Zurina Saaya

PhD in Computer Science & Informatics

University College Dublin, Ireland

Thesis: Using Recommendations in Content Curation

The research is aimed to provide an intelligent assistance at different stages of the content curation cycle. In particular it focus on the search and organisation stages which are known as discovery and assignment task respectively.

MSc in Electronic Commerce Technology

University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Study the latest knowledge and skills about technology development and business opportunities in electronic commerce on the Internet.

Bachelor in Information Technology (Hons.)

Universiti Utara Malaysia

Study the principles and skills in term of theoretical and practical foundation for designing, implementing and managing information technology solutions and resources and also recognizing the impact of technology on individuals, organization and society.

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Information Technology, University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

• Involved in the research and designing of new courses and materials.
• Assessing student’s course work and material.
• Involved in the set up of exams and the marking of results.
• Responsible for the departmental administrative tasks.
• Providing mentoring, advice and support to students on as academic advisor.
• Implementing University research projects and involved in its publication.

(Study leave 2009-2013)

Head of Department of Info-structure and Infrastructure Development

Centre for Resources and Instructional Technology

Coordinate and manage E-learning infrastructure and info-structure for the university

Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator

Department of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, Ireland

• Assisting lecturer during lab sessions for undergraduate students
• Assessing student’s course work and material.

Information Technology Officer

Cosmospect Sdn. Bhd, Taiping Perak

• Responsible for computer department. Duties include software and hardware installation, testing and maintaining.
• Monitor and maintain internal network (LAN) and external network (internet)
• Develop and maintain in house system.

Trainee Programmer

Pi-Cse System and Engineering Sdn. Bhd., Shah Alam Selangor

• Involved in Plant Information System for Oil and Gas company
• Task includes; Customize Application Development - Cargo Application, Reliability Monitoring, Production Planning Scheduling and Operations Management.

Project member for MOOC Development for Professional Certification (2020 - 2021)

Project member for the development of YAKSHA Honeypot Systen (2019 - 2020)

Project member for the Development of Professional Exam Portal (2018 - 2020)

Project member for Forestry Information System (2017 - 2018)

UTeMAIR : Academic Information Retrieval Using Web Crawler - Short-Term Grant (PJP) UTeM, Principal Researcher (2016 – 2017)

Lexical Based Approach for analysing sentiments in Malay language on Social Media platforms- Research Acculturation Grant Scheme (RAGS), Principal Researcher (2014 - 2016)

Enhancing the Generic Pattern for Online Booking System in Open Source Platform by Using Agent Mechanism – Short-Term Grant (PJP) UTeM, Co-Researcher (2009)

The Development of Resource Aware Middleware for Ad Hoc Wireless Network in A Collaborative Environmen - Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Co-Researcher (2006-2009)

The Development of Online Questionnaire Builder - Short-Term Grant (PJP) UTeM, Principal Researcher (2006 - 2008)

Intelligent Vehicle Asset Management System - Short-Term Grant (PJP) KUTKM, Co-Researcher (2004)