Multimedia University

(436821-T)

(Cyberjaya – Melaka)

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LEE Kok Wah (K.W. Lee) (Mr.)
@ Xpree Jinhua Li (X.J. Li) (李锦华)

Lecturer cum Ph.D. Postgraduate Student
Faculty of Engineering & Technology (FET)
Multimedia University (MMU) (Melaka Campus)
Malaysia (MY).

Language
Dreaming: Chinese language (Mandarin, Cantonese).

Listening + Speaking + Reading + Writing: Chinese language (Mandarin, Cantonese), English language, Malaysian language.

Learning: Hakka Dialect, Japanese language.

Job Scope
Today life is mainly a composite of various items. Below is an approximation of my current job scope: J

Postgraduate Student, Researcher, Lecturer, Tutor, Lab Demonstrator, Consultant, Admin Officer, Miscellaneous.

Education Background
[1] S.R.J.K. (C) Pei Yuan, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia: 04 Jan’82 – 13 Nov’87 (UPD5).

UPD5: Chinese Language, English Language, Malay Language, Science, Mathematics, History-Geography.

[2] S.M.J.K. (C) Pei Yuan, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia: 04 Jan’88 – 30 Nov’93 (SRP, SPM).

SRP: Malay Language, English Language, Chinese Language, Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, Living Skills.

SPM (O-Level) [Science Stream]: Malay Language, English Language, Chinese Language, Pure Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,

Biology, History, Moral Education.

[3] S.M. Sri Kampar, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia: 04 Apr’94 – 30 Nov’95 (STPM).

STPM (A-Level) [Bio-maths Stream]: Mathematics T, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, General Studies (Pengajian Am).

[4] Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:

23 Jun’96 (Registration), 24 Mar’99 (Last Exam Paper), 21 Jul’99 (Senate Letter), 05 Sep’99 (Convocation) (Bachelor degree).

[5] Faculty of Engineering (FOE), Multimedia University (Cyberjaya Campus), Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia:

19 Oct’99 (Registration), 25 Oct’02 (First Draft of Thesis), 03 Jun’03 (Revised Thesis), 05 Jun’03 (Senate Letter), 24 Jul. 2004 (Convocation) (Masters degree by research).

[6] Faculty of Engineering & Technology (FET), Multimedia University (Melaka Campus), Bukit Beruang, Melaka, Malaysia:

27 May’04 (Registration) – Now (Doctor of Philosophy degree by research).

Academic Qualifications
[1] B.Eng. (Hons.) (Mal.) in Electrical Engineering from University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia (convocation as at 05 September 1999).

Seminar: January 1999 @ UM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Thesis: ECG Signals Classification Using Neural Network

Keywords: Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Biomedical Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing (DSP).

[2] M.Eng.Sc. (MMU) by research from Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia (convocation as at 24 July 2004).

Seminar (Work Completion): 01 April 2003 (10.00 - 11.00 am) @ NMES Lab, MMU, Melaka, Malaysia

Thesis: Artificial Neural Network Based Byzantine Agreement Protocol

Keywords: Byzantine Generals Problem (BGP), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Cryptography, Information Security, Computer Communications.

[3] Ph.D. (MMU) by research from Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia (convocation as at ddmmyyyy).

Seminar (Proposal Defense): 14 March 2005 (04.00 - 05.00 pm) @ NMES Lab, MMU, Melaka, Malaysia

Seminar (Work Completion I): 18 February 2008 (09.00 -10.30 am) @ NMES Lab, MMU, Melaka, Malaysia

Seminar (Work Completion II): 19 June 2008 (09.00 -10.00 am) @ NMES Lab, MMU, Melaka, Malaysia

Thesis: Memorizable Public-Key Cryptography (MePKC) & Its Applications

Keywords: Key Management, Memorability, Hacking-Free Storage, Authentication, IP Evidence, Cryptography, Information Security, Computer Communications.

Membership
[1] Graduate Student Member (GSM) [No.: 41333763] of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, US.

since 01 January 2007 till now.

Member since 19 October 2000 till 31 December 2005; Student Member since 01 January 2006 till 31 December 2006.

[2] Graduate Engineer [No.: 34171R (Electrical)] in Electrical Engineering under the Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM), Kuala Lumpur, MY; or in Malaysia language

Jurutera Siswazah dalam Kejuruteraan Elektrik di bawah Lembaga Jurutera Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MY.

since 28 November 2000 till now.

[3] Graduate Member (Grad I.E.M.) [No.: G23833 (Electrical)] in the discipline of Electrical Engineering in The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MY.

since 03 November 2003 till now.

[4] Student Member [No.: 76242970] of Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) (now called Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)), London, UK.

since 01 January 2004 till 31 December 2004.

[5] Regular Member [No.: 990375] of International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), Santa Barbara, CA, US.

since 01 January 2001 till 31 December 2001.

[6] Life Member [No.: 4390 LF] of Philatelic Society of Malaysia (PSM), Kuala Lumpur, MY; or in Malaysian language Persatuan Filateli Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MY.

since 12 February 2004 till now.

PSM is a member of Federation Internationale de Filatelie (FIP), Zürich, Switzerland, and a member of Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP), Singapore.

[7] Selected Listee (or Biographee) in the Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (10th Edition 2008-2009 to be published in December 2007) (ISBN: 978-0-8379-5768-5), Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ, USA.

since 14 August 2007 till now.

There are over 24,000 and 40,000 listees in the Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 9th Edition 2006-2007 and 10th Edition 2008-2009, respectively. In August 2007, there are over 1.4 million listees in the Marquis Who’s Who on the Web, which consists of 21 Marquis Who’s Who print titles. The world population in July 2007 is estimated to be 6.6 billion, where there are 27.4% 0-14 years, 65.1% 15-64 years, and 7.5% 65 years and over, in The World Factbook 2007 (ISSN: 1553-8133), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Washington D.C., USA.

[8] Overseas Student Member (OMDP) (海外学生员OM) [No.: 0784435] in the Engineering Sciences Society of The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

since 06 September 2007 till 31 March 2009.

[9] Member [No.: 8231884] in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York City, NY, US.

since 18 September 2007 till 31 August 2009.

[10] One of the selected Listee (or Biographee) among 2000 people in the 2000 Outstanding Scientists 2008/2009 (Grand Edition to be published in mid 2009) of International Biographical Centre (IBC), St. Thomas' Place, Cambridgeshire, UK.

since 25 April 2008 till now.

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Brief Info
On 24 March 1999, I finished my last exam paper for B.Eng.(Hons)(Electrical)(Mal.) in Electrical Engineering from University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. Then, I joined Faculty of Engineering (FOE), Multimedia University, Malaysia, as a research assistant on 17 May 1999.  Since 21 July 1999, I became a tutor at Faculty of Engineering & Technology (FET) and held a tutorship from Multimedia University (MMU) to further my master’s degree by research (M.Eng.Sc.) in Telecommunications Engineering commencing from 19 October 1999. Time flew after the 3rd millennium countdown. MMU awarded me the M.Eng.Sc. on 05 June 2003 with the official convocation ceremony on 24 July 2004.

After sometime in the course of locating and registering a postgraduate research degree towards a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, the registration was done on 27 May 2004. At the present time, I am simultaneously a Ph.D. postgraduate student and a lecturer within the job category of academia @ MMU-FET handling the research and teaching tasks. The teaching tasks include the FET undergraduate lectures, tutorials and lab demonstrations. In addition, the consultative and administrative tasks are within my job scope as well. Meanwhile, my Ph.D. research title is Data Compression and Cryptology in Multimedia Communications in the fields of information security generally and key security particularly.

Preamble
Electrical Engineering (EE) is a common term that includes Control + Power + Electronics + Electromagnetics (EM) + Telecommunications + Computers + Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Prehistoric EE Incubator = Biology + Chemistry + Physics + Mathematics + Control + Mechanical Engineering (ME) + Power (Steam, Engine)

Traditional EE = Control + Power (Electricity) + Electronics + Electromagnetics (EM) + Telecommunications + Computers + AI

Current EE = Control + Power + Electronics + EM + Telecommunications + Computers + AI + Computer Science (CS) + Information Technology (IT)

Emerging EE = Control + Power + Electronics + EM + Telecommunications + Computers + AI + CS + IT + Cybernetics + Knowledge Engineering (KE)

Future EE ?= Control + Power + Electronics + EM + Telecommunications + Computers + AI + CS + IT + Cybernetics + KE + ???

EE (Electrical Engineering) (aka Power Engineering) > Telecommunication Engineering > Electronics Engineering > Computer Engineering (Hardware) > CS (Computer Science) (Software) > IT (Information Technology) > ICT (Information, Communications and Technologies) > Bioinformatics.

EE (Electrical Engineering) (aka Power Engineering) > Telecommunication Engineering > Electronics Engineering > Computer Engineering (Hardware) > CS (Computer Science) (Software) > Robotics Engineering.

My Research Interests
[1] For general case (fundamental): Electrical Engineering (EE).

[2] For general case (elective): Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Communications, Cryptology, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Information Security.

[3] For specific case (occasional): Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Byzantine Generals Problem (BGP), Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electromagnetics (EM).

[4] For specific case (current): Computer Authentication, Key Security, Private Key Storage.

[5] For more specific case (current): Password Authentication, Key Management, Split Private Key, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), Finite Field Cryptography (FFC).

My Focal Research Area
In the order of inverted cone:

Electrical Engineering

> Telecommunications Engineering

>> Data & Computer Communications

>>> Cryptology & Information Security

>>>> Multimedia Communications Security

>>>>> Private Key Storage of Public-Key Cryptography

>>>>>> Computer Authentication at the Human-Machine Interface (HMI)

>>>>>>> ?????

>>>>>>>> !!!!!!!

Computer Communication Networks Problems
[1] Byzantine Generals Problem (BGP) :

- Involving network of nodes regardless of the gender of nodes.

[2] Cheating-Cheated Husbands-Wives Problem (CCHWP) :

- Involving network of nodes including the gender of nodes.

- The gender of node is normally divided into three types: King/Queen, Male, Female.

- For nowadays, the gender categories are (king/queen,) male, female, neutral, etc.

[3] Part-Time Parliament Problem (PTPP) :

- Involving three types of networks of nodes.

- One is the common main node network of partial decision makers.

- One is the static node network of information database.

- One is the mobile node network of messaging carrier.

[4] Eternity Services Problem (ESP) :

- Involving one hidden network of a few number of nodes.

- Encrypted and hidden words of prediction like Nostradamus.

- As time goes on, the stored knowledge are in three groups.

- One group is the hidden and encrypted knowledge kept by the stand-alone owner.

- One group is the chaotic order and defragmented pieces of information surrounding the indirectly leaking secret keeping store.

- One group is the open info due to the time factors.

Computer Authentication / Identification / Verification

[1] What you know :

- Secret: Key [symmetric key (aka secret key), private key of asymmetric key pair], password, pin, passcode, passphrase, graphical password/key.

[2] What you have :

- Token: Hardware token [identity card, passport, credit card, martcard, PC card (PCMCIA), dongle, certificate, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), VeriChip], software token [USB flash drive, digital certificate (aka public-key certificate), bank account number, email address, postal address, car number, computer (IP address, MAC address), phone number (fixed line, mobile)].

[3] What you are :

- Biometrics: Physiological [fingerprint, iris (aka retina), face, facial thermogram, DNA, palmprint, hand veins, footprint, earprint, teeth identification (aka forensic odontology), smell identification (aka odour identification)], behavioral [speaker recognition (aka voice), keystroke, signature, gait].

[4] Who you know :

- Human Network: Referee, introducer, employer, guarantor, Commissioner for Oaths, lawyer, judge.

NB: Items in italics are currently around the novice level, where affinity is strong for layperson learning perusal to enhance the savvy.

Ways of Contact

LEE Kok Wah Lecturer Faculty of Engineering & Technology (FET) Multimedia University (MMU) (Melaka Campus) Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Bukit Beruang, Melaka, Malaysia.

Room : FET Building, 3rd Floor, R3019 Phone : 606 - 252 3320 (o); 6013-6134998 (m) Fax : 606 - 231 6552 (o) Email  :  kwlee@mmu.edu.my (o); E96LKW@hotmail.com (h) MSN Messenger : E96LKW@hotmail.com (primary) Yahoo Messenger ID : xpree@yahoo.com (secondary) Skype ID : xpreee Google Talk : xpreee@gmail.com (rare checking)

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Created on 30 June 1999

Updated on 10 June 2008