahmod, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1997. Rangkaian Neural dalam Dapatan Pangkalan Data. Proceedings of the National Conference on Research and Development in Computer Science and its Applications (REDECS '97), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 27-29 November 1997, pp: 93 - 97.
- Suresh Krishnan and Fatimah Ahmad. 1997. Web-based Instruction. Proceedings of the National Conference on Research and Development in Computer Science and its Applications (REDECS '97), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 27-29 November 1997, pp: 108 - 112.
- Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, Siti Mariyam Shamsuddin, and Maslina Darus. 1999. Geometric Moment Invariants and Aspect Invariant Moments: A Feature Extraction for Handwritten Digits (A Comparison). Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: A13 - A30.
- Nur Izura Udzir, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ali Mamat, Ramlan Mahmod, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1999. Sistem Dapatan Semula Perkataan daripada Pangkalan Data Menggunakan Rangkaian Neural. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: A31 - A35.
- Ummu Salmah Mohamad Hussin, Ramlan Mahmod, Abdul Rahman Ramli, Fatimah Ahmad, and Ahmad Nazri Ali. 1999. Rangkaian Neural Multi-Aras untuk Pengecaman Pertuturan Bahasa Melayu. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: A46 - A51.
- Moawia Elfaki Yahia, Ramlan Mahmod, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1999. Rough Inference Engine for Neural Expert System. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: A52 - A58.
- Suzaimah Ramli, Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, Ali Mamat, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1999. Isu-isu Peimplementasian Pemprosesan Bahasa Tabii untuk Sistem Selari PARLOG. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: A59 - A63.
- Maya Silvi Lydia, Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, Ramlan Mahmod, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1999. Object-Oriented Approach to Integrate Different Media in Multimedia Presentations: An Overview. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: B115 - B119.
- Mohamed A. Sullabi, Abd. Azim Abd. Ghani, Mohd. Hasan Selamat, and Fatimah Ahmad. 1999. Documentation for Effective Communication in Software Development. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: B124 - B129.
- Idi Fulayi, Fatimah Ahmad, Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, Norwati Mustapha, and Muhamad Taufik Abdullah. 1999. A Weak Stemmer for French. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: C13 - C17.
- Siti Jauyah Sibo, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Mohamad Rushdan Md. Said. 1999. Kriptografi Kunci Awam: Kajian Perbandingan RSA dan LUC. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium (INTEC '99), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 18 May 1999, pp: C47 - C51.
- Siti Mariyam Hj. Shamsuddin, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Maslina Darus. 1999. A Generalization of a New Invariant Moments for Deformation Digits. International Conference on Robotics, Vision and Parallel Processing for Automation (ROVPIA '99), Ipoh, Perak, 16-18 July 1999, pp: 513 - 521.
- Siti Mariyam Hj. Shamsuddin, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Maslina Darus. 2000. Rangkaian Neural: Alternatif Pengkelasan Masalah (Satu Imbasan). Simposium Kebangsaan Sains Matematik Ke-8, 1-2 April 2000.
- Siti Mariyam Hj. Shamsuddin, Md. Nasir Sulaiman, Ramlan Mahmod, Fatimah Ahmad, and Maslina Darus. 2000. Shearing Moment Invariants for Logo Trademarks. Proceedings of the New Millennium International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Robot Vision (PRIPROV), TATI, Terengganu, 14-15 May 2000, pp: 134 - 139.
- Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, Fatimah Ahmad, Ramlan Mahmod, and Tengku Mohd. TengkuSembok. 2000.Cross-Language Information Retrieval. Proceedings of the Information Technology Colloquium(INTEC 2000), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 28 September 2000, pp: 149 - 154.
- Jehad Q. Odeh, Md. Yazid Mohd. Saman, and Fatimah Ahmad. 2001. Content-Based Image Retrieval and Spatial Relationship: Problems and Solutions. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology and Multimedia at UNITEN (ICIMU 2001), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, 13-15 August 2001.
- Muhamad Taufik Abdullah, Fatimah Ahmad, Ramlan Mahmod, and Tengku Mohd. Tengku Sembok. 2001. Dapatan Semula Maklumat Silang Bahasa Melayu-Inggeris. Proceedings of the National Conference on Research & Development in Computer Science (REDECS 2001), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 22-25 October 2001, pp: 295 – 299.
- Lilly Suriani Affendey, Ali Mamat, Fatimah Ahmad, and Hamidah Ibrahim. 2001. A Framework for Implementing a Video Database System. Proceedings of the National Conference on Research & Development in Computer Science (REDECS 2001), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 22-25 October 2001, pp: 403 – 409.
- Jehad Qubiel Odeh, Fatimah Ahmad, Mohamed Othman, and Rozita Johari. 2002. Image and Video Compression in a Multimedia System. Proceedings of the 2nd. World Engineering Congress (WEC 2002), Sarawak, 22-25 July 2002, pp: 159 – 164.
- Jehad Qubiel Odeh, Fatimah Ahmad, Mohamed Othman, and Rozita Johari. 2002. Image Retrieval System Based on Colour Histogram Localization and Colour Pair Segmentation.