ZOOL HILMI ISMAIL , Ir . Assoc . Prof . Dr .
WHO ’ S WHO IN ENGINEERING MALAYSIA
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2005 – Current Associate Professor / Lecturer , UTM
2021 – 2024 Research Fellow , CAIRO , UTM
2019 – Current Deputy Director , CAIRO , UTM
ZOOL HILMI ISMAIL , Ir . Assoc . Prof . Dr .
Born November , 1982
ELECTRONIC ENGINEER zool @ utm . my
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Associate Professor , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ( UTM )
• Deputy Director , Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ( CAIRO ), UTM
• Co-founder and Director , Pintar AI Services Sdn . Bhd . ( PINTARAI )
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BSc . in Electrical Engineering ( Mechatronics ), UTM
• MEng . in Electrical Engineering ( Mechatronics and Automatic Control ), UTM
• PhD in Electrical Engineering , Heriot-Watt University , UK
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
• Member , The Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( IEM )
• Chartered Engineer , UK
• Chartered Marine Engineer , UK
2019 – Current Head of Ikohza ( Pattern Recognition and Robotics ), Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology ( MJIIT ), UTM
2016 – 2022 IT Manager / Manager , Student Support & Career Development Unit / Research Committee , MJIIT , UTM
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• 2021 – 2023 : Scientific Committee , ITTP – COVID19
• 2021 – 2023 : Committee Member , Procurement , MJIIT UTM
• 2021 – 2022 : Vice Chair , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering ( EEE ) OES Malaysia
• Vice-Chairman / Senior Member , IEEE
• Vice Chair , IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Malaysia Chapter
AREA OF EXPERTISE
• Artificial intelligence
• Learning control
• IoT
• Edge-computing
• Drone
• Multi-agent system
• Unmanned vehicle
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION & AWARDS
• SEARCA Regional Professorial Chair , 2021
• Collaboration Awards with Japan Industry ( Kantsu Co . Ltd ), 2020
• UTM Excellent Service Award , 2015 , 2012
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