Anwar PP Abdul Majeed PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Dr Anwar P.P. Abdul Majeed graduated with a first-class honours B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He obtained an MSc. in Nuclear Engineering from Imperial College London, United Kingdom. He then received his PhD in Rehabilitation Robotics from the Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the School of Robotics, XJTLU. Prior to joining XJTLU, he was a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and the Head of Programme (Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Industrial Automation)) at the Faculty of Manufacturing and Mechatronics Engineering Technology, UMP. He is also currently serving as an adjunct lecturer at UCSI University, Malaysia. Dr Anwar is also a Visiting Research Fellow at EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.

Dr Anwar is a Chartered Engineer, registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK, a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, as well as a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is an active research member at the Innovative Manufacturing, Mechatronics and Sports Laboratory (iMAMS), UMP. His research interest includes rehabilitation robotics, computational mechanics, applied mechanics, sports engineering, renewable and nuclear energy, sports performance analysis as well as machine learning.

He has authored over 100 papers in different journals, conference proceedings as well as books. He serves as a reviewer in a number of prolific journals, such as IEEE Access, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, SN Applied Sciences, PeerJ Computer Science, and Applied Computing and Informatics, amongst others. He has also served as a Guest Editor for SN Applied Sciences, MDPI, Frontiers, as well as an Editor for several Springer book series. He is currently serving as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE, a Review Editor for Frontiers in Robotics and AI, an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences and a section editor for Mekatronika (UMP Press). Dr Anwar is also a member of the Young Scientists Network of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN - ASM). With regards to learned/civil society activities, he is an active member of the IET Malaysia Local Network, Vice President 2 of the Alumni UMP Society and was acting as a Liaison Officer for the Imperial College Alumni Association Malaysia (ICAAM) 2021-2022 Session.


  • PhD (Rehabilitation Robotics), Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2018
  • MSc Nuclear Engineering, Imperial College London - 2013
  • BEng Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA - 2011


  • Associate Professor, School of Robotics, XJTLU, July 2022 - Present
  • Senior Lecturer & Head of Programme, Faculty of Manufacturing and Mechatronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, May 2018 - July 2022


  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning - Medical Imaging, Biosignals, Sports, Manufacturing Defects


  • Almanifi, O. R. A., Khairuddin, I. M., Razman, M. A. M., Musa, R. M., & P.P. Abdul Majeed, A. (2022). Human activity recognition based on wrist PPG via the ensemble method. ICT Express.
  • Almanifi, O. R. A., Ab Nasir, A. F., Razman, M. A. M., Musa, R. M., & P.P. Abdul Majeed, A. (2022). Heartbeat murmurs detection in phonocardiogram recordings via transfer learning. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 61(12), 10995-11002.
  • Ali, N. F. M., Sadullah, A. F. M., P.P. Abdul Majeed, A., Razman, M. A. M., & Musa, R. M. (2022). The identification of significant features towards travel mode choice and its prediction via optimised random forest classifier: An evaluation for active commuting behavior. Journal of Transport & Health, 25, 101362.
  • Jizat, J. A. M., P. P. Abdul Majeed, A., Nasir, A. F. A., Taha, Z., & Yuen, E. (2021). Evaluation of the machine learning classifier in wafer defects classification. ICT Express, 7(4), 535-539.
  • Musa, R. M., P.P. Abdul Majeed, A., Suhaimi, M. Z., Abdullah, M. R., Mohd Razman, M. A., Abdelhakim, D., & Abu Osman, N. A. (2021). Identification of high-performance volleyball players from anthropometric variables and psychological readiness: A machine-learning approach. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 17543371211045451.
  • Abdullah, M. A., Ibrahim, M. A. R., Shapiee, M. N. A., Zakaria, M. A., Razman, M. A. M., Musa, R. M., Abu Osman, N. A. & P. P. Abdul Majeed, A. (2021). The classification of skateboarding tricks via transfer learning pipelines. PeerJ Computer Science, 7, e680.
  • Kumar, J. L. M., Rashid, M., Musa, R. M., Razman, M. A. M., Sulaiman, N., Jailani, R., & P.P. Abdul Majeed, A. (2021). The classification of EEG-based wink signals: a CWT-transfer learning pipeline. ICT Express, 7(4), 421-425.
  • Kumar, J. L. M., Rashid, M., Musa, R. M., Razman, M. A. M., Sulaiman, N., Jailani, R., & P.P. Abdul Majeed, A. (2021). The classification of EEG-based winking signals: a transfer learning and random forest pipeline. PeerJ, 9, e11182.


  • Arzmi MH, Abdul Majeed APP, Musa RM, Razman MA, Gan HS, Khairuddin IM and Nasir AF. Deep Learning in Cancer Diagnostics: A Feature-based Transfer Learning Evaluation. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer Nature; 2023 Jan 18.
  • Musa RM, Abdul Majeed APP, Abdullah MR, Kuan G and Razman MA. Data Mining and Machine Learning in High-performance Sport: Performance Analysis of On-field and Video Assistant Referees in European Soccer Leagues. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer; 2022 Nov 5.
  • Muazu Musa R, Abdul Majeed APP, Suhaimi MZ, Mohd Razman MA, Abdullah MR and Osman NA. Machine Learning in Elite Volleyball: Integrating Performance Analysis, Competition and Training Strategies. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer; 2021.
  • Muazu Musa R, Abdul Majeed APP, Kosni NA, and Abdullah MR. Machine Learning in Team Sports: Performance Analysis and Talent Identification in Beach Soccer & Sepak-takraw. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer; 2020.
  • Mohd Razman MA, Abdul Majeed APP, Muazu Musa R, Taha Z, Gian-Antonio S, and Mukai Y. Machine Learning in Aquaculture Hunger Classification. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer; 2020.
  • Muazu Musa R, Taha Z, Abdul Majeed APP, and Abdullah MR. Machine Learning in Sports. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer; 2019.
  • Shaari AF, Abdul Majeed APP. Fundamentals of Rigid Body Dynamics. Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang; 2014.


  • The Formulation of a Transfer Learning Pipeline for Intracranial Hemorrhage Diagnostics - Research Development Fund, XJTLU - June 2022 - June 2025 (RMB 80,000.00)


  • MFE309TC Robotics and Automatic System Integrated Technology
  • MFE401TC Electrical Circuits
  • RBE204TC Sensors and Instrumentation


  • Senior Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021
  • Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council, UK, 2020
  • Member, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, 2021
  • Member, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK, 2020
Anwar PP Abdul Majeed