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EVENT NAME : Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) Signing Ceremony between International Islamic

University Malaysia (IIUM) and Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE)

DATE/DAY       : 28^th March 2019/ Thursday

TIME                : 3:00 pm – 3.30 pm

VENUE             : Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre (MIEC), Langkawi

ATTENDEES     :

• Prof. Dr. Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, Deputy Rector, Internationalisation and Global Network
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairul Azami Sidek, Deputy Director, Office of Industrial Links
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yasir Mohd Mustafah, Deputy Director, Academic Management and Admission Division
• Dr. Mohmad Asri Abd. Ghani, Director General, Science & Technology Research Institute of Defence
• Dr Mohd Yazid bin Ahmad, Deputy Director General (Consultation), Science & Technology Research Institute of Defence

Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE) is a division under Ministry of Defence, Malaysia.  STRIDE's primary roles are to implement research and development programmes, provide technical support as well as scientific expertise to the Ministry of Defence, the Malaysian Armed Forces and the local defence industry.

AREAS OF COLLOBORATION

The scopes of the responsibilities of the Parties for the purpose of the Project are set out as below:

• To apply a smart decentralize systems on ASVs for maritime applications
• To develop a multi-agent ASVs system that meets the military requirements;
• To analyse the performance of prototype ASVs at selected military zone area in Malaysia;
• To study the effectiveness of the intelligent systems developed for ASVs in tropical marine environment application.