Awards & honors
2×
Consecutive 2025 & 2026 Laureate
#8,258
Top 2% Worldwide in AI & Imaging
AACR
Scholar-In-Training Award (2023)
10+
Full PhD, MS & BS Merit Scholarships
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide — second consecutive year
Listed again in the Elsevier-Stanford World's Top 2% Scientists (single-year data) in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing, ranked 8,258 worldwide in the subfield.
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide
Elsevier-Stanford list in Information & Communication Technologies, specializing in AI and Image Processing.
Microsoft Certified: AZ-900
Azure Fundamentals certification.
AACR Scholar-In-Training Award
Highly competitive award for outstanding young investigators — American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.
Graduate on Time (GOT) Award
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS — PhD completed in the stipulated 42 months.
CISD Excellence Award
Department award for publications in Q1/Q2 journals, UTP.
GA Merit Award
RM 2,400 for Q1/Q2 journal publications, Center of Graduate Studies, UTP.
Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship Award
Full tuition and monthly stipend, UTP.
Postgraduate Academic Excellence Award
Awarded for all semesters — National University of Malaysia (UKM).
Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship
Outstanding student award to continue M.S. studies.
Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship
Outstanding student award for B.S. studies at UTM.
Professional service
Editorial roles
- Review Editor, Frontiers in Neurorobotics (2022–present)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence (2020–present)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Computing (2020–present)
Conference service
- Scientific Committee Member, 2nd Int'l Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Systems
- Scientific Committee Member, Int'l Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Systems
- Scientific Committee Member, Int'l Congress of Advanced Technology and Engineering
Teaching & mentoring
- Taught 5 undergraduate computer science courses over 3 years.
- Teaching assistant for 7 courses, including AI, databases, and programming (200+ students per semester).
- Co-advised 3 PhD and 4 MS students; all MS students graduated with publications.
- Open to delivering talks, short courses, and workshops on AI and machine learning.