AWARDS & EVENTS
Silver in ITEX 2016
It was indeed another remarkable achievement for a team of six
researchers from the Department of Computer and Communication
Technology (DCCT), under the Faculty of Information and
Communication Technology (FICT) to win a silver prize in the 27th
International Invention and Innovation Exhibition (ITEX 2016) held
at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 12 to 14 May 2016.
The winning UTAR team comprised team leader FICT Dean Assoc
Prof Dr Liew Soung Yue, Head of the DCCT Dr Goh Hock Guan, FICT
Lecturer Dr Gan Ming Lee, FICT alumna Lim Chong Sen, and FICT
Master of Science (Computer Science) students Sia Yeong Kang and
Ang Jenn Ning. They submitted to the exhibition their brainchild
titled "Basketball Net - A Flexible and Resilient Topology for
Wireless Sensor Networks", which they had patented with the MOSTI,
and won a silver prize.
From left: Dr Gan, and Dr Liew with
their winning entry at the exhibition
Their winning entry
demonstrated on the basketball net which was invented for wireless
sensor networks that (1) data generated from nodes are to be
forwarded to one or multiple base station(s) and (2) nodes help
each other relay packets. The invention exhibits multi-level
structure, simplifies routing, enhances reliability, and prolongs
lifetime.