Associate Professor (Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence) · Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) · Malaysia
Modelling the dynamics of human and machine intelligence - cognitive robotics, assistive technology and human-centred AI.
Dr. Azizi Ab Aziz is an Associate Professor of Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence at the School of Computing, Universiti Utara Malaysia and directs the Human-Centred Computing (HCC) Research Lab at Universiti Utara Malaysia. Formerly, he was the Director of UUM-STEM Academy, Director of UUM U-Assist Support Centre, Deputy Dean of the Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Deputy Director at ITU-UUM CoE for ICT in Rural Development. He is also one of the technical committee members for several (inter)national projects such as the National Big Data Analytics Initiative, Digital Malaysia, National Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Task Force, Inter-Agencies Planning Group for 11th Malaysia Plan, National Bridging Digital Divide (BDD) Programmes, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation DOC Mobile Lab, and Kedah Transformation Lab.
He received his Ph.D degree in Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in The Netherlands. His doctoral thesis work used temporal dynamic models drawn from cognitive science and neurosciences domains to build a foundation for allowing cognitive robots, ambient agents and assistive technology to support people with cognitive disorders. Prior to joining Universiti Utara Malaysia, he served as the AIO researcher at Agent Systems Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he developed computational models for ambient agents to support individuals with unipolar depression. In addition, he was a research engineer at Artificial Intelligence System Development Laboratory (AISDEL), SIRIM Berhad, where he designed intelligent algorithms for a port management system, an automated product scheduler, path-finding robots, and smart card applications.
Furthermore, he was the principal software engineer for "Automated Personalized Management System for Diabetic Patients", an award-winning project from B|Braun (M). His research interests are modelling dynamics of (multi) agent and social robotic systems in practical application areas, such as social simulation, assistive technology, cognitive robotics, psychological disorders, and treatments. In addition, he serves on several conference programme committees as a reviewer in the areas of cognitive agents, robotics, data science, social simulation, artificial intelligence, and multi-agent systems.
Being a researcher by practice, he wants to understand how we use, model, and develop our intelligence to solve problems. Being a technologist by heart, he strives to design a digital artefact capable of understanding, relating, cooperating, and learning like us.
8–9 December 2026, Hilton Hotel, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia