Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
Ts Dr Ku Chin Soon
Designation: | Assistant Professor |
Faculty / Institute / Centre: | Faculty of Information and Communication Technology |
Department / Unit: | Department of Computer Science |
Telephone No: | +605-4688888 ext.: 4657 |
Email Address: | kucs@utar.edu.my |
Scopus Profile: | 57196056890 |
Google Scholar Profile: | WCe5itUAAAAJ&hl |
Orcid ID: | 0000-0003-0793-3308 |
Short Biography About Ts. Dr. Ku Chin Soon
Chin Soon Ku received a PhD from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2019. Currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, his current research interests including AI techniques (such as genetic algorithm), computer vision, decision support tools, graphical authentication (authentication, picture-based password, graphical password), machine learning, deep learning, speech processing, natural language processing and unmanned logistics fleets.
He has published papers on graphical password methods, including techniques to prevent shoulder-surfing attacks and improve password security.
Additionally, he has contributed to research on information security, particularly in the context of chatbots and cryptography.
He has explored techniques, features, and applications related to mobile phone data, including its use in crime applications and surveys of mobile phone data.
In addtion, he has worked on improving optimization algorithms for various applications, such as optimal allocation and scheduling of wind turbine and electric vehicle parking lots, and optimal design of hybrid energy systems. He has conducted research on equity forecasting and stock market predictions, including the use of long short-term memory methods and dynamic indicators.
Administrative Duties
Member of Committee, Final Year Project Committee, FICT, UTAR, from Aug. 2013 to present
Member of Committee, Emergency Response And Evacuation Team, UTAR. from Sept. 2017 to present
Research Group Leader for Software, Systems and Humans, Centre of Internet of Things and Big Data (CIoTBD), UTAR. from Sept. 2022 to present
External Services
University of Malaya, Ahli Jawatankuasa Kurikulum Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat Wakil Alumni (Lebih Daripada 5 Tahun) Program Doktor Falsafah, March 2022 -- March 2025
Judge, 17th EURECA International Engineering & Computing Research Conference, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Malaysia, 29 June 2022.
Computer Standards & Interfaces, Paper Reviewer, 1 October 2023–6 October 2023.
Applied Science, Paper Reviewer, 27 October 2023–24 November 2023.
University of Malaya, External Examiner For Master Dissertation Examination, 8 January 2024–22 February 2024.
2024 4th International Conference on Advanced Algorithms and Signal Image Processing (AASIP 2024), Organzing Committee members, 30 January 2024–30 June 2024.
Consultancy Works
Chang'an University, Postgraduate Research Review and Evaluation, 15 December 2023
Academic Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Master of Computer Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Bachelor of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Professional Membership / Qualification / Certification
Sun Microsystems, Sun Certified Programmer for SL-275 Java Programming Language, December 2007.
Sun Microsystems, Sun Certified Programmer for The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0, 4 January 2008. (11/05 SW409182)
EC-Council, Certified e-Business Professional (CEP) for Project Management, 17 May 2008. (ECC925071)
Microsoft, TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP .NET Application Development, 9 December 2009. (MC ID: 7264022)
Microsoft, TS: Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation, 27 March 2010. (MC ID: 7264022)
The Malaysia TRIZ Innovation Association, Level 1 TRIZ practitioner, 9 October 2013
The Malaysia TRIZ Innovation Association, Level 2 TRIZ practitioner, 6 December 2013
Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT), Graduate Technologists, May 2018. (GT18050953)
Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT), Professional Technologist, from May 2018 - May 2024. (PT18050535)
Areas of Expertise
AI techniques (such as Genetic Algorithm)
Computer vision
Decision support tools
Graphical Authentication (Authentication, Picture-Based Password, Graphical Password)
Machine learning, Deep learning
Speech processing, Natural language processing
Unmanned logistics fleets
Teaching
PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES (May 2013 and June 2023)
OBJECT ORIENTED CONCEPTS AND PROGRAMMING (May 2014)
OPERATING SYSYEM (Oct 2015, Oct 2016 and Oct 2017)
INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROPOSAL WRITING (Oct 2019, Oct 2021 and Oct 2022)
MINI PROJECT (May 2014 and May 2022)
OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (from Jan 2015 to present)
Publications
Articles in Journals
- Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Islam, A.; et al. Graphical password: prevent shoulder-surfing attack using digraph substitution rules. Front. Comput. Sci. 2017, 11: 1098. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-016-5472-z
- Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Ang, T.F. Preventing Shoulder-Surfing Attacks using Digraph Substitution Rules and Pass-Image Output Feedback. Symmetry 2019, 11, 1087. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11091087
- Por, L.Y.; Adebimpe, L.A.; Idris, M.Y.I.; Khaw, C.S.; Ku, C.S. LocPass: A Graphical Password Method to Prevent Shoulder-Surfing. Symmetry 2019, 11, 1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11101252
- Al-Hussein, W.A.; Li, W.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Alredany, W.H.D.; Leesri, T.; MohamadJawad, H.H. Investigating the Effect of COVID-19 on Driver Behavior and Road Safety: A Naturalistic Driving Study in Malaysia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11224. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811224
- Okmi, M.; Por, L.Y.; Ang, T.F.; Ku, C.S. Mobile Phone Data: A Survey of Techniques, Features, and Applications. Sensors 2023, 23, 908. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020908
- Yang, J.; Xiong, J.; Chen, Y.L..; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Babanezhad, M. Improved Golden Jackal Optimization for Optimal Allocation and Scheduling of Wind Turbine and Electric Vehicles Parking Lots in Electrical Distribution Network Using Rosenbrock's Direct Rotation Strategy. Mathematics, 2023, 11(6), 1415. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11061415
- Yang, J.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yee, P.L.; Ku, C.S.; Babanezhad, M. An Improved Artificial Ecosystem-Based Optimization Algorithm for Optimal Design of a Hybrid Photovoltaic/Fuel Cell Energy System to Supply A Residential Complex Demand: A Case Study for Kuala Lumpur. Energies 2023, 16, 2867. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062867
- Okmi, M.; Por, L.Y.; Ang, T.F.; Al-Hussein, W.; Ku, C.S. A Systematic Review of Mobile Phone Data in Crime Applications: A Coherent Taxonomy Based on Data Types and Analysis Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Research Directions. Sensors 2023, 23, 4350. https://doi: 10.3390/s23094350
- Yang, J.; Chen, Y.-L.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S. A Systematic Literature Review of Information Security in Chatbots. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6355. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13116355
- Ku, C.S.; Xiong, J.; Chen, Y.-L.; Cheah, S.D.; Soong, H.C.; Por, L.Y. Improving Stock Market Predictions: An Equity Forecasting Scanner Using Long Short-Term Memory Method with Dynamic Indicators for Malaysia Stock Market. Mathematics 2023, 11, 2470. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11112470
- Kalhoro, A.; Wagan, A.A.; Khan, A.A.; Lin, J.-M.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y.; Yang, J. Rewarding Developers by Storing Applications on Non-Fungible Tokens. Mathematics 2023, 11, 2519. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11112519
- Liu, X.; Chen, Y.-L.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S. A Systematic Literature Review of Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12004. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151512004
- Wang, Y.-J.; Chen, M.-C.; Ku, C.S. An Improved Archimedes Optimization Algorithm (IAOA). J. Netw. Intell. 2023, 8, 693-709. https://bit.kuas.edu.tw/~jni/2023/vol8/s3/04.JNI-0450.pdf
- Uddin, A.H.; Chen, Y.-L.; Borkatullah, B.; Khatun, M.S.; Ferdous, J.; Mahmud, P.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. Deep-Learning-Based Classification of Bangladeshi Medicinal Plants Using Neural Ensemble Models. Mathematics 2023, 11, 3504. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11163504
- Abbasi, M.A.; Chen, Y.-L.; Khan, A.A.; Memon, Z.A.; Durrani, N.M.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. Enabling IoT Service Classification: A Machine Learning-Based Approach for Handling Classification Issues in Heterogeneous IoT Services. IEEE Access 2023, 11, 89024–89037.https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3306607
- Adebimpe, L.A.; Ng, I.O.; Idris, M.Y.I.; Okmi, M.; Ku, C.S.; Ang, T.F.; Por, L.Y. Systemic Literature Review of Recognition-Based Authentication Method Resistivity to Shoulder-Surfing Attacks. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 10040. https://doi.org/10.3390/app131810040
- Haq, S.U.; Bazai, S.U.; Fatima, A.; Marjan, S.; Yang, J.; Por, L.Y.; Anjum, M.; Shahab, S.; Ku, C.S. Reseek-Arrhythmia: Empirical Evaluation of ResNet Architecture for Detection of Arrhythmia. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2867. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182867
- Bhatti, U. A.; Bazai, S. U.; Hussain, S.; Fakhar, S.; Ku, C. S.; Marjan, S.; Por, L. Y.; Jing, L. Deep Learning-Based Trees Disease Recognition and Classification Using Hyperspectral Data. Computers, Materials & Continua 2023, 77(1), pp. 681--697. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.037958
- Gabr, M.; Korayem, Y.; Chen, Y.-L.; Por, L.Y.; Ku, C.S.; Alexan, W. R3− Rescale, Rotate and Randomize: A Novel Image Cryptosystem Utilizing Chaotic and hyper-chaotic Systems. IEEE Access 2023, 11, 119284–119312. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3326848
- Khan, A.A.; Zhang, X.; Fahima, A; Yang J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. ASMF: Ambient Social Media Forensics Chain of Custody with an Intelligent Digital Investigation Process Using Federated Learning. Heliyon 2024, 10(1), e23254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23254
- Taherinavid, S.; SMoravvej, S.V.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Por, L.Y. Automatic Transportation Mode Classification Using a Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach with Smartphone Sensors. IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 511–533. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3346875
- Ainan U.H.; Por, L.Y.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S. Advancing Bankruptcy Forecasting with Hybrid Machine Learning Techniques: Insights from an Unbalanced Polish Dataset. IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 9369–9381. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3354173
- Por, L.Y.; Ng, I.O.; Chen, Y.-L.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S., A Systematic Literature Review on the Security Attacks and Countermeasures Used in Graphical Passwords. IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 53408–53423. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3373662
- Hong, Z. W., Tsai, M. H. M., Ku, C. S., Cheng, W. K., Chen, J. T., & Lin, J. M. Utilizing robot-tutoring approach in oral reading to improve Taiwanese EFL students’ English pronunciation. Cogent Education, 2024, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2342660
- Uddin, A.H., Chen, Y.-L., Akter, M.R., Ku, C. S., Yang, J., Por, L.Y. Colon and Lung Cancer Classification from Multi-modal Images Using Resilient and Efficient Neural Network Architectures, Heliyon, 2024, 10(9), e30625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30625
- Muhammad, N.S., Ullah, B.S., Nada, A., Liu, Y., Imran, G.M., Rozi, K., Ku, C.S., Yang, J., Sana, S., Por, L.Y. Optimizing Lung Cancer Classification Through Hyperparameter Tuning, Digital Health, 10, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241249661
- Sana, L., Nazir, M.M., Yang, J., Hussain, L., Chen, Y.-L., Ku, C.S., Alatiyyah, M., Por, L.Y. Securing the IoT Cyber Environment: Enhancing Intrusion Anomaly Detection with Vision Transformers, IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 82443–82468. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3404778
- Babur, S.M., Khan, S.U.R., Yang, J., Chen, Y.-L., Ku, C.S., Por, L.Y. Preventing 51% Attack By Using Consecutive Block Limits In Bitcoin, IEEE Access, 2024, 12, 77852–77869. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3407521
- Khan, A.A., Chen, Y.-L., Hajjej, F., Shaikh, A.A., Yang, J., Ku, C.S., Por, L.Y. Digital forensics for the socio-cyber world (DF-SCW): A novel framework for deepfake multimedia investigation on social media platforms, Egyptian Informatics Journal, 2024, 27, 100502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eij.2024.100502
Articles in Journals - Early Access / Online First
- Abdullah Ayub Khan, Jing Yang, Shafique Ahmed Awan, Abdullah M. Baqasah , Roobaea Alroobaea, Yen-Lin Chen, Chin Soon Ku, Lip Yee Por. Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Blockchain-Empowering Future Vehicular Developments: A State-of-the-Art Multi-Hierarchical Lifecycle, Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, 2024.
Articles in Journals - Preprint
- Abdullah Ayub Khan, Jing Yang, Asif Ali Laghari, Fahima Hajjej, Yen-Lin Chen, Chin Soon Ku, Lip Yee Por. Metaverse in Multimedia Gaming: Quality of Experience (QoE) Challenges and Standards Requirements for Immersive Media Consumption, 03 September 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3310980/v1]
- Abdullah Khan, Yen-Lin Chen, Fahima Hajjej, Aftab Ahmed Shaikh, Jing Yang, Chin Soon Ku, Lip Yee Por. Towards an Intelligent Industrial Environment: Blockchain-Empowering Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Risk Assessment and Strategic Evaluation, 03 September 2023, SSRN, (preprint), available at SSRN preprint [https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4582304]
Articles in Proceeding
- Amanul Islam, Por Lip Yee, Fazidah Othman, Ku Chin Soon, A review of the recognition-based graphical password, The 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Computational Science and Technology - 4th ICCST 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29-30 November 2017 (ISSN: 1876-1100). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2622-6_49
- Z. Tang and C. S. Ku, "Optimization of Wireless Charging Power Transmission Efficiency Based on Decoupling Equivalent Circuit Model," 2023 Asia-Pacific Conference on Image Processing, Electronics and Computers (IPEC), Dalian, China, 2023, pp. 141-150, doi: 10.1109/IPEC57296.2023.00033.
Editorial
- Por, L.Y.; Yang, J.; Ku, C.S.; Khan, A.A. Special Issue on Cryptography and Information Security. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 6042. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13106042
Letter to the Editor
- Yang, J., Por, L.Y., Leong, M.C. and Ku, C.S. The Potential of ChatGPT in Assisting Children with Down Syndrome. Ann Biomed Eng (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-023-03281-3
Research Project
- Graphical Password: Prevent Shoulder-Surfing Attack Using Digraph Substitution Rules, UM POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT (PPP), February 2016 - March 2019. (GRANT NUMBER: PG005-2015B)
- A Graphical Authentication Method To Prevent Shoulder-Surfing Attacks Using Digraph Substitution Rules, UTARRF, December 2017 - December 2018. (GRANT NUMBER: IPSR/RMC/UTARRF/2017-C2/K03)
- Prevent Password Reconstruction Attack For Cyber Security Authentication Using Knowledge-based Method, MOHE FRGS, July 2018 - June 2021. (GRANT NUMBER: FRGS/1/2018/ICT04/UM/02/17)
- A Recognition-based Graphical User Authentication scheme to Resist Shoulder-Surfing Attacks, UTARRF, December 2020 - June 2022. (GRANT NUMBER: IPSR/RMC/UTARRF/2020-C2/K04)
- A Knowledge-based Graphical User Authentication scheme using Compass Directional Method to Resist Shoulder-Surfing Attacks, UTARRF, July 2023 - June 2024. (GRANT NUMBER:IPSR/RMC/UTARRF/2023-C1/K01)
- A Knowledge-Based Graphical User Authentication to Resist Video Recording Attacks, MOHE FRGS, October 2023 - September 2026. (GRANT NUMBER: FRGS/1/2023/ICT03/UTAR/02/1)
Supervision
Liu, XiaoBo. Mitigating Sub-Optimal Routing of Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows Using A Deep Learning-Based Off-Policy Proximal Policy Optimisation Algorithm, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia, (On-going).
Hassan, Syed Ashar UL. A Study of Knowledge-Based Graphical User Authentication to Resist Video Recording Attacks, Master, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, (On-going).