MIMOS Annual Report 2007

International Islamic University ofMalaysia (IIUM)Cyberspace technologies for e-sovereignty and research in fourtechnologies namely information security,grid computing & bioinformatics,microelectronics, and language & learningtechnologies.Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)Advanced ICT research especially in theareas of advanced informatics, wirelessbroadband, information security,knowledge technology, artificialintelligence and grid computing.Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)Intelligent recognition techniques andpattern recognition from a computationaland human cognition approach.UNIVERSITITENAGANASIONALMultimedia Universiti (MMU)Wireless communications, biometrics,knowledge technology and grid computing.Universiti Tenaga Malaysia (UNITEN)Trusted computing research and developmentspecialising in security layer services fortrusted systems, trusted systems testing andverification and trusted mobile applications.Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)R&D, technology transfer andcommercialisation in advanced informatics,wireless broadband, information security,knowledge technology, artificial intelligence,grid computing and microelectronics andsemiconductors.MUST Ehsan FoundationImproving Mobile Internet Protocol version 6(MIPv6), making it more deployable androbust.The research collaborations with the 13 local universities further strengthens MIMOS network ofdedicated partners and provides MIMOS with the opportunity to pool strengths and tap into a wealthof expertise.Research collaboration with industriesMIMOS’ focus is on market-driven applied research in frontier technologies aimed at growing globallycompetitive indigenous industries. As such it is important for us to also collaborate with industry aimedat moving up the technology value chain.Our research collaborations with the industries include the setting up of centres of excellence, and jointprojects.Some of the MoUs were:• MIMOS-Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) of South Korea on appliedR&D in micro energy systems, and MIMOS-Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) ofTaiwan on advanced semiconductor materials for broadband devices.• MIMOS-IBM to establish joint Software Assessment and Development Centre (SAD), designed toprovide software assessment services to local organisations.• MIMOS-SGI’s agreement to empower local research communities with high performance computing(HPC) and to strengthen Malaysia’s advanced computing and grid capabilities.• MIMOS-Cisco to collaborate on the establishment of the Asian Centre of Excellence in NetworkingTechnologies (ACENT).• MIMOS-King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology to promote and encourage cooperationin R&D in the field of ICT over the next five years.Annual Report 2007 29