Merit Award in International APICTA 2014

 

Goh posing with his certificate from the International APICTA

UTAR alumnus Goh Wen Bin bagged the Merit Award in the International Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Award  held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 28 to 30 November 2014.

Goh won the Merit Award in the Tertiary Student Project category for his Final Year Project (FYP) titled ‘Authentication Tool for Picture Based Passwords’. The competition, which took place at Bina Nusantara International University, required participants from different countries to present their projects to assigned judges from Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Brunei and Taiwan.

The award presentation ceremony was held at Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel on 30 November. Goh had previously won the Merit Award in the same category in the MSC Malaysia APICTA. As winner at the national level, he was chosen to represent Malaysia in the International APICTA.

Goh, who was excited over his triumph, said, “The result was unpredictable as it involved cutting-edge projects from many excellent teams. I am quite satisfied with the way I performed. I have done my best and gained positive feedback from the judges during the competition.”

Goh expressed his gratitude to his lecturers, family and friends for giving him unrelenting support, encouragement and feedback on the project. He said, “I would like to thank my FYP supervisor Sohail Safdar and UTAR Vice President Prof Dr Ewe Hong Tat. They have given me many good suggestions such as important areas to focus on and contents to be added in to boost my presentation.”

When asked about his advice for juniors who aspire to take part in ICT competitions, Goh said, “My first advice is that you must have interest in your project. For your FYP, it is important that you choose or propose a project that you are really interested in. To be able to perform well, you also need to have adequate practices and a high level of confidence and experience. This is extremely important when you want to convince the judges during the Q&A session.”

He added, “I would recommend students to participate in various competitions using their project to gain more exposure.” Goh had previously participated in the FYP Competition and Hilti Excellent ICT Project Award held at UTAR.