This is a presentation I gave to education agents. It provides a snapshot of the research that has been carried out at UNMC (as at 22 Jan 2013). It is only a representative sample.

1. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Research at the University of Nottingham
(Malaysian Campus)
(Malaysian Campus)
Professor Graham Kendall, Vice‐Provost (Research and Knowledge Transfer)
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2. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Sir Peter Mansfield was awarded the Nobel Prize
for Medicine in 2003 for his work in the
application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The award is shared with the late Paul Lauterbur
from the University of Illinois.
MRI has been compared to the discovery of x‐rays
in its significance to medicine, becoming an
indispensable tool in medical diagnostics,
drastically reducing the need for invasive surgery.
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There are over 60 million MRI scans carried out
worldwide each year.
The importance of Sir Peter's work led to the
founding of the Magnetic Resonance Centre in
1991 ‐ now named the Sir Peter Mansfield
Magnetic Resonance Centre in his honour.
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3. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Also in 2003, former University of Nottingham
student and academic, the late Professor Clive
Granger, was awarded the Nobel Prize for
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Economic Science. He spent 22 years at The
University of Nottingham as an undergraduate,
lecturer and professor before moving to the
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University of California in San Diego.

4. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Presented the Royal Society Rutherford
Lecture at UNMC in Oct 2012
Lecture at UNMC in Oct 2012
Professor Martin
Poliakoff, CBE, FRS

5. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Also well known for his Periodic Table of
videos, which have had over 27 million
videos which have had over 27 million
views and have just passed 117,000
subscribers.
http://www.periodicvideos.com/
Professor Martin
Poliakoff, CBE, FRS

6. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Neil Mennie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvBLSy‐1zY
A captive bred Sumatran orangutan and a
University of Nottingham neuroscientist in
Malaysia are hoping to explain some of the
Malaysia are hoping to explain some of the
mysteries of the visual brain and improve the
lives of captive bred animals.

7. Research at the University
of Nottingham
Asgar Ali
Scientists in Malaysia are developing protective
coatings for fruits and vegetables, which they
say are safe and transparent – and have no
odor or taste. They’re made from gum Arabic,
“Every day we face a maximum payload of a natural product from the acacia trees of
a natural product from the acacia trees of
packed shelves deburring, sticky texture of Sudan, Africa. These new coatings are water‐
fruits, home and fret that the sticky soluble, biodegradable, and nontoxic.
coating used to protect crops, almost
impossible to wash off.
impossible to wash off ” “In the U S growers used to use wax to coat
In the U.S., growers used to use wax to coat
fruits, such as citrus and apples … Our novel
approach is to use this gum Arabic as an edible
coating. Edible coatings are any type of
material, which can coat various foods to
extend the shelf life of product.”
http://earthsky.org/feeding‐the‐future/asgar‐ali‐edible‐coatings‐keep‐fruits‐and‐vegetables‐fresh‐2

8. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Scheduling English
Football Fixtures
Football Fixtures
• Kendall, G; McCollum, B; Cruz, F; McMullan, P and While, L
Scheduling English Football Fixtures: Consideration of Two
Conflicting Objectives. In Hybrid metaheuristics, Springer,
2012
• Kendall, G; Knust, S; Ribeiro, C. C and Urrutia, S Scheduling
in sports: An annotated bibliography. Computers &
Operations Research, 37 (1): 1‐19, 2010.
• Gibbs, J; Kendall, G and Özcan, E Scheduling English
Football Fixtures over the Holiday Period Using Hyper‐
heuristics. In Proceedings of Problem Parallel Solving
from Nature (PPSN XI), Sep 2010, pages 496‐505,
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Lecture Notes in Computer
Science 6238, 2011
• Kendall, G; McCollum, B; Cruz, F and McMullan, P
Notts County: World’s Oldest Football Club Scheduling English Football Fixtures: Consideration of
Two Conflicting Objectives. In Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on the Practice and Theory of
Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2010), pages 1‐15, 11‐13
How do we schedule football fixtures fairly, taking
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into account the requirements of the various Ireland, UK, 2010
stakeholders? • Kendall, G Scheduling English football fixtures over
holiday periods. Journal of the Operational Research
Society, 59 (6): 743‐755, 2008.

9. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)

10. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)

11. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Management and Ecology of
Malaysian Elephants (MEME) Project
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www.meme elephants.org/
www.meme‐elephants.org/

12. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Management and Ecology of
Malaysian Elephants (MEME) Project
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www.meme elephants.org/
www.meme‐elephants.org/
Asian elephants live in countries with some of the
Asian elephants live in countries with some of the
highest human‐densities in the world. In the long‐run,
we will only be able to conserve elephants if we
manage to mitigate the so‐called human‐elephant
conflict. In MEME, we aim to understand the human
and elephant dimensions of this conflict and to
develop scientifically‐tested methods to mitigate it.

13. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Management and Ecology of
Malaysian Elephants (MEME) Project
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www.meme elephants.org/
www.meme‐elephants.org/
We are developing and applying non‐invasive methods
to monitor stress levels of wild elephant individuals
to monitor stress levels of wild elephant individuals
and populations under different types of human
disturbances: (1) translocation of conflict individuals,
(2) elephant inhabiting fragmented landscapes, and (3)
elephants experiencing high levels of human‐elephant
conflict.

14. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Management and Ecology of
Malaysian Elephants (MEME) Project
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www.meme elephants.org/
www.meme‐elephants.org/
The most remarkable feature of elephants is their huge
The most remarkable feature of elephants is their huge
body size. This makes elephants unique and ecologically
difficult to replace. We are studying the ecological role of
elephants in the dispersal of megafaunal‐syndrome plants.
These are plants such as mangoes, durians, or
chempedaks, with fruits and seeds so large that cannot be
easily swallowed and dispersed by smaller animals.

15. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Management and Ecology of
Malaysian Elephants (MEME) Project
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www.meme elephants.org/
www.meme‐elephants.org/
In the thick tropical rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia,
the study of wild elephant ecology and behavior cannot
rely on direct observation. We are currently working to
develop the local capacity to use non‐invasive indirect
molecular methods to obtain data about our study
populations. In other words, we aim to use dung to
populations In other words we aim to use dung to
obtain DNA and answer questions.

16. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
• Burke, E. K; Hyde, M; Kendall, G and Woodward, J A Genetic Programming
Hyper‐Heuristic Approach for Evolving 2‐D Strip Packing Heuristics. IEEE
Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 14 (6): 942‐958, 2010.
• Li, J and Kendall, G A Strategy with Novel Evolutionary Features for the Iterated
Prisoner's Dilemma. Evolutionary Computation, 17 (2): 257‐274, 2009.
• Bai, R; Burke, E. K; Kendall, G; Li, J and McCollum, B A Hybrid Evolutionary
Approach to the Nurse Rostering Problem. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary
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Computation, 14 (4): 580‐590, 2010.
• Kendall, G and Su, Y Imperfect Evolutionary Systems. IEEE Transactions on
Evolutionary Computation, 11 (3): 294‐307, 2007.
• Burke, E. K; Hyde, M. R and Kendall, G Grammatical Evolution of Local Search
Heuristics. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 16 (3): 406‐417,
2012.
• Burke, E.K; Hyde, M; Kendall, G and Woodward, J Automating the Packing
Heuristic Design Process with Genetic Programming. Evolutionary Computation,
Evolutionary 20 (1): 63‐89, 2012.
Computation, using • Li, J; Hingston, P and Kendall, G Engineering Design of Strategies for Winning
Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Competitions. IEEE Transactions on Computational
Darwin’s Principles of
i ’ i i l f Intelligence and AI in Games, 3 (4): 348‐360, 2011.
Natural Selection • Al‐Khateeb, B and Kendall, G Introducing Individual and Social Learning
Introducing Individual and Social Learning. IEEE Transactions on Computational
Intelligence and AI in Games, 4 (4): 258‐269, 2012.

17. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Crops for the Future Research Centre

18. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Crops for the Future Research Centre
As the focus of CFFRC is on alternative and
h f f i l i d
under‐utilised plants, it is our goal to build
unique institution which reflects
these interests through the use of sustainable
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and alternative building materials and
technologies. The Centre will be carbon
With nearly US $40 million in
neutral and energy efficient using green
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funding from the Malaysian
technologies to conserve energy, capture
te hnolo ies to onser e ener apt re
Government, CFFRC will be the
rainwater and use alternative biomaterials.
very first international research
institution devoted entirely to
the study of under‐utilised
the study of under utilised
plants.

19. Research at the University
of Nottingham (Malaysia)
Questions and Answers
Prime Minsters visit UNMC (12th April 2012)