Summary of HIR Equipment (2012-2013) - High Impact Research

HIR-MOHE EQUIPMENT 2012 - 2013 (FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)NoPI's NameProject TitleEquipmentEstimated budgetYear 2 & 3(2012 & 2013 )2012(RM)Approved Budget(After VM Lab)2013(RM)Total(RM)Quantity/unitCountry oforiginDetailsJustification ofpurchase3Dr. Ng LiangShingA Generic / NaturalLanguage Expert Systemfor Robotics and BazaarSimulation1 Robots & Parts 58,500.00 19,500.00 39,000.00 58,500.00 1 Japan, China, Robots are required to test simulation, e.g. humanoid, wheeled,Korea, Europe, pedaled.USACameras - (DIGITAL CAMERA Olympus CREATOR - X series XZ-1)Personal computer - (NEW XPS 15z DELL LAPTOP)Robort & Robotic parts are required to add and test additionalfunctions of robots and test the simulationCameras are required for additional vision functions for robotsPersonal computer needed to control the robot and entire systemto make robort functionable2 Server 39,850.00 13,850.00 26,000.00 39,850.00 1 Japan, China, Server is used for simulation and computation of objects in simulation. Server is used for simulation and computation of objects inKorea, Europe, (ServMaxPSC-1i Tesla GPU HPC, CPU i5-2300, Kingston DDR3 simulationUSAPC1333MHz 2GB, Nvidia Tesla TPP GPU C2050)3 Simulation Software 13,500.00 4,500.00 9,000.00 13,500.00 1 Japan, China, Simulation software is required to test the theories proposed.Korea, Europe, (Webot)USASimulation software is required to test the theories proposed.(Webot)111,850.00 37,850.00 74,000.00111,850.004 Prof SitiSalwah SalimMultimodal engagementfor children withcommunication disabilities1 1. ProComp Infiniti - 8 ChannelBiofeedback & Neurofeedback System20,000 20,000 - 20,000 1 USAProComp 8 w/ Physiology SuiteEEG SuiteMyo Scan ProEKG SensorEKG Receiver for Polar BeltSkin Conductance Sensor SA9309MRespiration SensorsBlood Pulse Volume SensorTemperature SensorEEG-Z Sensor, with monopolar/bipolar kitBag of 100 Triode ElectrodesTen-20 Conductive EEG pasteNuprep EEG Skin Prep GelThe ProComp Infiniti is a new 8 channel, multi-modality encoderfor real-time, computerized biofeedback and data acquisition inany clinical setting. The device is helpful to capture the disabledchildren brain waves while he/she is asked to do a task orread/utter a sentence. The captured signal can later be used bycomputers in order to estimate the requested task or sentence.Furthermore, the captured brain signals can be useful for theresearchers and computers to understand the emotional state ofthe children while conducting the experiments. These emotionalstates may be applied to formulate an immediate interventionapproach for disabled children who suffer from speech disorders.The first two sensor channels provide ultimate signal fidelity (2048samples per second) for viewing RAW EEG, EMG and EKG signals.The remaining six channels (256 samples/sec) can be used withany combination of sensors, including EEG, EKG, RMS EMG, skinconductance, heart rate, blood volume pulse, respiration,goniometry, force, and voltage input.2. Torgo Dysarthric Speech DatabaseTorgo is a new database of dysarthric speech in terms of alignedacoustics and articulator data.The database will be analyzed to study the significant relationshipbetween speech errors and the different type in severity of speechdisorders to gain broader picture on speech error detection amongother languages and its similarity to Malay.20,000 20,000 -20,0005 Dr Effirul Natural Computation:Ikhwan Ramlan Molecular Computing1 Upgrade of computing peripherals 21,300 10,300 - 10,300 2 USA,distributed byIBM malaysiaofficeA high powered computing node –an additional part to be added to an existing cluster.Specs: HS22, Xeon 4C E5620 80W 2.40GHz/1066MHz/12MB, 3x2GB ofRAM– 2 Units –This is to add to the existing blade cluster of 14 units (existingfacility in Crystal, Faculty of Science, University Malaya). Thisupgrade is to increase the computation capability in simulating andestablishing a “real” context sensitive environment of physicochemicalself-assembly environment using parallel architecture. Inaddition, the two extra node will also lessen the processingcapacity currently undertaken by the existing cluster and will beplaced at Crystal Server Room, Faculty of Science, UniversityMalaya21,300 10,300 -10,300Total659,500.00 445,150.00 203,350.00 648,500.00 28- updated on 2nd March 2012 -