HUAWEI, UNIKL INK MOU ON ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ENDEAVOURS SMART CITY TECHNOLOGY

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia) and Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), through its branch campus known as UniKL British Malaysian Institute (UniKL BMI),  today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on academic and research endeavours surrounding smart city technology cooperation.

Huawei Malaysia and (UniKL) in a joint statement today said the MoU signed in Shenzhen, China will also enable the two parties to cooperate in urban disaster prevention research as well as other activities and programmes of mutual interest geared towards technological innovation.

The statement said through the MoU, Huawei Intelligent Operation Center (IOC) will be set up at UniKL BMI for research and development (R&D) opportunities as well as to empower UniKL with the capacity to provide authorised short-course training to its students and the public, fostering technological innovation and practical training.

“Huawei Malaysia and UniKL will embark on the exchange of academic and research information or material specifically on Flood Monitoring Control,” said the statement.

Signing on behalf of Huawei Malaysia was its Chief Executive Officer Simon Sun while UniKL was represented by its President and Chief Executive Officer Associate Professor Dr Azman Senin and witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is on an official visit to China.

Azman said that the MoU is a testament to the university’s commitment to providing its students with the best learning opportunities and resources.

"This MoU opens up new horizons for UniKL and we look forward to a fruitful collaboration with Huawei Malaysia that will benefit our students, researchers and the broader community," he said.

Meanwhile, Simon Sun said the IOC that will be set up at UniKL BMI will be a powerful educational, research and development tool for both students and researchers alike as they head towards a connected, intelligent future of smart cities

“The Huawei IOC is a decision-making assistance model that makes predictions using massive amounts of industry-specific data. It enables the efficient deployment of manpower and resources in critical situations, such as floods, leading to greatly improved city governance,” he said.

UniKL is a wholly owned higher learning institution by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), an agency under the purview of the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development. UniKL’s collaborative ties with Huawei Malaysia go back to 2012 when UniKL became a Huawei University Teaching Laboratory.

The primary aim is to strengthen, promote, and develop capacity-building cooperation based on equality and mutual benefit.

-- BERNAMA