Background Info
THE UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM) HAS ESTABLISHED THE VIRTUAL, VISION AND VISUALIZATION RESEARCH LAB (UTM VICUBELAB) IS A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH GROUP IN COMPUTING WHOSE PRIMARY FOCUS AND ACTIVITIES REVOLVES AROUND THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS, VISION AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, SIMULATION AND IMMERSIVE VISUALIZATION THEORIES. WE ARE IN A FIELD OF COMPUTER GRAPHIC AND MULTIMEDIA, BEING THE PIONEER IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. ESTABLISHED IN 1995, BESIDES STRENGTHEN OUR RESEARCH AREA AND NICHE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO TEACH, DEVELOP AND PREPARE STUDENTS TO BECOME THE BEST PRACTITIONERS IN THE AREA OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS, MULTIMEDIA AND COMPUTER GAMES DEVELOPMENT. WITH WELL-EQUIPPED FACILITIES AND HIGHLY TRAINED STAFFS, WE OFFER KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES IN PRODUCING EXPERTS ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF COMPUTER VISION AND DIGITAL IMAGING, COMPUTER GRAPHIC AND INFORMATION VISUALIZATION, COMPUTER GAMES DEVELOPMENT & INTERACTIVE SIMULATION AS WELL AS MULTIMEDIA & INTERNET COMPUTING. THE GOAL OF THE GROUP IS TO DEVELOP RESOURCE EFFICIENT APPLICATIONS, THEORIES AND ALGORITHMS THAT COULD MINIMIZE HUMAN INVOLVEMENTS IN COMPUTING AS A PROCESS AS WELL AS REDUCING THE OVERHEAD COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF COMPUTER LIMITED RESOURCES. LOCATED IN THE FACULTY OF COMPUTING, UTM AND CURRENTLY WORKING ON A RANGE OF RESEARCH AND PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA.