November 9, 2017
Eiji Kamioka
Advanced Global PBL at UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
A Workshop-based Advanced Global PBL program was held at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) fromOctober 31 to November 8, in 2017. This program was organized by Faculty of Computer Science andInformation Technology in UPM and Department of Communications Engineering in SIT. This
program was aimed at activating collaborative research and student mobility between UPM and SIT.
In total 53 people including students and staff joined this program.
The program was divided into four activities, that is to say, gPBL, research workshop, research institutevisit and invited lecture.
The gPBL was an advanced one, focusing on Ubiquitous Computing and Information Network. The
participants were divided into eight groups. Four research topics were prepared for discussion, whichwere (1) Big Data, (2) Image processing, (3) Security and (4) Robot programing. One topic out of the four
was assigned to each group. Each group investigated the topic: finding issues, proposing the solutions,discussing the novelties and effectiveness. Finally, each group made a presentation about the idea anddiscussed it with the audience including the other group members and the faculty members.
The research workshop was conducted in an oral presentation manner. The participants introduced
their own current research themes, stating the achievement and the difficulties, leading to thecollaborative research issues.
As an investigation of today’s research and development trend, the participants visited MIMOS,Malaysian Research and Development Center. They gave a lecture on IoT, Big data, AI, Biomedical
informatics and security, and the participants had an opportunity to observe the research laboratories.
As one of the discussion topics of this gPBL, a lecture about “The challenge of security enforcement inIoT era” was given by a researcher from MCMC, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia
Commission.
One of the most important achievements of this gPBL was the research presentation in English by SIT
undergraduate students. It was the first time they had given any presentation in English. This
presentation was also aimed for the mid-term evaluation of Laboratory English activity.
As a whole, this first advanced gPBL with UPM was successfully done. This year, one of the mastercourse students of SIT has been studying in UPM for two months, and also SIT has accepted one regularmaster course female student who graduated from UPM under the MoU. These facts have realized thisgPBL quickly and have activated another student exchange, that is to say, one Ph.D student from UPM
will join SIT as an attachment student next year, meaning a co-supervising student will be achieved.

1Summary of Advanced gPBL program in UPM
Datefrom October 31 to November 8
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology inLocation
UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Accommodation
Palm Garden Hotel[ Students ]17 students (8 bachelors, 7 masters, 2 doctors) from SIT
20 students (7 bachelors, 2 masters, 11 doctors) from UPM[ Faculty members ]< From SIT >Prof. Eiji Kamioka
Prof. Hiroyuki Ishizaki (MJIIT)< From UPM >Dean/Prof. Dr. Abu Bakar Md Sultan
Deputy Dean/Senior Lecturer Dr. Azizol Hj. Abdullah
Senior Lecturer Dr. Khaironi Yatim Sharif
Participants
Secretary of Deputy Dean Ms. Erwina Khalid@Halid
Senior Lecturer Dr. Abdullah Muhammed
Senior Lecturer Dr. Mohd Taufik Abdullah@Selimun
Senior Lecturer Dr. Novia Indriaty Admodisastro
Senior Lecturer Dr. Salfarina Abdullah
Senior Lecturer Dr. Mohd. Izuan Hafez Hj. Ninggal
Senior Lecturer Mr. Mohd Noor Derahman
Senior Lecture Ms. Raja Azlina Raja Mahmood
Assistant Information Technology Officer Mr. Mohd Hanif Jaafar
Senior Administrative Assistant Mr. Mohd Nasir Ahmad
Administrative Assistant Ms. Nyonyah Lakim
Given four topics, (1) Big Data, (2) Image processing, (3) Securityand (4) Robot programing, finding the issues, proposing theAdvanced gPBLsolutions, discussing the novelties and effectiveness, then givingpresentations
All the students gave their research presentations in terms ofResearch workshop
information and communication technologies, and discussed theproposals with the audience in order to brush up their research.
Research institute visit
MIMOS: Malaysian Research and Development Center“The challenge of security enforcement in IoT era” by a researcher
Invited lecturefrom MCMC: Malaysian Communication and Multimedia
Commission
Other activities
Campus tour, MJIIT visit, KLCC visit and Putra Mosque visit

2Group photo in front of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology(1) Transportations
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology in UPM supported all the transportation bybus.
1) From KL Airport to UPM, and vice versa.
2) From UPM to Palm Garden Hotel, and vice versa.
3) From UPM to IOI City Mall for lunch and vice versa.
4) From UPM to MIMOS, and MIMOS to Palm Garden Hotel.
5) From UPM to MJIIT, from MJIIT to KLCC, from KLCC to Palm Garden Hotel.

Transportation by UPM bus3

(2) Campus tour
After arrived at UPM, the campus tour was conducted. The school bus took us to a variety of facilities
in UPM including UPM museum. There are some traditional Malaysian houses in the campus whereparticipants can eat traditional Malay cuisine in a finger food manner.

Traditional Malaysian house

Traditional Malay cuisine(3) Opening ceremony and welcome party
The opening ceremony took place in the main lecture hall of Faculty of Computer Science andInformation Technology. Subsequently, the welcome party was held with surprising cakes andtraditional Malaysian foods that celebrated this gPBL.

Banner for this gPBL

Group photo after the opening ceremony

Surprising cake celebrating the gPBL

Traditional Malaysian food4(4) Ice breaking
After the opening ceremony, the ice breaking was conducted to get acquaintance with each otheralthough they had already enjoyed talking.

Ice breaking (1)Ice breaking (2)(5) Meeting with Deputy Vice Chancellor
Prof. Eiji Kamioka was invited to the room of Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan,
receiving greetings and exchanging gift each other. The talks with him were mainly student exchange,
possibility of double degree and university – industry linkage.

Meeting with Deputy Vice Chancellor5(6) Global PBL (gPBL) on Ubiquitous Computing and Information NetworkGlobal PBL on Ubiquitous Computing and Information Network was conducted. PBL stands for
Problem Based Learning where a problem is given and the participants propose the solution in a group
discussion manner. In this PBL, however, the problem was not given. The participants had to find theproblem itself by themselves. That is why this gPBL is called AgPBL (Advanced gPBL). The
participants were divided into eight groups. Four research topics, which are Big Data, Image processing,
Security and Robot programing, were prepared for discussion. One topic was assigned to each group.
Each group investigated the topic: finding issues, proposing the solutions, discussing the novelties andeffectiveness. Finally, each group made a presentation about the idea and discussed it with the audience
including the other group members and the faculty members.

Discussion in gPBL

Presentation in gPBL

Best proposal award

Best presentation award6

(7) Research institute visit
MIMOS (Malaysian Research and Development Center.) visit was conducted, having a lecture on IoT,
Big data, AI, Biomedical informatics and security, and the participants. There are a lot of researchers
who got Ph.D in Japanese universities.

MIMOS visit (1)MIMOS visit (2)(8) Research workshop
The research workshop was also one of the main activities in this program. The participants introduced
their own current research themes, stating the achievement and the remaining issues which may leadto the collaborative research.

Presentation in research workshop (1)Presentation in research workshop (2)7(9) Introduction of SIT
An opportunity to talk about SIT was given. Prof. Eiji Kamioka explained general information of SIT,
Ms. Manami Kanamaru (M2) presented SIT life and Mohamad Sabri bin Sinal (D2) talked aboutlaboratory work. Surprisingly more than 100 final year of undergraduate students joined this session.

Introduction of SIT

More than 100 participants(10) Cultural exchange
Putra Mosque visit and MJIIT (Malaysia - Japan International Institute of Technology) visit wereinvolved in the program as cultural exchange.

Putra Mosque visit

MJIIT visit

8(11) Invited lecture
An invited lecture about “The challenge of security enforcement in IoT era” was given by a researcher
from MCMC, Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission.

Invited lecture “The challenge of security enforcement in IoT era”
(12) Closing ceremony and farewell party
On the final day, the closing ceremony took place in the main lecture hall of Faculty of Computer Scienceand Information Technology. The certificate of completion for the gPBL was given to each participant.
Also some special gifts were provided to SIT.

Certificate of completion

Special gift 1 from UPM

Special gift 2 from UPM

Group photo after the closing ceremony9(13) Farewell party
Subsequently to the closing ceremony, the farewell party was held.

Females commemorative photo

Farewell party with Mee goreng10