Co-Organised by:

MESSAGE BY CHAIRMAN OF IEEE GEOSCIENCE &

REMOTE SENSING MALAYSIA CHAPTER

IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IWGRS 2019) is the 6th edition of our society’s

annual workshop. GRSS Malaysian chapter is pleased to note the growth of this workshop over the

years. The support received from researchers; local, regional and international, have reached a new

height. I am proud to see many participations from ASEAN region, such as Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore

and Philippines in this year’s IWGRS. As we are going to organize IGARSS (IEEE International Geoscience

and Remote Sensing Symposium) 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, this is encouraging to promote further remote

sensing collaborations in the ASEAN region.

This workshop is dedicated to the sharing of recent advancement in earth observation (EO) research

activities and applications stemming from recent developments in advanced remote sensing

technologies. I hope the participants can use this platform to engage in local, regional and international

collaborations.

IWGRS 2019 marks the first time this workshop have been organized outside an education institution. I

would like to express our sincere appreciation to Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA), where we are

gathered today, for jointly organizing this workshop. Also, not forgetting our IEEE GRS (Geoscience and

Remote Sensing) Society for supporting us throughout with various assistance and advice that we

greatly appreciate.

We would like to sincerely thank Prof. David Kunkee, Executive Vice President of IEEE GRS Society for

joining us this time. Our heartfelt appreciation also goes to our supporting organizations, which are

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Univeristi Teknologi Mara, Univeristi

Tenaga Nasional, Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing Malaysia, Multimedia University and

Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence. Special thanks and appreciation to our four

Keynote Speakers; Prof. Hiroyoshi Yamada, Prof. Yang-Lang Chang, Prof. Arifin Nugroho and Dr Sun

Hong Bo who would share with you their latest research outcomes and activities.

My gratitude to fellow IWGRS committee who worked and contributed their time relentlessly in making

this workshop a success. Finally, I hope that our international participants will have some time to enjoy

Malaysian diverse culture and visit many scenic places in Malaysia. Thank you very much for all your

support, attendance and participation.

Thank you.

Ir. Prof. Dr. Ewe Hong Tat

Chair of IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Malaysia Chapter

MESSAGE BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MALAYSIAN SPACE AGENCY (MYSA)

On behalf of the organising committee, I would like to welcome all distinguished guests and participants

to the IEEE Workshop on Geoscience & Remote Sensing (IWGRS 2019). I would like to thank IEEE

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Malaysia Chapter, for entrusting MYSA to be co-organiser for

this conference. This conference is attended by more than 60 participants from abroad as well as local

including universities, government and private agencies and IEEE members from all over the Asia region.

This conference will focus on remote sensing technology application on geoscience particularly in the

context of Remote Sensing for Sustainable Environment. By organizing this event, it will benefit the

country in empowering national initiative on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), providing

sharing platform for researchers and to improve human capital development in Research and

Development (R&D) on space technology majoring in remote sensing. These efforts have the capability

to enhance and strengthen the the strategic collaboration between the international remote sensing

communities.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to all organising committee

members, both steering IEEE GRSS Malaysia and from MYSA, and those who are involved directly or

indirectly, in ensuring the success of this event. Finally on behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would

like to wish all participants a successful conference with fruitful deliberations, and networking.

Thank you.

TUAN HAJI AZLIKAMIL NAPIAH

Director General of Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA)

MESSAGE BY IEEE GRSS

Executive Vice President

Welcome from the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IEEE GRSS).

The IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society is pleased support our Malaysia Chapter colleagues

in extending you a warm welcome to the IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. The

workshop is organized by prominent members of the remote sensing community that help to build the

cross-disciplinary relationships needed to address the many challenging problems facing our world in

which remote sensing, geoscience and related disciplines play key roles.

Our IEEE Society is involved with the theory, concepts and techniques of science and engineering that

apply to remote sensing of the earth, atmosphere, and oceans and the processing, interpretation and

dissemination of remotely sensed information. Each year we sponsor several small conferences related

to these topics in addition to our flagship conference, IGARSS - the International Geoscience and

Remote Sensing Symposium which is held every year in a different region of the world in part, to engage

the international remote sensing community as much as possible.

As many of you already know, IGARSS will be held in Kuala Lumpur in 2022! We are very excited about

the opportunities that IGARSS can create for the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Communities in

Malaysia, Southeast Asia as well as our GRSS Society. It is our hope that you will discover the value GRSS

can bring to you through technical and professional activities, networking and community engagement.

Dr. David Kunkee

2019 IEEE GRSS Executive Vice President

DAY 1

8:30 AM Registration

9:00 AM

Opening Ceremony by

Ir. Prof. Dr. Ewe Hong Tat, IEEE GRSS Malaysia Chair,

Prof. Dr. David Kunkee, IEEE GRSS Executive Vice-President and

Dato’ Parang Abai @ Thomas, MESTECC (Setiausaha Bahagian Kanan

Penerangan Strategik)

10.15 AM Refreshments

Plenary session 1

Chairperson: Prof. Koo Voon Chet

10.45 AM Keynote speaker 1 – “High-Performance Computing in Remote Sensing -

Development of GPU Applications”, Scott Yang-Lang Chang

11.30 AM Keynote speaker 2 – “Polarimetric Scattering Component analysis in SAR dataset -

from PolSAR (2D) to Pol-TomoSAR (3D)”, Hiroyoshi Yamada

12.15 PM

Paper 1 – “A Study on Machine Learning Techniques in Oil Palm Classification with L

band Synthethic Apecture Radar (SAR)”, Chia Ming Toh, Seng Heng Tey, Hong Tat

Ewe and Gobi Vetharatnam

12.30 PM

Paper 2 – “Machine Learning Algorithms Assessment for the Oil Palm Tree

Detection”, Nor Aizam Adnan, Fairuz Maizan Sazeli, Hasranizam Hashim, Ainon Nisa

Othman and Zulkiflee Abd Latif

12.45 PM

Paper 3 – “Use of remotely-sensed data into procedural terrain algorithms to

produce a cognitive and interactive 4D Earth Viewer allowing user-integration of

multiple and disparate data”, Vincent Pourieux

1.00 PM Lunch

Plenary session 2 Chairperson: Prof. Zulkiflee Abd Latif

2.00 PM

Paper 4 – “Estimation of Surface Runoff to Support Flood Hazards Early Warning

using Landsat 8 OLI Imagery Case Study: Diro Sub-Watershed, Kulon Progo Regency,

Indonesia”, Ipung , Oita Erlangga, Nastasya Dewi and Evan Pandhadha

2.15 PM

Paper 5 – “Comparative Study on Vegetation Indices and Red-Edge Position

Estimation in Ganoderma Disease Detection using High Resolution Hyperspectral

Images”, Lee Chee Cheong, Koo Voon Chet, Lim Tien Sze, Haryati Abidin, Lee Yang

Ping, Hamdan Bin Ibrahim and Sirrul Asrar Hussain Fatimi

2.30 PM Paper 6 – “Forest Tree Analysis At Gunung Basor Reserve Forest Based On SPOT

Images”, Wafa Aini Abd Rashid and Shaparas Daliman

2.45 PM Paper 7 – “Classification for non-infected and infected Ganoderma Boninense of oil

palm trees using ALOS PALSAR-2 backscattering coefficient”, Yuhao Ang

3.00 PM

Paper 8 – “Susceptibility to Soil Erosion and Risk Assessment at Hilly Farms using

Geospatial Techniques”, Nuraddeen Mukhtar Nasidi, Aimrun Wayayok, Ahmad Fikri

Abdullah and Muhammad Saufi Kassim

3.15 PM Refreshment

Plenary session 3 Chairperson: Prof. Kasturi Devi Kanniah

3.45 PM

Paper 9 – “Vehicle Positioning System Based on Cubic Spline Interpolation using

Statistical Analysis”, Tarak Nandy, Rafidah Md Noor, Mohd Yamani Idna Bin Idris

and Sananda Bhattacharyya

4.00 PM Paper 10 – “Development of interactive application for insectarium of Natural

Resources Museum at UMK Jeli Campus”, Ros Asifa Hamdan and Shaparas Daliman

4.15 PM Paper 11 – “The Potential of Sentinel-2 Satellites for Burn Scar Mapping in Tropical

Peat Swamp Forest”, Nurul Aina Abdul Aziz

4.30 PM Paper 12 – “Automated Rubber Tree Detection And Counting Based On Drone

Images”, Nurul Eliani Zainuddin and Shaparas Daliman

4.45 PM

Paper 13 – “The uses of Multi-Temporal Radarsat-2 Images for Monitoring of Paddy-

Planting Stages via MakGeo-Padi System”, Noryusdiana Mohamad Yusoff,

Muhammad Nazir Siham, Zuraimi Suleiman, Nurul Aina Abdul Aziz Mohd Amiruddin

Ramli, Sutha a/p Veloo, Khazana Ibrahim and Muhamad Hilmi Abdul Rabiki

5.00 PM End of day 1

Day 2

Plenary session 4

Chairperson: Dr. Chan Yee Kit

9.00 AM Keynote speaker 3 – “Preliminary Design of HAPS as Wireless Broadband

Networks”, Arifin Nugroho

9.45 AM Keynote speaker 4 – “Advanced Radar Signal Processing for Drone Detection

and Classification”, Sun Hong Bo

10.30 AM Paper 14 – “Particulate Matter Estimation using Generalized Additive

Model”, Nurul Amalin Fatihah Kamarul Zaman and Kasturi Devi Kanniah

10.45 AM Refreshment

11.15 AM

Paper 15 – “Computational Electromagnetics in Microwave Remote Sensing

of Random Discrete Medium in Paddy Canopy”, Hamsalekha A Kumaresan

and Ewe Hong Tat

11.30 AM

Paper 16 – “Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Receiver Autonomous Integrity

Monitoring (Raim) In Global Positioning System (Gps) Receivers”, Dinesh

Sathyamoorthy

Plenary session 5

Chairperson: Dr. Lim Tien Sze

11.45 PM

Paper 17 – “Comparison Between Object Based Classification And Pixel

Based Classification Technique To Detect Deforestation In Ulu Muda Forest

Reserve, Kedah”, Aisyah Marliza Muhmad Kamarulzaman, Siti Nor Maizah

Saad, Shahrul Nizam Jamaludin, Wan Shafrina Wan Mohd Jaafar, Khairul

Nizam Abdul Maulud and Abdul Aziz Ab Rahman

12.00 PM

Paper 18 – “Spatial variability assessment on the high-resolution Chlorophyll-

a extraction from Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2 imageries in Johor waters”, Fatin

Nabihah Syahira Ridzuan, Mohd Nadzri Md Reba, Monaliza Mohd Din,

Mazlan Hashim, Po Teen Lim, Zaharah Ibrahim and Mohd Firdaus Abdul-

Wahab

12.15 PM

Paper 19 – “GIS application for distribution of rubber plantation at Surat

Thani”, Muhamad Nur Azhar Abdull Rahman, Shaparas Daliman and Sunisa

Suchat

12.30 PM Paper 20 – “Usage of Satellite imagery in mapping of Earthquake Causing

Faults in South and SE Asia”, Afroz Ahmad Shah

12.45 PM

Paper 21 – “Sugarcane Plantation Mapping Using Dynamic Time Warping”, N.

T. Olfindo, Jr., R. M. de la Cruz, N. J. B. Borlongan, J. J. S. Marciano, Jr., L. C.

Olalia, G. J. P. Perez

1.00 PM

Paper 22 – “Actionable Intelligence Policy (AIP), Beyond tools for area-based

management: A Conceptual Review, Recent Progress, and Challences”,

Sitthisak Moukomla, Siam Lawavirotwong, Pisut Nakmuenwai, Sukij

Skawsang, Kridskorn Auynirundronkool, Panu Srestasathiern, Ditchaphong

Phoomikiettisak and Jiratiwan Kruasilp

1.15 PM

Paper 23 – “Modelling of Carbon Stocks of Mangroves in Kedah, Malaysia

using Landsat 8 (OLI) Imagery”, Tengku Mohd Zarawie Tengku Hashim,

Mohd Nazip Suratman, Jasmee Jaafar, Harinder Rai Singh and Ahmad

Naqiyuddin Bakar

1.30 PM Lunch

Plenary session 6

Chairperson: Prof. Koo Voon Chet

2.15 PM Round-table discussion “Advancement of Remote Sensing with

International Collaboration”

3.15 PM Refreshment

3.45 PM Closing ceremony and award presentation

5.15 PM End of day 2

Day 1, 8.30 AM onwards – poster setup

Day 2, 2.00 PM – removal of poster

Poster 1 “Assessing Accuracy Of Tropical Rainfall Estimation In Low To High Rainfall Intensity

By Close-Range Radar Measurement”, Nurulhani Roslan and Mohd Nadzri Md Reba

Poster 2

“Evaluate Accuracy of Smartphone GPS Positioning and Automatic Vehicle Location

(AVL) for Vehicle Patrol Capturing”, Hasranizam Hashim , Nor Aizam Adnan, Eran

Sadek Said Md Sadek, Wan Mohd Naim Wan Mohd, Dato’ Sahabudin Abd Manan,

and Mohd Kamal

Poster 3

“Classification of SAR images for oil palm growth stages using Entropy

Decomposition and Support Vector Machine with the aid of theoretical model

simulation”, Luke Lee, Hong Tat Ewe and Seow Hui Saw

Poster 4

“Multi-Parameter Neural Network for Altimeter Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed

Estimation”, Sya'rawi Muhammad Husni Bin Mohd Sharoni and Mohd Nadzri Md.

Reba

Poster 5 “Optimization in Detection of Shallow Benthic Substrate by using Ensemble Analysis

Method In Sibu Island, Malaysia”, Hafiz Saman and Mazlan Hashim

Poster 6 “Application of Deep-based Image Registration Technique for Drone Images”, Wei

Yong Eng, Voon Chet Koo and Tien Sze Lim

Poster 7 “Integrated Geospatial Analysis of Beach Profile and Erosion Rate Along Kuantan

Coastline Area”, Haris Abdul Rahim and Nor Aizam Adnan

Poster 8 “Forest Tree Analysis Based On Pleiades Images At UMK Agropark”, Nur Ain Najwa

Mohd Adib and Shaparas Daliman

Poster 9

“Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Estimation in Lake Tempe, South Sulawesi Using

Sentinel-2B Imagery”, Evan Pandhadha, Abghy Aunurrahim, Amalia Ayudyanti,

Miftahul Huda, Rahma Sabrina and Sekar Anindya

Poster 10

“Analysis Of Modis Data For Enhanced Vegetation Index (Evi) & Gross Primary

Production (Gpp) Forest Area In Kelantan”, Nor Lianatashya Alias, Noor Janatun

Naim Jemali and Shaparas Daliman

Poster 11 “Digital Mapping of UMK Jeli Campus using Drone Technology”, Afiqah Ibrahim

Sukri, Noor Janatun Naim Jemali and Shaparas Daliman

Poster 12 “Interactive Application For Herbarium Of Natural Resources Museum at UMK Jeli

Campus”, Nurul Fatihah Nadia Ismail and Shaparas Daliman

Poster 13 “Identification and Classification of Artocarpus spp Using Image Analysis”, Nadia

Abdul Ghapar and Shaparas Daliman

Poster 14 “Expert System For Classification of Wild Edible Plants”, Nurnajihah Zakaria and

Shaparas Daliman

Poster 15

“Oil Palm Tree Detection And Counting Using Drone Based Remote Sensing Images”,

Saidatul Asyikin Hashim, Shaparas Daliman, Nazahatul Anis Amaludin, Aweng Eh

Rak and Nordiana Abd Aziz

Poster 16 “Development of landscape tree inventories at UMK Jeli Campus using GIS”, Ricky

Tan, Shaparas Daliman and Nazahatul Anis Amaludin

Poster 17 “Hybrid-Powered Drone for Disaster Monitoring and Surveillance”, Lim Tien Sze,

Koo Voon Chet and Teoh Che Kok

Poster 18

“Effect of Dam Construction to Land Use and Land Cover Changes Using Remote

Sensing: A Case of Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric Dam”, Sarah Hanim Samsudin,

Anita Setu, Alyaa Filza Effendy and Mohd. Nadzari Ismail

Poster 19 “SCS+C Topographic Correction to Enhance SVM Classification Accuracy”, Jwan Al-

doski, Shattri B. Mansor, Zailani Khuzaimah

Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA) is located at 13, Jalan Tun Ismail, Kuala Lumpur,

50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (3.1628N, 101.6893E)

If you are driving there, there are ample parking space within the agency. If you

are taking public transport, MYSA is approximately 6 minutes walking distance

from KTM Putra station.

For Oral presentation, you are given 10 minutes. Please prepare your slides

and pass to the secretariat (email gobiv@utar.edu.my) before 5th November.

For Poster presentation, please prepare A1 size poster. You can pin up you

poster after registration on Day 1.

Organizing Committee Technical Program Committee

Chair: Chair:

Prof. Ewe Hong Tat Dr. Lim Tien Sze

Co-Chair: Co-Chair:

Tuan Haji Azlikamil Napiah Pn. Nik Mazlina Nik Mustafa

Members: Members:

Prof. Koo Voon Chet Prof Koo Voon Chet

Prof. Zulkiflee Abd Latif Prof. Hiroyoshi Yamada

Prof. Kasturi Devi Kanniah Prof. Yang-Lang Chang

Dr. Dinesh Sathyamoorthy Dr. Sun Hong Bo

Dr. Chan Yee Kit Prof.. Arifin Nugroho

Dr. Lim Tien Sze Prof. Zulkiflee Abd Latif

Dr. Gobi Vetharatnam Prof. Kasturi Devi Kanniah

Dr. Lim Chot Hun Dr. Dinesh Sathyamoorthy

Dr. Zafri Baharuddin Dr. Chan Yee Kit

Puan Nik Mazlina Nik Mustafa Dr. Zafri Baharuddin

Puan Jamilah Ismail Mr. Mohd Fazuwan Ahmad Fauzi

Mr. Mohd Fazuwan Ahmad Fauzi Pn. Harita Jamil

Puan Harita Jamil

Local Organizing Committee Members:

Chair: Dr. Lim Tien Sze

Dr. Gobi Vetharatnam Dr. Dinesh Sathyamoorthy

Dr. Chan Yee Kit

Co-Chair: Dr. Muhamed Kamal Azidy Musa

Pn. Harita Jamil Dr. Khairul Hisham Ismail

Ms. Khoirun Nadia Zainol

Noorlydia Ahmad

Mr. Toh Chia Ming

Ms. Hamsalekha