Gombak, 11 November 2026 — The Centre for Professional Development (CPD), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), successfully organized a specialized webinar titled “Digital Productivity: AI Tools for Academic Administration” on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, conducted via Zoom.
The webinar featured Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Hasan Firdaus Mohd Zaki, Director of the Centre for Unmanned Technologies (CUTe) and academic staff at the Department of Mechatronics, Kulliyyah of Engineering (KOE), as the keynote speaker. The session was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhamad Ashraf Rostam, Deputy Director of the Professional Development Unit (PDU), CPD.
Aimed at enhancing operational workflow and institutional capability, the session addressed the practical integration of generative AI tools within higher education administration. Participants explored methods to automate supervisory records, structure comprehensive institutional dashboards, and optimize executive report generation utilizing expanded workspace AI capabilities.
Critically, the presentation emphasized the ethical boundaries, compliance requirements, and Islamic perspectives surrounding generative AI adoption in academic governance—ensuring technology serves as a responsible enabler for institutional productivity.
This initiative exemplifies CUTe’s active role in translating technological expertise into meaningful capacity-building for the wider IIUM fraternity.
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