blog.kerul.net: more about the writer

qualifications

Master in Information Technology (Computer Science) – March 2009
National University of Malaysia, Bangi.
Research : Automated Assessment for Basic C Programming Exercises using Pseudocodes Comparison Technique.
Degree in Information Technology (Computer Sciences)(HONS) -Nov 1998
National University of Malaysia, Bangi.
Research : Translation of Malay Roman Documents into Jawi.
August 2005 – Certificate of Linux LPI
MIS Professional, Kuala Lumpur.
Mac 2005 – Certificate in PHP & MySQL Programming
OpenSource Competency Center (OSCC), Cyberjaya.
August 2000 – Certificate of Web Developer
InfoSciences, Bangsar.
2003 – Certificate of Profesionalism in Teaching
Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris.

awards

Gold Medal Islamic Innovation Expo 2010 (i-Inova’ 2010), for the project of Online Multimedia Malay-Arabic Dictionary (OMMAr) for Mobile Phone.
Gold Medal 21st International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition 2010, for the project of Online Multimedia Malay-Arabic Dictionary (OMMAr) for Mobile Phone.
Bronze Medal, 9th Malaysia Invention and Innovation Awards, Malaysia Technology Expo 2010, for the project of Online Multimedia Malay-Arabic Dictionary (OMMAr) - http://kerul.blogspot.com/2010/02/latest-incarnation-of-online-multimedia.html
KUIS Employee Excellence Award, 2008.

published papers
These are the collection of my proceeding so far. There are certain proceedings that I've never signed any contract/agreement on the copyright of the papers, I assume that I can re-publish them here.

Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, Siti Azrehan Aziz, Syuria Amirrudin, Juzlinda Mohd Ghazali, C. W. Shamsul Bahri C. W. Ahmad & Mohamad Haron Husain, (2010). The Design And Implementation of the Malay-Arabic Online Multimedia Dictionary On Smart Phones. Proceedings of Regional Conference of Knowledge Integration in ICT, June 2010. ISBN 978-983-3048-37-3. pp. 179.
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, Syahrul Nizam Junaini, 2009. Student Experience Using Blog as a Learning Tool. Proceeding of the 7th World Conference on Muslim Education (WORLD-COME 2009), Dec 2009.
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, Juzlinda Mohd Ghazali, Syuria Amiruddin, Che Wan Shamsul Bahri CW Ahmad, (2009). The Design of The Online Malay-Arabic Multimedia Dictionary. Proceeding of the 7th World Conference on Muslim Education (WORLD-COME2009), Dec 2009.
Syahrul Nizam Junaini, Azelina Luk Tzcr Hwey, Jonathan Sidi and Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, 2009. Development of Sarawak Malay Local Dialect Online Translation Tool. Proceeding of International Conference on Computer Technology and Development. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Nov 2009.
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, Syahrul Nizam Junaini, Initial Experiment in Using Blog as a Learning-Aid, International Conference on Educational Research and Practice (ICERP) 2009, pp.528-532, 27-34 June 2009.
Che Wan Shamsul Bahri CW Ahmad, Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, 2009. Blended Learning in Networking Subjects. Proceedings of the 3rd International Malaysian Educational Technology Convention 2009. Penang, Malaysia. October 2009.
Syuria Amirrudin, Che Wan Shamsul Bahri CWAhmad, Juzlinda Mohd Ghazali, Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, 2009. A Comparative Study on the Features of Free Online English-Arabic Dictionaries. Proceedings of the 3rd International Malaysian Educational Technology Convention 2009. Penang, Malaysia. October 2009.
Che Wan Shamsul Bahri CWAhmad, Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, 2009. Penerapan unsur-unsur Kemahiran Insaniah di Fakulti Teknologi dan Sains Informasi, KUIS. Prosiding Seminar Kebangsaan Kemahiran Insaniah dan Kerja Sosial, Malaysian Technical University (UTEM, Melaka).
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman et. al, 2008. Automated Programming Assessment using Pseudocode Comparison Technique: Does It Work? . Proceeding presented in the IEEE International Information Technology Symposium 2008, organized by National University of Malaysia.
Che Wan Shamsul Bahri CW Ahmad, Khirulnizam Abd Rahman & Noor Azli Mohamed Masrop (2008), Kajian Keperluan Perisian Pembelajaran Berbantukan Komputer Jawi dalam Pendidikan , Wacana Pendidikan Islam Siri 6, UKM, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Noor Azli Mohamed Masrop, Nor Azan Mat Zin, Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, (2008), Pendidikan Keusahawanan Berasaskan Permainan dan Simulasi Komputer, International Conference on Entrepreneurship 2008 (ICE 2008), 27-28 May 2008, Langkawi, Malaysia.
Khirulnizam A. Rahman, and Syuria Amiruddin, Che Wan Shamsul Bahri CWAhmad, Wan Harun Hussaini, and Siti Zaharah Mohid, (2008) Solving the Arabic UTF-8 Characters Transaction Issues in an Online Malay-Arabic Dictionary. Proceeding presented in National Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP08), 18 March 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Khirulnizam A. Rahman, and Md. Jan Nordin, (2007) A Review on the Static Analysis Approach in the Automated Programming Assessment Systems. Proceeding presented at National Conference on Programming 07, 5 December 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Khirulnizam A. Rahman, and Syarbaini Ahmad, and Md. Jan Nordin, (2007) The Design of an Automated C Programming Assessment Using Pseudocode Comparison Technique. In: National Conference on Software Engineering and Computer Systems 2007, 20 May 2007, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman et.a al., 2007. Development of an Automated Assessment for C Programming Exercises using Pseudocodes Comparison Technique , Proceedings of Conference on IT Research & Application 2007, University of Tun Abdul Razak (Unitar), Malaysia.
Che Wan Shamsul Bahri CW Ahmad & Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, 2007. Penterjemah Jawi Lama ke Jawi Baru untuk Pendidikan. Proceedings of Regional Seminar on Islam Hadhari 2007: Islamic and Arabic Language Education, University Malaya, Malaysia.

publishings

Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, et. al. Proceedings of Regional Conference of Knowledge Integration in ICT, June 2010. Putrajaya, Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-3048-37-3
Khirulnizam Abd Rahman, et. al. MyJICT Volume 1 (Malaysian Journal of Information, Communication Technology). Available at http://myjict.wordpress.com/volume-1-2009/. ISSN 2180-0731.
Modules - PHP: Basic and Web Application Development with MySQL Database (KUIS 2008) freely available from http://kerul.blogspot.com/2008/10/webdev.html.
Modules - Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting, for MLVK programs (KUIS 2003).
Modules - Java: Basic and Object Oriented Programming (KUIS 2000).

research/development

Currently a Research Leader, developing a Malay-Arabic Online Multimedia Dictionary with a team of researchers from KUIS, using PHP & MySQL (2007 - now).
Currently the Research Coordinator Online Knowledge Repository System for International Academy of Islamic Education, http://www.kuis.edu.my/iame/ (2009 - now).
Website development and maintenance for the International Conference in Islamic Economics 2009 (ICIE2009), organised by Selangor International Islamic University College.
Website development and maintenance for the International Conference on Entrepreneurship 2008 (ICE2008), organised by Faculty of Management and Muamalah, Selangor International Islamic University College.
Developing an automatic programming assessment to access students C programming exercises, using PHP & MySQL.
Research titled “Online C Compiler” for master thesis. The project is on developing a C compiler that can work on the internet, using the HTML, Javascript and Java Servlet technology. Feel free to view part of the codes…
Course management system for short-courses using PHP & MySQL.
Contact management systems using PHP & MySQL.
Online test management system using ASP & Access.
Website development and maintenance for Islamic Management Conference 2004 organized by KUIS, using PHP & MySQL.
Compression using Huffman algorithm (using C). View the codes…
Decompression of Huffman code (using C). View the codes…
Translator of Roman character into Jawi character in Malay text using Visual Basic 6.
Electrical Appliances Management System for Buildings using Visual Basic 6.

consultations/trainings/ community services

Editor-in-Chief for Malaysian Journal of ICT.
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management, PECAMP.org , http://jirkm.pecamp.org .
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Computing and Applications (JCA), International Association for Computer Scientists and Engineers (IACSE), http://www.iacse.org/jca.html .
Paper reviewer for the Second International Conference on 'Networked Digital Technologies - NDT 2009 (technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society), Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic from July 7-9, 2010 .
Paper reviewer for the First International Conference on 'Networked Digital Technologies - NDT 2009 (technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society), Ostrava, The Czech Republic, July 29 - 31, 2009 .
Paper reviewer for International Conference on Information management and engineering (ICIME 2009),Organized by the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, April 3-5, 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Paper reviewer for 2nd IEEE International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2009), Sponsored by IEEE, London Metropolitan University , located in London, on August 4 - 6, 2009.
Paper reviewer for First IEEE International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2008),Sponsored by IEEE,VSB- Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic on August 4 - 6, 2008.
Head of Proceedings Committee, Regional Conference on Knowledge Integration in ICT, June 2010, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Head of Multimedia Committee, 7th World Conference on Muslim Education, Dec 2009, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Assistant Secretary for PECAMP (Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management, Malaysia) - 2009.
Consultation on the development of online credit card payment facilities for the International Conference on Entrepreneurship 2008 (ICE2008), organised by Faculty of Management and Muamalah, Selangor International Islamic University College.
Judge for the Malaysian Skills Competition 2010 Web Design category. PKM (Pertandingan Kemahiran Malaysia) is a skill competition, for students, organised by Department of Skills Development, Ministry of Human Recourse Malaysia.
Judge for the MySKILLs 2008, 2009 and 2010 Web Design category. MySKILLs is a skill competition, for the skill instructors, organised by Department of Skills Development, Ministry of Human Recourse Malaysia.
Training on Web Development using PHP for Information System Officers/Assistant Officers in IMATEC, INTAN (National Institute of Public Administration), Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. -Trainer (October 2007)
Training on Web Development using PHP for Information System Officers/Assistant Officers in IMATEC, INTAN (National Institute of Public Administration), Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. -Trainer (April 2007)
Training on PHP and MySQL for IT lecturers in KUIS(Selangor International Islamic College University), Bangi. -Trainer
Training on Web Development (using PHP, Apache and MySQL) for INFRA (Institute for Rural Advancement),Bangi. -Trainer
Training on Database Management System using MySQL (Implementation using PHP and MySQL) for Information System Officers/ Assistant Officers at IMATEC, INTAN (National Institute of Public Administration), Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur . -Trainer
Training on Web Application Development using PHP and MySQL for Information System Officers/Assistant Officers at IT Department, Ministry of Rural Development and Federal Teritory, Putrajaya. –Trainer and consultant
Training on Java Programming for IT Lecturers at Baitulmal Professional Institute, Kuala Lumpur . -Trainer
Training on Database Management System using MySQL for Malaysian Government Information System Officers at IMATEC, INTAN (National Institute of Public Administration), Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur . -Trainer
Training on ASP for IT Department, MLVK, Ministry of Human Resource, Putrajaya. -Trainer
Training on PC Maintenance for MID ( Medan Info Desa) Officers from around Malaysia . Invitation by INFRA, venue NIOSH, Bangi, Selangor. -Instructor.
Curriculum Development
Coordinator, Development of MQA Documentation for Master in IT program – 2009.
Committee Member, Development of MQA Document for Bachelor in Information Technology (Multimedia), KUIS - 2004.
Committee Member, Development of MQA Document for Bachelor in Information Technology (Networking) - 2005
Committee Member, Development of MQA Document for Bachelor in Bussiness Management and E-Commerce – 2005.
Coordinator, Development of MQA Document for DiplomaComputer Science – 2003.
Committee Member, Development of MQA Document for Diploma in E-Commerce Technology – 2003.
Committee Member, Development of MQA Document for Diploma in IT (Multimedia) – 2002.

previous works / experiences
2000 – now Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), Bangi
Information Sciences Lecturer- Handling lectures, tutorials and setting examination paper for;

Web Development (using Apache, PHP, MySQL)
Discrete Mathematics.
C++/C Programming.
Object Oriented Programming (using Java).
Animation.
Multimedia Authoring and Design.
Computer Architecture.
Database System.
Multimedia Technology.
Internet (using HTML, JavaScript, ASP, PHP).
Microsoft Office 97 / 2000 /XP.
Microsoft Access 2000/XP.
Other Involvement :Preparing the proposal, course structure, syllabus and LAN documentation for Diploma of Computer Science and Diploma of E-Commerce Technology.

1999 – 2000 Kolej Tebrau, Batu Pahat
Computer Sciences Lecturer - Handling lectures, tutorials for Diploma of Computer Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia francais for

Discrete Mathematics
Object Oriented Programming using Java
COBOL Programming
C Programming
Also teaching applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Internet Explorer.
Managing student activities, student societies, and student affairs.

1998 – 1999 New Technology and Innovations (NTI), Bukit Damansara

Java Programmer- Writing Java code for Smart School Application (prototype of Mathematics Computer Aided Learning).
Involved in GUI programming in developing Health Care System (University Hospital, UM).Using Visual Basic as the development tool, and SQL server as the database.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Expert in using the listed programming languages;