Razib Othman

Education

• 2008, PhD (Computer Science), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
• 2003, MSc (Computer Science), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
• 1999, BSc (Computer Science), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
• 2007, internship on the Blue Brain Project, Brain Mind Institute, Swiss Federal Institute for Technology.

Prospective Students

1. If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in CLOUD COMPUTING (not limited to software engineering, artificial intelligence, security, networking, software architecture) or AGILE UNIFIED PROCESS (AUP), please contact Razib M. Othman
2. Sponsorship is provided (for Malaysian only) - GATES Scholar Foundation

Publications

1. Hassan R., Othman R.M., Saad P., and Kasim S. (2011). A Compact Hybrid Feature Vector for an Accurate Secondary Structure Prediction. Information Sciences [Elsevier; impact factor 2011: 2.833] 181(23): 5267-5277.
2. Muda H.M., Saad P., and Othman R.M. (2011). Remote Protein Homology Detection and Fold Recognition Using Two-Layer Support Vector Machine Classifiers. Computers in Biology & Medicine [Elsevier; impact factor 2011: 1.089] 41(8): 687-699.
3. Roslan R., Othman R.M., Shah Z.A, Kasim S., Asmuni H., Taliba J., Hassan R., and Zakaria Z. (2010). Incorporating Multiple Genomics Features with the Utilization of Interacting Domain Patterns to Improve Protein-Protein Interactions Prediction. Information Sciences [Elsevier; impact factor 2010: 2.833] 180(20): 3955-3973.
4. Roslan R., Othman R.M., Shah Z.A., Kasim S., Asmuni H., Taliba J., Hassan R., and Zakaria Z. (2010). Utilizing Shared Interacting Domain Patterns and Gene Ontology Information to Improve Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction. Computers in Biology & Medicine [Elsevier; impact factor 2010: 1.112] 40(6): 555-564.
5. Hassan U.K., Shah Z.A., Othman R.M., Hassan R., Rahim M.S.M., Asmuni H., Taliba J., and Zakaria Z. (2009). SplitSSI-SVM: An Algorithm to Reduce the Misleading and Increase the Strength of Domain Signal. Computers in Biology & Medicine [Elsevier; impact factor 2009: 1.269] 39(11): 1013-1019.
6. Othman R.M., Deris S., and Illias R.M. (2008). A Genetic Similarity Algorithm for Searching the Gene Ontology Terms and Annotation of Anonymous Protein Sequences. Journal Biomedical Informatics [Elsevier; impact factor 2008: 1.924] 41(1): 65-81.
7. Taliba J., Othman R.M., Hassan U.K., and Roslan R. (2011). A Hybrid Ranking Method for Constructing Negative Datasets of Protein-Protein Interactions. Journal of Computing 3(11): 3(11): 48-55.
8. Ismail A.M., Asmuni H., and Othman R.M. (2011). The Fuzzy Cooperative Genetic Algorithm (FCoGA): The Optimisation of a Fuzzy Model Through Incorporation of a Cooperative Coevolutionary Method. Journal of Computing 3(11): 81-90.
9. Ismail S., Othman R.M., Kasim S., Hassan R, Asmuni H., and Taliba J. (2011). Pairwise Protein Substring Alignment with Latent Semantic Analysis and Support Vector Machines to Detect Remote Protein Homology. International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology 3(3): 17-34.
10. Abdullah F.M., Othman R.M., Kasim S., Hashim R., Hassan R, Asmuni H., and Taliba J. (2011). An Optimal Mesh Algorithm for Remote Protein Homology Detection. International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology 3(2): 13-38.
11. Kasim S., Deris S., Othman R.M,, and Hashim R. (2011). Biological-Based Semi-Supervised Clustering Algorithm to Improve Gene Function Prediction. Journal of Computing 3(4): 1-11.
12. Mohamad N.N., Amin I.M., Othman R.M., Asmuni H., Hassan R., and Kasim S. (2012). Design and Implementation of Product Structure Ontology. In Nazir M.A., Colomb R.M., and Syazwan M.A. (eds), Ontology-Based Applications for Enterprise Systems and Knowledge Management, pp 246-260.
13. Ismail S., Othman R.M., and Kasim S. (2011). Pairwise Protein Substring Alignment with Latent Semantic Analysis and Support Vector Machines to Detect Remote Protein Homology. In Kim T.-h., Adeli H., Robles R.J., and Balitanas M. (eds), Communications in Computer and Information Science: Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications 151(Part 2): 526-546.
14. Abdullah F.M., Othman R.M., Kasim S., and Hashim R. (2011). An Optimal Mesh Algorithm for Remote Protein Homology Detection. In Kim T.-h., Adeli H., Robles R.J., and Balitanas M. (eds), Communications in Computer and Information Science: Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications 151(Part 2): 471-497.
15. Kasim S., Deris S., and Othman R.M. (2010). A New Computational Framework for Gene Expression Clustering. In Cao L., Feng Y., and Zhong J. (eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Advanced Data Mining and Applications 6440(2010): 603-610.
16. Zafar F.M., Mohamad D., and Othman R.M. (2010). Performance Analysis of a Proposed Smoothing Algorithm for Isolated Handwritten Characters. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing 2(3): 186-198.
17. Zafar F.M., Mohamad D., Rab A., and Othman R.M. (2009). Application of a Proposed Efficient Smoothing Algorithm on Directional Vectors for Isolated Handwritten Characters. In Hussain D.M.A., Rajput A.Q.K., Chowdhry B.S., and Gee Q. (eds), Communications in Computer and Information Science: Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems 20(1): 52-63.
18. Alashwal H.T., Deris S., and Othman R.M. (2009). A Bayesian Kernel for the Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions. International Journal of Information and Mathematical Sciences 5(2): 119-124.
19. Othman R.M., Hassan U.K., Hassan R., Asmuni H., Taliba J., and Kasim S. (2012). BRNN-SVM: Increasing the Strength of Domain Signal to Improve Protein Domain Prediction Accuracy. Recurrent Neural Network. Eds Elhefnawi M. and Mysara M. InTech. Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 133-150.
20. Abdullah F.M. and Othman R.M. (2012). Multiple Alignments, Hidden Markov Models and SVMs: Development of a Computational Framework for Protein Homology Detection by Incorporating Realignment Algorithm. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Saarbrücken, Germany.
21. Mohamad N.N. and Othman R.M. (2012). Knowledge Formalization and Information Retrieval: Product Structure Ontology to Support Semantic Search in Manufacturing Requirements Management. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Saarbrücken, Germany.

Reviewer of Scientific Journals

1. Amino Acids (Springer; impact factor 2009: 3.877; no of paper reviewed: 1; last reviewed: 2009)
2. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Elsevier; impact factor 2010: 1.568; no of paper reviewed: 1; last reviewed: 2010)
3. Computers in Biology and Medicine (Elsevier; impact factor 2011: 1.089; no of paper reviewed: 6; last reviewed: 2012)
4. Journal of Biomedical Informatics (Elsevier; impact factor 2010: 1.719; no of paper reviewed: 3; last reviewed: 2010)
5. PLoS Computational Biology (PLoS.org; impact factor 2011: 5.215; no of paper reviewed: 3; last reviewed: 2012)
6. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics (Wiley; impact factor 2011: 3.392; no of paper reviewed: 1; last reviewed: 2011)
7. Current Bioinformatics (Bentham Science; impact factor 2011: 0.898; no of paper reviewed: 2; last reviewed: 2012)
8. Protein & Peptide Letters (Bentham Science; impact factor 2011: 1.942; no of paper reviewed: 1; last reviewed: 2012)

Graduate Students

1. Jumail Taliba , PhD - Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction
2. Sim Hiew Moi , PhD - Off-Angle Method in Iris Recognition
3. Muhamad Asyraf Mohd Pouzi , MSc - Vegetation Classification in Mixed-Land Zones
4. Mardhiah Alias , MSc - Building Classification in Dense Urban Areas
5. Sharon Kaur Guramad Singh , MSc - Enzyme Sub-Family Class Prediction
6. Noor Hidayah Zakaria , MSc - Herbs Ontology for Semantic Searching
7. Anis Farihan Mat Raffei , MSc - Reflection Removal Method in Iris Recognition
8. D'yia Sarah Md Shukri , MSc - Deblurring Method in Iris Recognition
9. Rohayanti Hassan , PhD - Protein Structural Class Prediction, status: graduated 2011 (6 semesters)
10. Shahreen Kasim , PhD - Gene Function Prediction, status: graduated 2011 (6 semesters)
11. Nurul Akmal Muhd Shukri , MSc - Protein Subcellular Localization Prediction, status: graduated 2011 (4 semesters)
12. Mohamad Firdaus Abdullah , MSc - Protein Remote Homology Detection; status: graduated 2010 (3 semesters)
13. Surayati Ismail , MSc - Protein Remote Homology Detection; status: graduated 2010 (3 semesters)
14. Mohd Hilmi Muda , MSc - Protein Remote Homology Detection & Fold Recognition; status: graduated 2009 (2 semesters)
15. Noor Nadhiya Mohammad , MSc - Product Structure Ontology; status: graduated 2009 (2 semesters)
16. Rosfuzah Roslan , MSc - Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction; status: graduated 2009 (2 semesters)
17. Umi Kalsum Hassan , MSc - Protein Domain Prediction; status: graduated 2009 (2 semesters)

Projects

1. 3D/2D Slope Stability Analysis: Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia, Kumpulan IKRAM Sdn Bhd
2. BooksOnline: Penerbit UTM Press, UTM
3. Graduate Studies Management System: School of Graduate Studies, UTM
4. e-Biodiesel (Online Information for Production of Biodiesel): Malaysian Palm Oil Board
5. e-Cost (Online Survey for Production Cost of Palm Oil): Malaysian Palm Oil Board
6. ECOMAS (Estate Cost Management System): Malaysian Palm Oil Board
7. EsyMOS (FFB Yield Performance Monitoring System): Malaysian Palm Oil Board
8. e-Kampus: Kolej Islam Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah & Johor Skills Development Centre
9. Malaysia Coordinate System Transformation: Malaysian Center for Geospatial Data Infrastructure
10. MS1759 Search Engine: Malaysian Center for Geospatial Data Infrastructure
11. Malaysia National Oceanography Data Centre: National Oceanography Directorate, MOSTI
12. Malaysia National Spatial Data Infrastructure: National Oceanography Directorate, MOSTI
13. Pipeline Corrosion Assessment System: Petronas Gas Bhd
14. SAP Premier Programme: Khazanah Nasional Bhd, SAP Malaysia Sdn Bhd, BC Synergy Sdn Bhd
15. The Study of ICT Capacity Enhancement: Lembaga Pelabuhan Johor

Grants

1. Othman R.M., Asmuni H., and Hassan R. (2011). Intelligent Mixed-Land Classifier for Change Detection in Coastal Zone Using LiDAR Point Cloud Data. GUP Grant: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
2. Asmuni H., Othman R.M., and Hassan R. (2011). Enhancement of the Accuracy and Privacy of Iris Biometrics Recognition System. GUP Grant: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
3. Hassan R., Othman R.M., and Asmuni H. (2011). A Web-Semantic Approach to Knowledge Management for Integration of Heterogeneous Herbs Data. GUP Grant: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
4. Asmuni H., Othman R.M., Zakaria Z., and Rahim M.S.M. (2010). Spatial Data Infrastructure for Heterogeneous Distributed Oceanography and Marine Sciences Data and Knowledge Sources. NODFund: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
5. Othman R.M. and Asmuni H. (2010). The Development of Oceanographic Data and Marine Information Center. NODFund: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
6. Othman R.M., Shah Z.A., Rahim M.S.M., and Asmuni H. (2010). Computational Method to Predict Protein Domain Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Biological Knowledge. ScienceFund: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
7. Othman R.M., Yatim S.M., Zakaria Z., Hassan R., and Shah Z.A. (2010). Improving Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm by Incorporating Functional Annotation Databases and Biological Knowledge. FRGS: Ministry of Higher Education.
8. Asmuni H., Othman R.M., Yatim S.M., Hassan R., and Shah Z.A. (2009). Two Layers Multi-Class Support Vector Machines (SVM) Classifiers. FRGS: Ministry of Higher Education.

Contact Info

Razib M. Othman
Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Biotechnology
Lot 4, Kompleks Usahawan Teknologi MARA
Industry Centre, Technovation Park
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Jalan Pontian Lama
81300 Skudai, Johor, MALAYSIA
Mobile: +6016-736-0533
Tel: +607-520-4992 / 551-2684
Fax: +607-521-3023
E-mail: razib[@]utm.my