Prof. Ts. Dr. Aida Mustapha

Prof. Ts. Dr. Aida Mustapha received her B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Michigan Technological University, Master of Computer Science from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Universiti Putra Malaysia. At present, she is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA). She is the lead trainer for Akademi Intelek dan Data Analitik (AI.DA), responsible for Data and AI professional certification programs for both, academics and industry partners. She has published more than 450 refereed publications in the area of Soft Computing, Data Mining, Computational Linguistics and Software Agents. Her main passion is pursuing the area of natural language studies and application of natural language processing to holy texts, in particular the Quran. She is also the Chief Editor for Journal of Quranic Sciences and Research, Member of ISO/TC 204 Intelligent Transport Systems, Member of Malaysia Board of Technologist, and Member of International Association of Counsellors and Therapists.

Keynote Title: Breaking Bots: Disruptive Power of LLMs to Oids

Keynote Abstract:
From the stiff voices of rule-based chatbots to the uncanny resonance of humanoid Oids, the world has crossed a threshold once reserved for science fiction. Powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), machines now listen, reason, improvise, and even mirror human emotion. This keynote journeys through the rise of transformers, scaling laws, and multimodal intelligence; framed by cinematic echoes from HAL 9000 to Ex Machina. More than breaking technology, LLMs are breaking the boundaries of what it means to think, create, and collaborate in an age of living language.