{"id":803,"date":"2016-09-01T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T01:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjiit.utm.my\/dppc\/?p=803"},"modified":"2018-05-16T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T04:32:37","slug":"flagship-project-on-integrated-study-on-disaster-management-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjiit.utm.my\/dppc\/2016\/flagship-project-on-integrated-study-on-disaster-management-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Flagship Project on Integrated Study on Disaster Management in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.71&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">This meeting was held on 2nd of June 2016 at Meeting Room 3, Level 2 MJIIT UTM KL. The participant of this meeting consist of disaster risk management experts from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, JICA experts, DPPC members and DPPC associate members. Started at 10.00 a.m., the chairperson, Prof. Datin Dr. Rubiyah Yusof welcomes all of the participant to this meeting followed by a brief introduction about Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) and Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Centre (DPPC). Chairperson end her welcoming remarks by explaining the objectives of this meeting, which are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">i. To create a platform for benefits to the nation in terms of disaster risk management<br \/>\nii. To collaborate with other universities in Malaysia in order to gain better results<br \/>\niii. To establish useful collaboration for Malaysia and can be example for other Asian countries<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">The meeting continues with brief introduction about education background and research interest by all the participant. Prof. Masafumi Goto, whom the Director of DPPC, proceed with in details explanation about DPPC and continued by presentation by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali Yuzir regarding to the integrated study cluster proposal. Four component of flagship study was proposed by DPPC, which are:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 579px\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 86.6px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 482.4px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Development of natural disaster vulnerability index for Malaysia (Leader: Dr. Shohei Matsuura)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 86.6px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 482.4px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Machine learning and drones for disaster response and relief operation (Leader: Ir. Dr. Zool Hilmi)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 86.6px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 482.4px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Flood and landslide forecasting (Leader: Prof. Dr. Ismail Abustan from USM)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px\">\n<td style=\"height: 18px;width: 86.6px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 18px;width: 482.4px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Aftermath counter measure on water supply and sanitation in disaster area (Leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali Yuzir)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">RM 2 million will be allocated for the four component studies for two years\u2019 period (RM 500k for each component) and this money allocation can only be used for asset purchasing. Several issues were raised regarding to this money allocation, such as traveling expenditure for researchers and how the assets are managed in Malaysia. After that, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali continue his presentation by presenting the cluster one and five in details followed by presentation by Ir. Dr. Zool Hilmi for component two. The meeting concluded with group photography session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.71&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;on&#8221; gallery_ids=&#8221;775,792,793,794&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; orientation=&#8221;landscape&#8221; zoom_icon_color=&#8221;#2ea3f2&#8243; hover_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.9)&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; custom_css_gallery_item=&#8221;margin:0 !important;||clear:  none !important;||width:  50% !important;||padding: 10px;||padding-left: 65px;&#8221; auto=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> This meeting was held on 2nd of June 2016 at Meeting Room 3, Level 2 MJIIT UTM KL. The participant of this meeting consist of disaster risk management experts from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, JICA experts, DPPC members and DPPC associate members. Started at 10.00 a.m., the chairperson, Prof. Datin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">This meeting was held on 2nd of June 2016 at Meeting Room 3, Level 2 MJIIT UTM KL. The participant of this meeting consist of disaster risk management experts from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, JICA experts, DPPC members and DPPC associate members. Started at 10.00 a.m., the chairperson, Prof. Datin Dr. Rubiyah Yusof welcomes all of the participant to this meeting followed by a brief introduction about Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) and Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Centre (DPPC). Chairperson end her welcoming remarks by explaining the objectives of this meeting, which are:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">i. To create a platform for benefits to the nation in terms of disaster risk management\r\nii. To collaborate with other universities in Malaysia in order to gain better results\r\niii. To establish useful collaboration for Malaysia and can be example for other Asian countries<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">The meeting continues with brief introduction about education background and research interest by all the participant. Prof. Masafumi Goto, whom the Director of DPPC, proceed with in details explanation about DPPC and continued by presentation by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali Yuzir regarding to the integrated study cluster proposal. Four component of flagship study was proposed by DPPC, which are:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<table style=\"width: 579px\" border=\"1\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 86.6px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 1<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 482.4px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Development of natural disaster vulnerability index for Malaysia (Leader: Dr. Shohei Matsuura)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 86.6px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 2<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 482.4px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Machine learning and drones for disaster response and relief operation (Leader: Ir. Dr. Zool Hilmi)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 86.6px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 3<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 56px;width: 482.4px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Flood and landslide forecasting (Leader: Prof. Dr. Ismail Abustan from USM)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 18px\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 18px;width: 86.6px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">Component 4<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 18px;width: 482.4px\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">: Aftermath counter measure on water supply and sanitation in disaster area (Leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali Yuzir)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: georgia,palatino,serif\">RM 2 million will be allocated for the four component studies for two years\u2019 period (RM 500k for each component) and this money allocation can only be used for asset purchasing. Several issues were raised regarding to this money allocation, such as traveling expenditure for researchers and how the assets are managed in Malaysia. After that, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ali continue his presentation by presenting the cluster one and five in details followed by presentation by Ir. Dr. Zool Hilmi for component two. 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