Ahris Yaakup : A tribute to the pioneer of GIS application in Malaysia

• Main Author: UTM, Jawatankuasa Fakulti Alam Bina
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2009
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29787/1/JawatankuasaFakultiAlam2009_AhrisYaakupATributetothePioneerofGIS.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/29787/; http://www.penerbit.utm.my/cgi-bin/katalog/buku.cgi?id=461

“... I was Professor Dr. Ahris’s external examiner at Edinburgh for his Ph.D degree and was privileged to be able to keep in touch with him via trips to UTM and conferences, such as GISDECO, over nearly 20 years. Professor Dr. Ahris’s death is a very sad loss to everyone in UTM....” Professor Ian Masser Visiting Professor Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures & Land Administration University of Melbourne “... Professor Dr. Ahris has contributed significantly to the development of GIS in Malaysia and Asia. He is the most well known scholar and researcher in Malaysia in the international GIS community. He is very active in organizing GIS conferences in Malaysia and has contributed significantly in the founding of the Asia GIS Association. ... we have lost a good friend and excellent researcher in Asia. He will always be remembered by the GIS community in Asia....” Professor Anthony G.O. Yeh Secretary-General of Asia GIS Association & Dean of Graduate School. The University of Hong Kong “... He has meant so much to so many people both in Malaysia and abroad. He truly is one of the founding fathers of modern spatial planning in Malaysia. I am proud to have known him and many people should be even more proud to have been with him....” Dr. Ir. Luc Boerboom Assistant Professor of Spatial Planning and Decision Support Systems International Institute for GEO-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) Enschede, The Netherlands “... A very big loss – the man who my Australian colleague Ray Wyatt aptly described as ‘the Father of Malaysian GIS....’” Professor Chris Webster Director of CEBE. Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning Cardiff University “... Dr. Ahris was a great man and a good scholar....” Dr. Prashanthi Devi, M. Department of Environmental Management School of Environmental Sciences Bharathidasan University Thiruchirapalli, India “A man who has always travelled the path of righteousness and a beacon to all who desire his assistance. A true friend through and through; and a professional to the last fibre....” Professor Dr. Mansor Ibrahim Dean Kulliyyah of Architecture and Enviromental Design International Islamic University Malaysia.