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.

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 2010: 2.833] Accepted for Publication.
 * 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 2010: 1.112] DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2011.06.004.
 * 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 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) 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.
 * 8) 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.
 * 9) 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.
 * 10) 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.
 * 11) 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.
 * 12) 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.
 * 13) 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.
 * 14) 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.

Reviewer of Scientific Journals

 * 1) Amino Acids (Springer; impact factor 2009: 3.877; no of paper reviewed: 1)
 * 2) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Elsevier; impact factor 2009: 1.645; no of paper reviewed: 1)
 * 3) Bioinformatics (Oxford Journals; impact factor 2009: 4.926; no of paper reviewed: 1)
 * 4) Journal of Biomedical Informatics (Elsevier; impact factor 2009: 2.432; no of paper reviewed: 3)
 * 5) PLoS Computational Biology (PLoS.org; impact factor 2009: 5.759; no of paper reviewed: 1)
 * 6) Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics (Wiley; impact factor 2009: 3.085; no of paper reviewed: 1)

Graduate Students

 * 1) [mailto:jumail@cs.utm.my Jumail Taliba ], PhD - Protein–Protein Interaction Prediction
 * 2) [mailto:nuu.nurul@gmail.com Nurul Akmal Muhd Shukri ], MSc - Protein Subcellular Localization Prediction; status: graduated 2011 (3 semesters)
 * 3) [mailto:rohayanti@utm.my Rohayanti Hassan ], PhD - Protein Structural Class Prediction, status: graduated 2011 (6 semesters)
 * 4) [mailto:shahreen.kasim@gmail.com Shahreen Kasim ], PhD - Gene Function Prediction, status: graduated 2011 (6 semesters)
 * 5) [mailto:firyarn84@gmail.com Mohamad Firdaus Abdullah ], MSc - Protein Remote Homology Detection; status: graduated 2010 (3 semesters)
 * 6) [mailto:surayatiismail@gmail.com Surayati Ismail ], MSc - Protein Remote Homology Detection; status: graduated 2010 (3 semesters)
 * 7) [mailto:mrhilmi@gmail.com Mohd Hilmi Muda ], MSc - Protein Remote Homology Detection & Fold Recognition; status: graduated 2009 (2 semesters)
 * 8) [mailto:nadhiyamohammad@gmail.com Noor Nadhiya Mohammad ], MSc - Product Structure Ontology; status: graduated 2009 (2 semesters)
 * 9) [mailto:rosexquisite@gmail.com Rosfuzah Roslan ], MSc - Protein–Protein Interaction Prediction; status: graduated 2009 (2 semesters)
 * 10) [mailto:umiekalsum@gmail.com 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) Books Online: Penerbit UTM Press
 * 3) Cost Management and Survey System: Malaysian Palm Oil Board
 * 4) Graduate Studies Management System: School of Graduate Studies, UTM
 * 5) ICT Strategic Plan (2011-2015): Lembaga Pelabuhan Johor
 * 6) Learning Content Management System: Petronas eLearning Solutions Sdn Bhd
 * 7) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) System: FELCRA Plantation Services Sdn Bhd
 * 8) Malaysia Coordinate System Transformation: Malaysian Center for Geospatial Data Infrastructure
 * 9) Malaysia National Oceanography Data Centre: National Oceanography Directorate, MOSTI
 * 10) Malaysia National Spatial Data Infrastructure: National Oceanography Directorate, MOSTI
 * 11) MS1759 Search Engine: Malaysian Center for Geospatial Data Infrastructure
 * 12) Real-Time Estate Management System: FELDA Plantations Sdn Bhd
 * 13) SAP Premier Programme: Khazanah Nasional Bhd, SAP Malaysia Sdn Bhd, BC Synergy Sdn Bhd
 * 14) Specialist Diploma in JAVA Professional: FELDA Prodata Systems Sdn Bhd

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.

Contact Info
Razib M. Othman Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Biotechnology (LCIB) Suite 4, Level 2, KUT-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