Digital Innovations and Platform Development Group

Immersive Design and Interactive Software Development Group

Workgroup Leader: Dr. See Kwee Teck

This research group aims to develop commercial viable or innovative product/platform by tapping on the synergy of academia-industry collaboration; and to provide the base or foundation for possible research work under relevant research groups/centres.

Aims:

• Build commercial viable digital innovations
• Conduct computing and technology related trainings for professional development

Focus Areas (Applications Development):

1. Administration and Management Digitisation
2. Smart Community and Social Networking
3. Technologies for Finance and Business Operations

Workgroup leader: Mr. Andrew Tan Khin Huat

This working group aims to provide a platform for research and development in the area of multimedia, immersive design, mixed reality, interactive software and games to develop commercial-viable products with close collaboration with the industry and academia.

Aims:

• Build commercial viable digital innovations
• Conduct computing and technology related trainings for professional development

Focus Areas (Applications Development):

1. Games
2. Interactive Software
3. Wearable technology
4. Virtual reality and augmented reality

Smart and Entrepreneurship Education Research Group

Entrepreneurial and Commercialization Support Group

Workgroup leader: Dr Glaret Shirley a/p Sinnappan

Project topics include adaptive learning system that enables learning environment for programming class with adapted materials to learners’ pace and performance, educational revision quiz games, intelligent classroom system that develop an interactive classroom using Internet of Things technology, Robot Tutor and Mobile. Examples of applications include IELTS Listening Test to allow english listening test to be conducted using a mobile phone, stress detection during e-learning using non-invasive devices. As IBM Technologies Research Group-IBM Centre of Excellence (for Software),awarded to the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology since 2011, this research group also aims to nurture specialized human resources to meet the demands of the industries, and to add value to students and lecturers’ skill-sets via professional development workshops, training and research work.

Aims:

• Build commercial viable digital innovations.
• Conduct computing and technology related research activities in smart education and entrepreneurship education.
• Conduct trainings and workshops for STEM CS education, innovative or entrepreneurship education development.

Focus Area (Research and Development):

• Academic and Smart Education
• Entrepreneurship Education through Smart Campus
• STEM CS Education

Workgroup leader: Voo Nyuk Mee

With close collaboration with DIPD, IDIS, SEER, and other Research Centres in the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (FOCS), this support group aims to work together with TAR UMT Centre For Business Incubation And Entrepreneurial Ventures (CBIEV)  to commercialize innovative product/platform by tapping on the synergy of academia-industry collaboration; and to provide a base or foundation for possible research work related to viable academic research commercialisation and student entrepreneurship. The working group conducts research on guidelines, best practice, policy, intellectual property protection, industrial funding and licensing, start ups, and any other relevant problems. As IBM-FASC Entrepreneurial Support Centre, awarded to FOCS since 2014,this group also aims to incubate innovative ideas using IBM technologies by TAR UMT students, staff, alumni or SME/SMIs and to carry out entrepreneur and incubator programs incorporating IBM Technologies (where appropriate) with the objective of producing technopreneurs.

Aims:

• Build entrepreneurial culture among lecturers and students in research and development related to computing and technology
• Conduct related trainings and workshops for technopreneurial development to help promoting digital innovations and creativity to the public.

Focus Area (Research and Development):

• Create entrepreneurship and commercialization platform

Boxify

On 20 August 2018, staff, students and representatives from the industry witnessed a milestone event at TAR UMT, the launch of Boxify, the very first iSpark entrepreneurial start-up at TAR UMT. Boxify is a project by students of FOCS that attempts to solve problems of goods delivery issues between TAR UMT and business vendors (reference: https://www.tarc.edu.my/news.jsp?cat_id=56EBCDAD-D3D4-4D3B-8AC4-44CAF115AE1E&fmenuid=63470210-0077-4156-8326-47DE252878A7&news_id=99BADF84-C9EA-470F-AB4C-9EBDFA69681A )

Cashierbook

The app is the latest entrepreneurial idea under CBIEV’s iSpark programme and it was launched on 29 August 2018. Cashierbook is a platform which utilises Social Media Analytics and Blockchain technology to enable super-fast and highly secured intelligent e-commerce transactions. The target users for this app are the end consumers as well as retailers who can confidently utilise the Cashierbook platform for genuine and authentic online transactions with added intelligent technologies for a targeted and effective e-commerce experience (reference: https://www.tarc.edu.my/news.jsp?cat_id=56EBCDAD-D3D4-4D3B-8AC4-44CAF115AE1E&fmenuid=63470210-0077-4156-8326-47DE252878A7&news_id=10FA2EB0-B329-4881-8C71-52E02C5F8DED

Tapfood

TapFood, which was developed by the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (‘FOCS’) students Ang Ying Xing, Khor Jun Xian, Goh Yi Xun and Johnson Lim Wei Jun, aims  to provide a secure and efficient online platform for ordering food and beverages that will significantly reduce waiting time and simplify the ordering process. Its e-wallet feature allows for a convenient payment system and also provides a seamless transaction tracking system for business vendors. (reference:https://www.tarc.edu.my/news.jsp?cat_id=56EBCDAD-D3D4-4D3B-8AC4-44CAF115AE1E&fmenuid=63470210-0077-4156-8326-47DE252878A7&news_id=04B12A43-C58E-466C-AB4B-BA4B97423049)