Humans.and.Robots.

Assalam and hi again :) April is officially the Autism Awareness month. A host of activities had been lined up by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), The National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM), Makmal Autisme UKM and also the PERMATA program. I believe, the main aim was to create and enhance the awareness on this neuro-developmental disease which has recorded an average prevalence of about 1% in Asia, Europe, and North America (refer here ). I have lined up all the activities in this previous post . The most anticipated event was of course the International Seminar on Autism 2014 which was held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), Malaysia, from 22 to 23 April 2014. I am uploading the pictures first and hopefully I will be able to elaborate on the full 2-day event soon. FYI, all the notes from plenary and workshop speakers during ISAM2014 can be downloaded at this link . The main roads leading to PICC Putrajaya was literall...

It has been a while since my last oral presentation in a conference. Therefore I was quite looking forward to present my paper for the 2014 IEEE Region 10 Technical Symposium (TENSYMP) from 14-16th April 2014. The official website for this conference is  http://ieeemy.org/tensymp/ .  IEEE TENSYMP is a Region  10 Symposium, which was previously known as TENCON Spring. It is is sponsored by IEEE Region 10 and IEEE Malaysia Section and supported by the following Malaysia Chapters: Communication Society and Vehicular Technology Society Antennas & Propagation / Microwave Theory & Techniques / Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter Photonics Society Signal Processing Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter The conference was excellently organized and I would like to congratulate the organizing committee. There were delegates and participants from Japan, Philippines, India and Malaysia of course. All the papers presented in the Bio...

hi there :) The manufacturer of the humanoid robot NAO; Aldebaran Robotics had reached another fantastic milestone regarding their contribution to the autism community worldwide.  ASK NAO (Autism Solution for Kids) was created by Aldebaran Robotics to customize NAO, in order to support teachers with in-class tasks and help children with autism reach new levels of greatness. http://asknao.aldebaran-robotics.com/ This initiative was developed after noticing that many children with autism seem 'magically' attracted to technology therefore allowing NAO to become the perfect bridge between technology and our human social world. ASK NAO  is designed for schools and healthcare institutions  ready to drive special education into the future. NAO becomes a real user-friendly assistant to support teachers with daily in-class tasks, facilitate communication with parents, and bridges the gap with children with autism so they can reach new l...

Assalamualaikum and hi :) In conjunction with the INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON AUTISM (ISAM) 2014 that was held on 22 to 23 April 2014 in Putrajaya, Malaysia, a short round table meeting with all ISAM2014 speakers was held at Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC) on the day before the event. These ISAM2014 posters can bee seen all over PICC I was truly grateful to Dr Hasnah Toran (UKM) for inviting me to join the meeting. I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting all the international speakers who were known for their contribution in autism-based research, plus delegates from ASEAN countries who are responsible in ensuring the education well-being of children with autism in their respective countries. The meeting discussed various issues on the overall scenario of autism in Malaysia, the availability and access to education for autistic children and also the Program PERMATA Kurnia Autisme center which will be opened in May 2015. Meet Puan Kartini from Ui...