Penyelidikan dan budaya

Berikut adalah petikan daripada staronline bertarikh 28Jan:

1. The Government has funds for research but it has not been distributed because of conventional mindsets

2. people in charge of these funds look at research as an investment and expect returns.

3. Research is not about making profits. This kind of thinking is not up to date

4. Government should have an open mind and offer support even if the officers in charge do not understand some of the things involved.

5. research was all about acquiring information and making discoveries.

Penubuhan Majlis Profesor Negara vs Akademi Sains Malaysia

Memetik Utusan Malaysia Online :

-berfungsi sebagai sebuah institusi komuniti keilmuan terunggul

-menghimpunkan ahli-ahli akademik negara yang terdiri di kalangan profesor dan doktor

-usaha untuk memelihara kewibawaan serta komitmen keilmuan dalam sektor pengajian tinggi

-menyumbangkan input kepakaran bagi kegunaan advokasi awam dalam memperkukuhkan asas penggubalan dan pelaksanaan dasar negara

-memberi khidmat nasihat dan pemikiran baru demi meningkatkan daya saing negara

-memberi peluang kepada kumpulan elit keilmuan untuk memberi sumbangan kepakaran masing-masing

-memperkenalkan e-Academia yang boleh menghubungkan semua komuniti keilmuan di institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) bagi melaksanakan agenda keilmuan mereka.

Memetik fungsi Akademi Sains Malaysia


-To promote and foster the development of science, engineering and technology

-To provide a forum for the interchange of ideas among scientists, engineers and technologists

-To promote national awareness, understanding and appreciation of the role of science, engineering and technology in human progress

-To promote creativity among scientists, engineers and technologists

-To promote national self-reliance in the field of science, engineering and technology

-To act as a forum for maintaining awareness on the part of the Government of the significance of the role of science, engineering and technology in the development process of the nation and for bringing national development needs to the attention of scientists, engineers and technologists

-To analyse particular national problems and identify where science, engineering and technology can contribute to their solution and accordingly to make recommendations to the Government

-To keep in touch with developments in science, engineering and technology and identify those developments which are relevant to national needs and to bring such developments to the attention of the Government

-To prepare reports, papers or other documents relating to the national science, engineering and technology policy and make the necessary recommendations to the Government

-To initiate and sponsor multi-disciplinary studies related to and necessary for the better understanding of the social and economic implications of science, engineering and technology.

-To encourage research, development, education and training of the appropriate scientific, engineering and technical manpower

-To establish and maintain relations between the Academy and overseas bodies having the same or almost similar objectives in science, engineering and technology as the Academy
-To advise on matters related to science, engineering and technology as requested by the Government from time to time

-To do such other acts which are consistent with 1994 Academy of Sciences Act as may be required in order to further the advancement of science, engineering and technology in Malaysia and the welfare and status of the Academy

Sekarang di tahun 2010

Ketika ini sedang bertungkus lumus menyiapkan draf akhir untuk tujuan penerbitan. ia ada kena mengena dengan rangkaian neuron, teknik penormalan keatas imej (dalam kes ini, imej muka).

Kalau ada rezeki, boleh saya terangkan semua detail-detailnya kemudian.

Oh ya, selamat tahun baru 2010.