What I am known for
Candid picture captured on 8th September 2022 during one of the events that made me cave in

What I am known for

It came as a surprise to me as it was the last thing I would expect coming from a well-known professor in the field. I hardly know him, and upon engaging with him and his team in yesterday's committee meeting, we knew each other better.

In my introduction of myself to the team, as usual I had to sort of "list down" my affiliations in reversed chronology. Some would intervene saying that I was from Albukhary International University (AIU), while some would say that I was from Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). Yet, somehow the Chair, i.e., the said professor, insisted that he knew my name from somewhere else. Again and again he brought up that my name gave a ring to his ears. I randomly picked an affiliation and he said, "Yes! That's it!"

Little did I know, I am also known for my service at University Malaysia of Computer Science & Engineering (UNIMY), even though it was for a very short duration of five months. How could that be? It was merely because I was one of the working committee member for the International Conference of Frontiers of Digital Technology towards a Sustainable Society (ICDiTS2022).

The fact that the conference was postponed and held few months after I left UNIMY never came across anybody's mind. It is an indeed a surprise that the professor knew me from then. It seems that I have made my presence known and there are people who remember. With this in mind, I feel motivated to make my presence visible again, after few years "hiding in a cave".

Next..., let's see what I am recognized for.

#visibility #socialpresence

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