UNM Computer Science

On the 10 and 11 October 2025, students from the School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences joined the trip to the Malaysia Semiconductor Recruitment Day 2025 (MSRD 2025) in conjunction with the Selangor Smart City & Digital Economy Convention (SDEC) 2025 held at the KLCC Convention Centre. The event brings together startups, investors, corporates, technologists, and policymakers to shape the future of AI, semiconductors, biotech, and digital ecosystems. During the event, students had the opportunity to visit the exhibitions of various tech industries, participated in the job recruitment interviews and talent matching, and networking opportunities with industry players from various ICT and semiconductor industries.

As the world comes to grips with the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence, there is an increasing emphasis on applying Computer Science innovations across other leading domains. The emergence of powerful tools has empowered those with a background in Computer Science to collaborate more effectively with experts from diverse fields, leading to insightful and impactful interdisciplinary initiatives.

Ms Mariah Binti Azmir Faizal, an incoming Year 1 Computer Science student collaborated recently with her fellow peers from the School of Pharmacy to form the winning Team called Next Wave for the AstraZeneca Project iDEA 2025 Challenge. Their campaign, " " focused on raising awareness and building support networks for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a rare disease that is often overlooked.

Given her expertise in graphics and design, Mariah contributed to handling the overall branding, social media content, campaign collaterals as well as her team’s presentation materials. She also developed the RareLink Map, an online tool to help connect rare disease patients and caregivers across Malaysia. Additionally, she creatively designed and created the team’s campaigns’ TikTok Filter, which was aimed at raising early awareness of NF1 by simulating café-au-lait spots (which is one of the first signs of the condition).

With their win among more than 160 teams nationwide, Mariah and her fellow peers will now proceed to the Regional Finals on September 11th where they will compete against other top teams from across Asia.

We at the School of Computer Science congratulate Mariah and her fellow peers on their success, thus far and wish them all the very best as they represent Malaysia on the global stage!😀👍💯

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