Dino Isa

Contact

• workRoom DB02a Block D
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8116
• fax+6 (03) 8924 8017
• dino.isa@nottingham.edu.my

Teaching Summary

Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Systems

Research Summary

To date Prof. Isa has won eight research contracts worth about RM 7,000,000 while at the University. His research interest lies in the application of Machine Learning techniques for problems which… read more

Selected Publications

• DINO ISA, LAM HONG LEE, V.P. KALLIMANI, R. RAJKUMAR, 2008. Text Document Pre-Processing With The Bayes Formula For Classification Using The Support Vector Machine IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE). 20(9), 1264-1272
• LIAU HENG FUI and DINO ISA, 2011. Feature Selection Based on Minimizing the Area under Detection Error Tradeoff Curve International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation (IJAEC). 2(1), 18-33
• LAM HONG LEE and DINO ISA, 2010. Automatically computed document dependent weighting factor facility for Naïve Bayes classification Expert Systems with Applications. 37(12), 8741-8478
• DINO ISA and RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, 2009. Pipeline Defect Prediction using Support Vector Machines Applied Artificial Intelligence. 23(8), 758-771

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Current Research

To date Prof. Isa has won eight research contracts worth about RM 7,000,000 while at the University. His research interest lies in the application of Machine Learning techniques for problems which currently include Oil and gas pipeline riser failure prediction (Perisai Petroliam Research grant :- RM 70,000, (eScience 01-02-12-SF0035 :- RM 118,000 in 2008), Automobile driver behavior monitoring (eScience 01-02-12-SF0036 :- RM95,000 in 2008), SVM based battery supercapacitor energy management system for electric vehicles (eScience 01-02-SF0095:- RM95,000 in 2010) and for Super-capacitor Pilot plant Manufacturing and solar systems (2 Technofunds :- TF0106D212 and TF0908D098) :- RM 4,026,400and RM2,450,000 respectively awarded in 2007 and 2008). A PRGS grant was won in 2011 worth RM118200 for battery rejuvenation. He currently has 11 full time PhD students - Chia Yen Yee, Muhsin Hassan, Nik Ahmad Akram, Ahmida Ajina, Nur Nafisah, Mohd. Arinal, Ahmad Nasir, Ridhuan Samuri, Hadiza Abu Bakar, Goh Chia Chieh and Manoj Embrandiri (and another 5 who have recently passed their VIVAs) and 4 part - time executive PhD candidates working as senior executives in three multinational companies.

Past Research

Microwave Electronics - Microwave Hall effect in organic semiconductors

Future Research

To continue to build international contacts in the field of machine learning

• WAN CHIN HENG, LEE LAM HONG, RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR and DINO ISA, 2012. A hybrid text classification approach with low dependency on parameter by integrating K-nearest neighbor and support vector machine Expert Systems with Applications. (In Press.)
• MANOJ. E., DINO ISA and R AREHLI, 2011. Performance of an Electric Vehicle Conversion at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia In: World conference of fuel economy and sustainable road transport, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Pune India.
• LIAU HENG FUI and DINO ISA, 2011. Feature Selection Based on Minimizing the Area under Detection Error Tradeoff Curve International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation (IJAEC). 2(1), 18-33
• HENG FUI LIAU and DINO ISA, 2011. Feature Selection for Support Vector Machine-based Face-iris Multimodal Biometric System Expert Systems with Applications. 38(9), 11105–11111
• MANOJ EMBRANDIRI, DINO ISA and ROSELINA ARELHI, 2011. An Electric Vehicle Conversion using Batteries and Ultracapacitors: Preliminary Performance Investigation Journal of Asian Electric Vehicles. 9(2), 1521-1527
• MUHSIN HASSAN, RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, DINO ISA and ROSELINA ARELHI, 2011. Kalman Filter as a pre-processing technique to improve the support vector machine In: 2011 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in Engineering and Technology (STUDENT). 107 - 112
• LEE LAM HONG, WAN CHIN HENG, RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR and DINO ISA, 2011. An enhanced Support Vector Machine classification framework by using Euclidean distance function for text document categorization Applied Intelligence.
• RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, NIK AHMAD AKRAM, DINO ISA and ZAKRIA HUSSAIN, 2010. On Using Long-Range Ultrasonics to Track Corrosion Rates in Pipelines via Adaptive Machine Learning In: The Seventh International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies.
• HENG FUI LIAU and DINO ISA, 2010. Feature Selection Method for Facial Representation Using Parzen-Window Density Estimation In: Second International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Natural Computing. 277-280
• AHMIDA AJINA and DINO ISA, 2010. Capacitance and Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) Optimization using the Taguchi Technique for EDLC’s In: The International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems & Applications. 335-339
• MANOJ. E., DINO ISA and ROSELINA ARELHI, 2010. Supercapacitor/Battery hybrid Powered Electric Bicycle via a Smart Boost Converter In: The 25th World Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition.
• L. H. LEE, D. ISA, W.O. CHOO and W. Y. CHUE, 2010. Tournament Structure Ranking Techniques for Bayesian Text Classification with Highly Similar Categories Journal of Applied Sciences, Asian Network for Scientific Information. 10(13), 1243-12154
• LAM HONG LEE and DINO ISA, 2010. Automatically computed document dependent weighting factor facility for Naïve Bayes classification Expert Systems with Applications. 37(12), 8741-8478
• AHMIDA AJINA and DINO ISA, 2010. Symmetrical Supercapacitor using Coconut Shell-Based Activated Carbon Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology (JST). 18(2), 351-363
• ZHI YUAN CHEN, DINO ISA, PETER BLANCHFIELD and ROSELINA ARELHI, 2010. Improve the Classification and Prediction Performance for the IP Management System in a Super-capacitor Pilot Plant. The international Journal of latest trends in computing. 1(2),
• DINO ISA, PETER BLANCHFIELD and CHEN ZHI YUAN, 2010. Vectorization Algorithm for an Intelligentized System International Journal of Computer and Network Security. 2(2),
• W.S. CHIU, P.S. KHIEW, M. CLOKE, D. ISA, T.K. TAN, S. RADIMAN, R. ABD-SHUKOR, M.A. ABD. HAMID, N.M. HUANG, H.N. LIM, C.H. CHIA, 2010. Photocatalytic study of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets in the decomposition of methylene blue Chemical Engineering Journal. 158(2), 345-352
• VP KALLIMANI, DINO ISA, LAM HONG LEE and R RAJKUMAR, 2009. An Effective Classification Process by Naïve Bayes Classifier using the Support Vector Machine, In: International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE 2009).
• VP KALLIMANI, DINO ISA, L, LAM HONG LEE and R RAJKUMAR, 2009. A Hybrid Approach which optimizes Naïve bayes Classifier using Support Vector Machine in text Document Categorization In: Knowledge, Networking and ICT Conference, Chennai.
• DINO ISA, CHEN ZHI YUAN and PETER BLANCHFIELD, 2009. Intellectual Property Management system for the Super-capacitor Pilot Plant In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 708-714
• DINO ISA, CHEN ZHI YUAN and PETER BLANCHFIELD, 2009. Intellectual Property Management system for the Super-capacitor Pilot Plant In: Workshop on Advances in Intelligent Computing 2009.
• DINO ISA and RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, 2009. Pipeline defect prediction using long range ultrasonic testing and intelligent processing In: Malaysian International NDT Conference and Exhibition.
• ZAIDAH IBRAHIM, DINO ISA, RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR and GRAHAM KENDALL, 2009. Document Zone Classification for Technical Document Images Using Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Machines In: Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies. 345-350
• KHIEW P. S., CHIU W. S, TAN T. K., DINO ISA, RADIMAN S. R. ABD-SHUKOR,, HUANG N. M. and LIM H.N., 2009. Structural and Optical Properties of Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles Templated from Hexagonal Phase of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals In: Liquid Crystal and Self Assemble Workshop 2009.
• CHIU WS,, CHIU WS, KHIEW P. S., DINO ISA, RADIMAN S, ABD-SHUKOR R., HAMID M. A., HUANG NM and LIM HN, 2009. Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic (Fe3O4) and Semiconductor (ZnO) Nanocrystals In: Nanocrystals. Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization conference.
• CHIU W. S., KHIEW P. S., DINO ISA, CLOKE M., T, TAN T. K., RADIMAN S. R. ABD-SHUKOR,, HAMID M. A., HUANG N. M., LIM H.N. and CHIA C.H., 2009. Organometallic Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanopellets by Thermal Pyrolysis Reaction In: The 18th Scientific Conference of Electron Microscopy Society of Malaysia.
• DINO ISA, V.P. KALLIMANI, LAM HONG LEE, 2009. Using the self organizing map for clustering of text documents Expert Systems with Applications. 36(5), 9584-9591
• DINO ISA and RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, 2009. Pipeline Defect Prediction using Support Vector Machines Applied Artificial Intelligence. 23(8), 758-771
• IBRAHIM, ZAIDAH, ISA, DINO and RAJKUMAR, RAJPRASAD, 2008. Text and Non-text Segmentation and Classification from Document Images In: Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering - Volume 01. 973-976
• DR. DINO ISA, DR. PETER BLANCHFIELD and CHEN ZHI YUAN, 2008. A Hybrid Data Mining and Case-Based Reasoning User Modeling System Architecture In: World Congress on Engineering 2008. 76-79
• DINO ISA, LAM HONG LEE, V.P. KALLIMANI and R. RAJKUMAR, 2008. A Hybrid Approach Which Optimizes Naïve Bayes Classifier Using Support Vector Machine In Document Classification In: International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, CSSE2008, Wuhan, China.
• DINO ISA and RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, 2008. Ultrasonic Sensor Data Processing using Support Vector Machines In: The First International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization (INDS08).
• DINO ISA and RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, 2008. Defect detection in pipelines using ultrasonic sensors and Support Vector Machines In: THE 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'08).
• DINO ISA, DR. PETER BLANCHFIELD, DR. DINO ISA and CHEN ZHI YUAN, 2008. Column Vectorizing Algorithms for Support Vector Machines In: World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2008 WCECS 2008. 799-803
• CHEN ZHI YUAN, ISA, D and BLANCHFIELD, P., 2008. A Hybrid Data Mining and Case-Based Reasoning User Modeling System (HDCU) for Monitoring and Predicting of Blood Sugar Level In: 655-656
• AHMIDA AJINA, DINO ISA, KHIEW POI SIM, MICHAEL CLOKE and MUTASIM NOUR, 2008. Symmetrical Supercapacitor using Coconut Shell-Based Activated Carbon In: IMM.
• CHEN ZHI YUAN, DINO ISA and PETER BLANCHFIELD, 2008. Data preprocessing in Hybrid Data Mining and Case based reasoning User Modelling Systems In: Proceeding of the Third Malaysian Software Engineering Conference. 653-656
• DINO ISA, LAM HONG LEE, V.P. KALLIMANI, 2008. Polychotomiser for Case-Based Reasoning Beyond The Traditional Bayesian Classification Approach Journal of Computer and Information Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE). 1(1), 57-68
• W.S. CHIU, P.S. KHIEW, D. ISA, M. CLOKE, S. RADIMAN, R. ABD-SHUKOR, M.H. ABDULLAH, N.M. HUANG, 2008. Synthesis of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets by pyrolysis of zinc oleate Chemical Engineering Journal. 142(3), 337-343
• W.S. CHIU, P.S. KHIEW, D. ISA, M. CLOKE, S. RADIMAN, R. ABD-SHUKOR, M.H. ABDULLAH, N.M. HUANG, 2008. Synthesis of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets by pyrolysis of zinc oleate Chemical Engineering Journal. 142(3), 337-343
• W.S. CHIU, P.S. KHIEW, D. ISA, M. CLOKE, S. RADIMAN, R. ABD-SHUKOR, M.H. ABDULLAH, N.M. HUANG, 2008. Synthesis of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets by pyrolysis of zinc oleate Chemical Engineering Journal. 142(3), 337-343
• W.S. CHIU, P.S. KHIEW, D. ISA, M. CLOKE, S. RADIMAN, R. ABD-SHUKOR, M.H. ABDULLAH, N.M. HUANG and MANOJ, 2008. Synthesis of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets by pyrolysis of zinc oleate Chemical Engineering Journal. 142(3), 337-343
• W.S. CHIU, P.S. KHIEW, D. ISA, M. CLOKE, S. RADIMAN, R. ABD-SHUKOR, M.H. ABDULLAH, N.M. HUANG, 2008. Synthesis of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets by pyrolysis of zinc oleate Chemical Engineering Journal. 142(3), 337-343
• W.S. CHIU, P.S. KHIEW, D. ISA, M. CLOKE, S. RADIMAN, R. ABD-SHUKOR, M.H. ABDULLAH, N.M. HUANG, 2008. Synthesis of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets by pyrolysis of zinc oleate Chemical Engineering Journal. 142(3), 337-343
• DINO ISA, LAM HONG LEE, V.P. KALLIMANI, R. RAJKUMAR, 2008. Text Document Pre-Processing With The Bayes Formula For Classification Using The Support Vector Machine IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE). 20(9), 1264-1272
• DINO ISA, LAM HONG LEE, V.P. KALLIMANI, R. RAJKUMAR, 2008. Text Document Pre-Processing With The Bayes Formula For Classification Based On The Vector Space Model Journal of Computer and Information Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE). 1(4),
• DINO ISA, RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR, 2008. Ultrasonic Sensor Data acquisition for pipeline defect detection i-manager's Journal on Electrical Engineering.
• DINO ISA, MEI-FONG LOW, LINDSAY LEONG and YEE-KUAN LAU, 2007. GA Optimized Power MOS Model In: Electronics Manufacturing Technology Conference. 120-128
• SULAIMAN AL ZUHAIR, MUTASIM NOUR and DINO ISA, 2007. The use of immobilized lipase for the production of biodiesel from waste palm oil: possibilities and challenges In: Asia Pacific Conference on Chemical Engineering. 57-66
• S A SAMAD, DINO ISA, 2007. Pulse Shaping Wave Digital Filters for Radiation Spectroscopy European Journal of Scientific Research. 17(1), pp. 11-24
• HASSAN ALI, A. DOUCET, DINO ISA, 2007. GSR: A New Genetic Algorithm for Improving Channel and Source Estimates IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. 54(5), 1088 - 1098
• SALINA ABDUL SAMAD, AINI HUSSAIN and DINO ISA, 2006. Wave Digital Filters with Minimum Multiplier for Discrete Hilbert Transformer Realization Signal Processing Journal, Elsevier.
• SALINA ABDUL SAMAD, AINI HUSSAIN and DINO ISA, 2006. Local Feature Verification using Unconstrained Minimum Average Correlation Energy Filters ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development.
• DINO ISA, MICHEAL HARTLEY, V.P. KALLIMANI, AINI HUSSAIN and SALINA ABDUL SAMAD, 2006. Development of an Expert System for the Electronics Manufacturing Sector In: IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTTA' 06). 3410-3415
• DINO ISA, MICHEAL HARTLEY, V.P. KALLIMANI, AINI HUSSAIN and SALINA ABDUL SAMAD, 2006. A Knowledge Architecture in Process Industries using Case-Based Reasoning In: The 3rd AUS International Symposium on Mechatronics (AUS-ISM06).
• DINO ISA, MICHEAL HARTLEY, V.P. KALLIMANI and LAM HONG LEE, 2006. A Domain Knowledge Preserving in Process Engineering using Self-Organizing Map In: Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology (ICAIET-2006). 2-7
• DINO ISA, C. M. LIM, ANDREA LIEW and Y.Y. CHEW, 2006. Autonomous Navigation Robot In: Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology (ICAIET-2006).
• DINO ISA, M. MUSTAFA, SCOTT KENNEDY and ROSELINA ARELHI, 2006. GA Optimized Alternative Energy Planning Program In: ICEE International Conference on Energy and the Environment.
• DINO ISA, SCOTT KENNEDY, ROSELINA ARELHI and M. MUSTAFA, 2006. A Planning Tool for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Hybrid Systems In: International Conference on Environment.
• HASSAN ALI and DINO ISA, 2004. A New FA Property Based Genetic Algorithm for Improving Source and Channel Estimates In: RF and Microwave Conference, 2004. RFM 2004. Proceedings. 260-264
• V.P. KALLIMANI, DINO ISA and JOYTI KALLIMANI, 2003. Multimedia Effects in Knowledge Based Process International Journal on Knowledge, Culture and Change Management. 3,
• 3. ANTHONY CENTENO, DINO ISA, TANG TUNG YANG, MOHD ZARAR MOHD JENU, DINO ISA, TANG TUNG YANG and MOHD ZARAR MOHD JENU, 2003. Analysis of PCB Traces Using the Transmission Line Matrix Method Elektrika, Journal of Electrical Engineering. 1,
• V.P. KALLIMANI, DINO ISA, PETER BLANCHFIELD and JOYTI KALLIMANI, 2003. Integrated Knowledge Based Process in Manufacturing Environment, In: The 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS). 465-468
• NAZAR ELFADIL and DINO ISA, 2003. In: KNOWLEDGE-BASED INTELLIGENT INFORMATION AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS: 7th INternational Conference, KES 2003, Oxford, UK, September 2003. Proceedings, Part I. 2773/2003. Springer. 134-140
• NORAINI JONES, DINO ISA, PETER BLANCHFIELD and ROSELINA ARELHI, 2003. E-Learning: Learning Management System (LMS) for Operation Training in a Semiconductor Industry – Analysis and Design In: Second European Conference on E-Learning.
• V.P. KALLIMANI, PETER BLANCHFIELD and DINO ISA, 2002. Knowledge Based Architecture in Semi Conductor Industry In: The 4th Asia Pacific Knowledge Management Conference.
• DINO ISA and SALINA ABDUL SAMAD, 1998. Low Cost STN LCD as a Graphical Display Option In: International Conference on Information and Multimedia Technology.
• DINO ISA, S. S. GASEN and C. H. CHOOI, 1993. Real Time Current Monitoring for Ultrasonic Resonators used in Heavy Wire Autobonding In: Third International Microelectronics and System Conference, Penang.
• DINO ISA and S. S. GASEN, 1993. Clamp Optimization for the GPN Autobonder In: First Technical Symposium, Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector,.
• DINO ISA, 1992. Investigations of Mobility in Organic Semiconductors using the Microwave Hall Effect In: IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Kuala Lumpur.
• 1. AY ALZOUBI, DINO ISA, TOM CROSS, 1991. An Improved Coaxial Coupler for Measurements of the Microware Hall Effect Review of Scientific Instruments, USA. 1991..
• HENG FUI LIAU and DINO ISA, New Illumination Compensation Method for Face Recognition International Journal of Computer and Network Security. 2(3), 5-12
• LAM HONG LEE, RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR and DINO ISA, Automatically Folder Allocation System using Bayesian-Support Vector Machines Hybrid Classification Approach Applied Intelligence.
• DINO ISA, RAJPRASAD RAJKUMAR and KC WOO, Pipeline Defect Detection using Support Vector Machines In: 6th WSEAS International Conference on CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, ELECTRONICS,CONTROL & SIGNAL PROCESSING. 162-168