Flagship Project — Co-led by Dr. Saw Shier Nee & Dr. Erma Rahayu Mohd Faizal Abdullah
TrustGuard (AI in Healthcare)
AI applications in healthcare, federated learning, explainable AI, and medical imaging.
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Universiti Malaya · FCSIT
Malaya AI Research
Advancing Artificial Intelligence research, education, and innovation at Universiti Malaya — fostering impactful solutions that shape a better future.
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Academic Members
7
Core Research Themes
3
Flagship Projects
2
UM Spin-offs
About Malaya AI Research
Where Malaysian AI Research Meets Global Impact
Malaya AI Research is the Center of Excellence at the Faculty of Computer Science & IT, Universiti Malaya. We focus on advancing artificial intelligence through cutting-edge projects, collaboration, and the translation of research into real-world impact.
Our core members drive innovation by exploring machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, healthcare AI, and intelligent systems. We partner with faculties, industry, and international collaborators to deliver research with measurable, sustainable benefit.
Our Vision
To position the Department of AI, FCSIT, Universiti Malaya as the premier global hub for pioneering Artificial Intelligence research, fostering innovation and impactful solutions that shape a better future.
Advance AI Frontiers
Drive cutting-edge research in fundamental and applied AI to solve complex, real-world challenges.
Cultivate Talent
Nurture the next generation of AI leaders and innovators through mentorship and a dynamic research environment.
Foster Collaboration
Build strong interdisciplinary and industry partnerships to accelerate the translation of research into practice.
Research
Research Areas — Who's Working on What
Our academic members work across interconnected themes, spanning fundamental AI research and applied solutions in healthcare, robotics, language, and intelligent systems.
Computer Vision & Multimodal AI
Advancing visual understanding, vision-language models, object detection, and multimodal AI for real-world applications.
Medical Imaging & Healthcare AI
AI-powered medical imaging, clinical risk assessment, segmentation of medical scans, and digital health innovation.
Natural Language Processing & VLMs
Research in NLP, large language models, vision-language models, ontology engineering and multilingual information extraction.
Explainable / Trustworthy AI
Building interpretable, transparent, and responsible AI systems — including XAI for agents, robots, and healthcare.
Human–Robot Interaction & Robotics
Continual learning, biomedical signal analysis, and explainable robotics for human-centred autonomous systems.
Graph Learning / AIoT / Smart Systems
Graph neural networks, generative & responsible AI, AIoT, and intelligent education-domain (AIED) applications.
Optimisation & Fuzzy Systems
Particle swarm optimisation, fuzzy systems, early action recognition, and machine-learning-driven optimisation methods.
Featured Projects
Flagship Initiatives & Spin-offs
Our flagship projects combine fundamental research with translational impact across trustworthy AI, medical imaging, robotics, language technologies, and applied innovation.
Flagship Project — Co-led by Dr. Narsimlu Kemsaram & Dr. Zati Hakim Azizul Hasan
Robotics & Real-Time Analysis
Swarm intelligence, multi-robot cognition, and real-time sensor analysis.
Learn MoreFlagship Project — Co-led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norisma Idris & Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Aznul Qalid Md. Sabri
Lingua Cognito (NLP/Text Processing)
Inclusive multimodal systems for education and heritage.
Learn MoreUM Spin-off — Co-founded by AP Dr. Aznul Qalid
Fylix — Intelligent Chatbots
National and enterprise chatbot deployments featured in the UM Research Bulletin. Showcased the Smart Light Detection System (SLDS) at MY AI NEXUS.
Learn MoreUM Spin-off — Co-founded by Prof. Loo Chu Kiong
UMCH Technology (WeHealth)
Connected digital-health platform bridging clinical practice and AI. Industry collaboration covered by national business media.
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How We Collaborate
Malaya AIR partners with faculties, industry, and international collaborators. We welcome joint research, student supervision, technology transfer, and translational pilots.
Primary Email
tdp_fsktm@um.edu.my
Head of Malaya AIR
aznulqalid@um.edu.my
Address
FCSIT, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia