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Malaya AI Research Universiti Malaya, FCSIT
Universiti Malaya, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology

Malaya AI Research

Malaya AI Research is the artificial intelligence research centre of the Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Research spans computer vision and multimodal AI, medical imaging and healthcare AI, natural language processing and vision-language models, explainable and trustworthy AI, human-robot interaction, graph learning and smart systems, and optimisation. The centre exists to connect that work across the faculty and to carry it into practice through clinical, industrial and educational applications.

About

An artificial intelligence research centre at Universiti Malaya

Malaya AI Research brings together academic members of the Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology working on artificial intelligence, from fundamental methods to applications in healthcare, robotics, language and intelligent systems.

Research

Fundamental and applied artificial intelligence research spanning computer vision, medical imaging, natural language processing, trustworthy AI, robotics and computational intelligence.

Translation

Moving research into healthcare, robotics, language technologies, intelligent systems and industry applications, including through Universiti Malaya spin-off companies.

Community

Connecting researchers, postgraduate students, faculties, external collaborators and industry partners around shared research problems.

About Malaya AIR

Research

Research areas

Academic members work across interconnected areas that span fundamental artificial intelligence research and applied work in healthcare, robotics, language and intelligent systems. Most members appear under more than one.

Projects

Flagship projects and spin-offs

Flagship projects group research that spans more than one area. The spin-off companies are the routes through which that research reaches deployment.

Flagship research projects

Programmes that cut across several research areas.

Universiti Malaya spin-offs

Companies founded by members of the centre.
Track record

Selected research milestones

Publications in major venues and events hosted at the faculty. Papers listed here were co-authored by members of Malaya AIR alongside collaborators elsewhere.

Updates

Latest updates

Recent publications, events, awards and collaborations reported by members of the centre.

Collaborate

Work with Malaya AIR

Malaya AIR works with other faculties, with industry and with international collaborators. Enquiries about research collaboration are welcome, and are best directed to the address below or to the relevant academic member.

Research collaboration

We are glad to discuss:

  • Joint research on shared research questions.
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration across faculties and institutions.
  • Postgraduate student supervision and co-supervision.
  • Technology transfer, including work routed through Universiti Malaya spin-off companies.
  • Translational pilots in clinical, industrial or educational settings.
  • Industry collaboration on specific technical problems.

If your enquiry concerns a specific research area or project, naming it in your message helps it reach the right academic member quickly.