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Research

This section covers any activities about my research, grants, publications & conferences. My current research updates will be published here. Feel free to read and view.

Research Grants

Below are some of the grants that I have obtained throughout these 8 years.

Prime Minister's Initiative - PMI2 Connect Funding-2008

Total: GBP17 000

Funded by: British Council- Collaboration between University of Strathclyde & Multimedia University, Cyberjaya

Status: On going Position: Researcher

Project title: THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER MODELLING AS AN AID TO URBAN DESIGN AND CULTURAL HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT

Project leader: Prof. Alan Bridges

E-Science Funding-2007

Total: RM177 000 (GBP25 000)

Funded by: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia

Status: On going Position: Researcher

Project title: HERITAGE PRESERVATION IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT USING REALISTIC LIGHTING COMPUTATION

External Funding IRPA -2004 TO 2006

Total: RM160,000 (GBP22 000)

Funded by: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia

Status: On-going Position: Project Co-leader

Project title: UTILISING A REAL/FAKE RADIOSITY AND HDRI

RENDERING METHOD FOR LOCAL CONTENTS

MMU Internal Funding-2004 Cycle 1

Total: RM127,000 (GBP18 000)

Funded by: Multimedia University Malaysia

Status: On-going Position: Project Co-leader

Project title: RENDERING COMPLEX ANIMATION SCENES

THROUGH DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING APPROACH

MMU Internal Funding-2002 Cycle 2

Total: RM42,000 (GBP6 000)

Funded by: Multimedia University Malaysia

Status: Completed Position: Project leader

Project title: AN EFFICIENT APPROACH OF USING REAL/FAKE

RADIOSITY AND HDRI RENDERING METHOD FOR LOCAL CULTURE ELEMENTS

MMU Internal Funding-2002 Cycle 1

Total: RM4500 (GBP650)

Funded by: Multimedia University Malaysia

Status: Completed Position: Project leader

Project title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE CURRENT AND

POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL UTILIZATION OF MOTION CAPTURE

VERSUS KEYFRAME ANIMATION (MSc. Postgraduate project)

Awards

• Telekom Malaysia Scholarship for PHD 2007

• Merit Letter from MMU President for teaching excellence 2005

• NYKLine Annual Report cover 2005-First Prize (Team work)

• Consolation Prize ComGraph 2000: Asia Pacific Computer Animation Contest-Singapore

• 2nd Prize Web Design ITID MMU Competition 2000

• 1st Prize Web Design ITID MMU Competition 2000

• Exhibition for Multimedia Arts & Design Festival, Brisbane, Australia by MVA 1999

• Bronze Open 18 Amateur Animation | 4th Malaysian Video 1998

• Dean’s list for trimester 3 1999/2000

• Dean’s list for trimester 2 1998/1999

• Telekom Malaysia Scholarship for Undergraduate study 1997

Research Publications

Journal

Ahmad Rafi, Mohd Izani, and Musstanser Tinauli (2005). High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) Rendering: A Technique for Architectural Pre-Visualization. International Journal of Design Excellence, 1 (1): p. 72-78.

Aishah Abd. Razak, Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin and Ryoichi Komiya (2004), A Proposal for Voice Driven Emotion Recognizer Mobile Phone, AIUB Journal of Science and Engineering [AJSE], Vol. 1, Issue. 3, August 2004. ISSN 1608 – 3679.

Mohd Izani Zainal Abidin, Multimedia University, Malaysia; Aishah Abd. Razak, Multimedia University, Malaysia, Malay Digital Folklore: Using Multimedia to Educate Children Through Storytelling, Information Technology in Childhood Education Annua(ITCE), Vol. 2003, Issue. 1, 2003, pp. 29-44

Magazine

Belinda Teoh Soo Phing,Mohamad Izani,Aishah Abdul Razak , Adaptation of moveable popup technique in 3D animation, Computers in Entertainment (CIE), Vol. 2, Issue. 3, July 2004. ACM Press New York, NY, ISSN:1544-3574.

Book

Mohd Izani, Aishah R., Juhanita and Sh. Anthasha, Learning 3D Graphics: Fundamental, Pearson Prentice Hall Publication (2003) ISBN: 983-2639-53-0

International Conferences

Mohd Izani, Prof. Alan Bridges and Aishah A.Razak (2008), The digital archaeological reconstruction of the A Famosa Fortress, Malaysia. To appear in the Proceedings of 14th VSMM'08 Conference on Digital Heritage, Limassol, Cyprus, October 20th - 26th, 2008.

Ahmad Rafi, Musstanser Tinauli and Mohd Izani (2007), High Dynamic Range Images: Evolution, Applications and Suggested Processes. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV07), pp. 877-882, 4-6 July 2007 ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Aishah Abdul Razak, Mohd Izani Zainal Abidin , and Ahmad Rafi Eshaq, Comparison of High Dynamic Range Images (HDRI) rendering technique with normal rendering for integrating 3D architectural model into 2D local environment, in CSIT 2006, The 4th International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology , 5-7 April 2006, Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan

Ahmad Rafi, Mohd Izani, Musstanser Tinauli. (2005). A Comparative Study on Photorealistic Rendering Methods for Architectural Visualisation. In proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe), pp. 349-356, 21-24 Sept. 2005, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Zainal Abidin, M., Mohamed Eshaq, D., Norhan, N. & Yunan, M. (2004). Teaching computer animation through e-learning approach. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 3235-3242). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Mohd Izani Zainal Abidin, Dr Ahmad Rafi Eshaq, Nazri Zainuddin, Aisha Razak, (2004) A study on Practical Approach of Using Motion Capture and Keyframe Animation Techniques,Eighth International Conference on Information Visualization, IV 2004, 14 - 16 July 2004,London, England, pp. 849-852

Mohd Izani Zainal Abidin, Aisha Razak, Norzaiha, Indirect lighting method for real-time 3D simulation, Eighth Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation, CGIV 2004, 26 - 29 July 2004, USM, Penang, pp. 77-82

Izani M, Aishah R., June Jong Sze Joon and Sharifah Nur Anthasha (2003), Implementing understanding of photography principles to create effective photorealistic 3D renderings, 7th International Conference INFORMATION VISUALISATION proceeding (IV03), London, UK, 16-18 July 2003, p390-395

Izani M, Aishah R. and Juhanita, (2003) Building effective online learning applications for digital visual effects subject, International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA) 2003, 17 - 18th July 2003, Sarawak, Malaysia

Aishah R, Izani M. and Prof. Ryoichi Komiya (2003) Emotion Pitch Variation Analysis In Malay And English Voice Samples, 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications

(APCC2003) in conjunction with 6th Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC), 21-24th Sept 2003, Penang, Malaysia

Izani M, Ahmad Rafi, Anthasha S. (2002) Motion Capture and Industry: A Study on

Practicality, Selection Factors and Decisions, CISST’02 [Proceedings of the International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems and Technology / ISBN 1-892512-94-7] Nevada (USA) 24-24 June 2002, pp. 425-429

Izani M, Aishah R. (2002) Economical Radiosity Rendering Method For Non-Technical Three Dimension (3D) Artists, VIIP 2002 [Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference / ISBN 0-88986354-3 ISSN 1482-7921] Malaga (Spain) 9-12 Sept 2002, pp.539-544

Izani M, Aishah R. (2002) Non-Linear Web Based (NLWB) For Teaching 3D Computer Modelling, E-LEARN 2002 [Proceedings of the World Conference on E-Learning in Corp.,Govt., Health., & Higher Ed ] Montreal (Canada) 15-19 Oct 2002, Vol. 2002, Issue. 1, 2002, pp.2448-2451

Izani M, Ahmad Rafi, Hussein H. (2001) An Approach To Multimedia Presentation On

Storytelling of Malay Folklore, MTAC 2000 [Proceedings of the Multimedia Technology & Applications Conference] USC, California (USA) 7-9 Nov 2001, pp. 6-14

Local Conference (Malaysia)

Izani M, Rendering Local Architectural Elements using High dynamic Range Images (HDRI) Technique, International Conference On Applied and Creative Arts 2005 ( ICACA 2005 ) on 5th & 6th December 2005 at Hilton Kuching, Sarawak

Izani M, Aishah R., Juhanita and Sharifah Nur Anthasha, (2003) Radiosity solution for large scale CAD project, Advanced Technology Congress (ATC 2003) proceeding-ITMA ConCis Conference 2003, 20-21 May 2003,IOI Resort, Malaysia

Aishah R, Prof. Ryochi Komiya and Izani M,. (2003) A Preliminary Analysis For Recognizing Emotion In Speech, SCOReD 2003 Proceeding, IEEE Student Conference On Research and Development, June 2003 Putrajaya, Malaysia

Izani M, Aishah R. and Zaiha,. (2003) Keyframe animation and motion capture for creating animation, SCOReD 2003 Proceeding, IEEE Student Conference On Research and Development, June 2003 Putrajaya, Malaysia

Izani M, Aishah R. and Zaiha,. (2003) Analysis of the keyframe animation and motion capture case studies, SCOReD 2003 Proceeding, IEEE Student Conference On Research and Development, June 2003 Putrajaya, Malaysia

Izani M, Aishah R. and Zaiha,. (2003) Technical animation experiments based on keyframe animation and motion capture, SCOReD 2003 Proceeding, IEEE Student Conference On Research and Development, June 2003 Putrajaya, Malaysia

Izani M, Aishah R., A.Rafi and Mustafa Muzer,. (2003) An experimental approach in

preserving Malay folklore in 3D digital animation (CD-ROM), National Conference on Information and Communication Technology 2003 (NCICT ’03) Proceeding, NCICT 2003 Conference, October 2003 KL, Malaysia

Izani M, Aishah R. (2002) Efficient Radiosity Method To Generate Photorealistic Three Dimension (3D) Renderings, CoGRAMM’02 [Proceedings of the National Conference on Computer Graphics and Multimedia / ISBN 983-52-0269-9] Melaka (Malaysia) 7-9 Oct 2002, pp. 66-71

Izani M, Aishah R. (2002) A Prototype of Using Web Based Medium (WBM) To Teach Three Dimension (3D) Animation Course, CoGRAMM’02 [Proceedings of the National Conference on Computer Graphics and Multimedia / ISBN 983-52-0269-9] Melaka (Malaysia) 7-9 Oct 2002, pp. 208-212