dia Lo Gue Se SSion With the Vice

dia. Lo. Gue Se. SSion With the Vice chance. Lo. R 9. 30 am 25 March 2014 (Tuesday) Auditorium, Kompleks Perdanasiswa

AGENDA Dialogue Session Vice Chancellor with Principle Investigators (PIs) of High Impact Research (HIR) 9. 00 am : Registration 9. 30 am : Presentation by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin 10. 30 am : Dialogue Session ( Q & A) 12. 00 pm : End of Session

PRe. Sentation by the Vice chance. Lo. R Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin

hi. R-mohe PRo. Ject CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2 CYCLE 3 TOTAL No of Projects Budget (RM) Medicine 17 72, 919, 330 5 18, 677, 800 23 15, 856, 404 45 107, 453, 534 Engineering 23 52, 715, 469 27 63, 208, 120 11 12, 635, 648 61 128, 559, 237 Science 12 57, 534, 645 - - 15 23, 495, 488 27 81, 030, 133 Dentistry 8 13, 194, 753 13 15, 092, 351 3 5, 410, 531 24 33, 697, 635 Comp. Science 4 3, 141, 090 6 3, 201, 200 4 1, 196, 200 14 7, 538, 490 Chancellory 9 104, 451, 948 2 6, 289, 250 3 76, 778, 254 14 187, 519, 452 Arts, Social Science - - 6 10, 718, 650 73 303, 957, 235 53 106, 468, 721 65 146, 091, 175 191 590, 156, 460 FIELD TOTAL

Wo. RLd uni. Ve. RSity Ran. Kin. G 1) 2) 3) 4) Research Output – 40% Quality of Faculty – 40% Quality of Education – 10% Size of Institution – 10% 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Academic Peer Review – 40% Research Excellence – 20% Teaching Excellence – 20% Employer Survey – 10% International Students – 5% International Faculty – 5% 2020 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Academic Peer Review – 40% Citations per faculty – 20% Student faculty ratio – 20% Employer/Recruiter review – 10% International Students – 5% International Faculty – 5% 2015 2025 SHANGHAI JIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY RANKING (SJTU) THE World University Ranking (QS) QS World University Ranking (QS)

UM Ranking PERFORMANCE in QS (2005 -2013)

KPi achie. Vement TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015) As at 17 th March 2014 Shortfall Target Achievement Shortfall Target January February Achievement Shortfall Target Achievement Balance Target Achievement Shortfall GRAND TOTAL Achievement 2015 Target 2014 Shortfall 2013 Achievement 2012 Target 2011 1 Medicine 25 21 4 102 52 50 158 89 69 219 4 1 5 214 321 0 321 825 167 658 2 Engineering 24 21 3 181 108 73 301 198 103 369 23 13 36 333 441 0 441 1316 363 953 3 Science 52 11 41 131 61 70 205 108 97 258 9 6 15 243 276 0 276 922 195 727 4 Dentistry 4 0 4 28 4 24 53 9 44 75 1 2 3 72 112 0 112 272 16 256 5 Computer Science & IT 0 0 0 3 6 -3 12 11 1 30 18 12 48 0 48 93 35 58 6 Chancellory 66 18 48 121 108 13 193 64 129 316 2 35 37 279 419 0 419 1115 227 888 7 Arts. Social Science & Humanities 0 0 0 17 2 15 31 0 0 0 31 60 0 60 108 2 106 TOTAL : 171 71 100 566 339 227 939 481 458 1298 57 57 114 No Faculty 1148 1677 0 1677 4, 651 1, 005 3646

KPi achie. Vement TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015) As at 17 th March 2014 29. 6 % 27. 6 % 20. 2 % 20. 4 % 21. 1 % 5. 9 % 37. 6 % 1. 9 % * % showing the percentage of achievement

KPi achie. Vement BRIGHT SPARK (2011 – 2015) As at 17 th March 2014 16. 4 % 12. 6 % 13. 0 % 21. 1 % 50. 0 % 100. 0 % 0% * % showing the percentage of achievement

KPi achie. Vement ACADEMIC ICON (2011 – 2015) As at 17 th March 2014 42. 2 % 50. 0 % 42. 3 % 47. 1 % 14. 3 % 44. 1 % 42. 9 % 0. 0 % * % showing the percentage of achievement

KPi achie. Vement PATENT (2011 – 2015) As at 17 th March 2014 8. 5 % 9. 5 % 4. 6 % 27. 5 % 4. 5 % 0. 0 % * % showing the percentage of achievement

TARGETING HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Nature 2 4 5 7 18 Science 0 2 2 0 4 Lancet 0 0 1 1 2

PIS PROMISING NATURE/SCIENCE PAPERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Jamuna Vadivelu Rofina Yasmin Hany Ariffin Chan Kok Gan Woon Kai Lin Terence Gomez Noraishah Mydin Loke Mun Fai Saidur Rahman Ng Ching Ea Chee Kwee Vickneswaran Lau Yee Ling Koshy Philips Lam Wei Haur v v 5 articles in Nature Genetics 2 articles in Nature Communications 5 in Nature Scientific Reports 1 in Lancet

HIR contributed 481 Tier 1 publications on 2013. (54. 4%)

um-moe hi. R in c. Ri. S? v Situation very serious for UM HIR in terms of KPI delivery v Number of Tier 1 papers published from August 2011 to February 2014 was only 1, 005 (29. 6%) v Shortfall of 2, 395 (70. 4%) Tier 1 papers from targeted 3, 400 Tier 1 papers promised to Mo. E by December 2015 v Only 21 months left to deliver this balance v 114 papers / month needed! v In January and February 2014, only 114 papers achieved!

um-moe hi. R in c. Ri. S? TIMELINE ANALYSIS We only have 21 months left to achieve 2, 395 Tier 1 publications. How is our preparation? 114 papers / month needed! 2014 03 2015 04 05 We are here in March 2014 1, 005 Tier 1 papers published (29. 6%) 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 01 2016 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Acceptance of papers takes time and must be considered. All papers to meet HIR KPI must be SUBMITTED by July 2015 09 10 11 12 End of Project December 2015 3, 400 Tier 1 papers

um-moe hi. R in c. Ri. S? v PIs and their students and RAs must show URGENCY in their research and delivery of KPIs v Infuse SENSE OF URGENCY to overseas collaborators v Insist on RAPID DELIVERY from Outsourcing Work v PIs and RAs must stay focused in getting papers submitted and published v Must have targeted output every week based on SHORTFALL STATUS v Acceptance of papers takes time and must be considered v All papers to meet HIR KPI must be SUBMITTED by July 2015 v Mo. E will not accept data based on evidence of submission URGENCY SADLY LACKING – NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FROM NOW ON!

Puniti. Ve action. S v FINAL WRITTEN WARNING to be issued by VC in June 2014 to those who have not met 50% of the publication targets v Committee will be more STRICT IN ALLOWING ATTENDANCE OF CONFERENCES with immediate effect v WARNING OF TERMINATION of 2015 funding if no improvement shown v PIs with FAILED PROJECTS will face the following punitive actions a) Not allowed to apply for research funding for a period of 2 or 3 years b) No privilege leave from the university (conference, research, sabbatical) c) No promotion for tenured staff for a certain period of time d) No renewal for those on contract

Life Without hi. R ii v Image of UM tarnished (Nationally , Internationally) v Risk a drop in University Ranking v High-End Equipment will be White Elephants v Future of PIs Affected v Future of Students and RAs uncertain

immediate action v To declare HIR in CRISIS MODE? v To place HIR in priority by Support Services (JPPHB, Bendahari, BSM, PTM, ICR, Legal Unit) v To tighten monitoring of ALL projects v To ensure obtaining KPI date in Real Time v To speed up employment of RA, this will be handled by Central Secretariat on 1 st April 2014

u. Pdate on hi. R ii q Dateline was on 10 th March 2014 NO FACULTY NO OF EQUIPMENT TOTAL COST (RM) 1 Medicine 38 68, 692, 500 2 Engineering 120 237, 522, 000 3 Science 62 244, 752, 000 4 Dentistry 2 3, 643, 160 5 Comp. Scie & IT 1 500, 000 6 Chancellory 12 194, 865, 000 7 Nanocat 1 17, 000 8 Centre of Creative Content and Digital Innovation 1 3, 000 TOTAL q CAPEX [Capital Expenditure (Equipment Vote)] should be 40% from the Overall Total 237 769, 974, 660 q q q CAPEX = 40% = 769, 974, 660 OPEX = 60% = 1, 154, 961, 990 TOTAL = 100% = 1, 924, 936, 650

u. Pdate on hi. R ii OUR PLAN q Request for RM 1 billion q Capital Expenditure (CAPEX – Equipment) should NOT EXCEED 40 % of the Overall Total Ø 40 % = 400 million q 60 % of the Overall Total should be OPEX (Operational Expenditure) Ø 60 % = 600 million

u. Pdate on hi. R ii Ø Chancellory has asked the HIR Committee to look into the request for equipment Ø There should be minimal or no duplication of equipment purchased under HIR I Ø High-end equipment to be housed in Central Facility Labs will be prioritized Ø Equipment must serve groups of researchers, not individuals Ø Smaller items for individual projects should be requested during full submission

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