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Biography of Hafizul Abdullah
Academic and Professional Background
Dr. Mohd Hafizul Afifi bin Abdullah is a lecturer at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). He holds a Ph.D in Information Technology from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an M.Sc. in Information Technology from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.
His research journey first began during his undergraduate studies, under the guidance of his supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shahreen Kasim. He published his first research paper during undergraduate study in 2016.
After earning his B.Sc. in CS from UTHM, he worked as a programmer at Gates IT Solution Sdn. Bhd. for a year before pursuing for his M.Sc. IT. There, he served as a postgraduate researcher in the Soft Computing and Data Mining Centre, UTHM. After completing his master’s degree, he served as a research officer at the Centre for Research in Data Science, UTP and involved as assistant trainer at the UTP Centre for Advanced and Professional Education (CAPE).
Currently, he is serving as a lecturer at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. His research interests include Information Extraction, Predictive Analytics, Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning. As a MBOT-certified graduate technologist and IEEE Member, he regularly enrolls in certified courses and memberships to stay current with global standards:
- Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain
- Deploying Hyper-Heuristic & Meta-Heuristic Algorithm Workshop
- Microsoft Azure Data Science Workshop
- Moving Research Forward with ScienceDirect
Community Involvement and Personal Interests
Dr. Hafizul is active in the open-source community, working with the Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team and Ubuntu Malaysia Translators. In 2011, he was awarded the King’s Scouts Award by the Scouts Association of Malaysia, an honor given by the King of Malaysia and all the Sultans in Malaysia.
In his free time, he shares his knowledge and ideas with others by maintaining a blog on IT and recent technology. His academic research works is available for access via his publications page.
