Centre for Research-Creation in Digital Media

Mission

1. To facilitate synergy in creative media arts and sciences, cultivating an innovative media research-creation environment
2. To create significant transdisciplinary collaborations and catalyse new partnerships with key local and international centres, labs and institutes
3. To motivate a new generation of students and researchers in the domain of creative digital media, merging core attributes of the arts,sciences, humanities, media and technology.

Research

Area 1: Post-Digital Media Research-Creation. This research theme bears a special relationship to the<br> rest as the focus and overall direction for content creation is based on this theme.
Area 2: Digital Heritage and Culture. This research theme is explored with the components of high fidelity image and sound capture, processing, post-production re-presentation and high definition-immersive display.

Overview

This Centre (CRCDM) was established in order to foster a media research/creation (R-C) environment at Sunway University. It is a transdisciplinary hub for creative digital media within the University with local and international partners forming collaboratories, both physical and virtual, cutting across time and space. It is aligned with (but not limited to) the School of Arts and related Departments. It has evolved rapidly to be inclusive of other faculties and departments to generate digital media content R&D across the University. CRCDM has assembled a transdisciplinary team of media researchers and creative designers with an extensive background in industry and education, to forge the applications and content required to introduce and support creative digital media initiatives at Sunway University and across the entire Sunway Group.

CRCDM Team Members

HAROLD THWAITES

Professor / Head of Centre
Founding Centre Director 2016-2024.
Retired July 2024.

HILMAN NORDIN

Senior Research Fellow
Hilman Nordin is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Arts, Sunway University. With over 10 years of teaching and research experience in engineering higher education, and 6 years in the industry from managing a cultural heritage technology-based start-up, Hilman is passionate in combining technology with the arts. His current interest is in AR/VR, machine learning, app development and prototyping. He is now currently affiliated with the Centre for Research-Creation in Digital Media (CRCDM), Sunway University.

GISELLE SU HONG GICK

Research Fellow
Giselle Su Hong Gick is Research Fellow at the Centre of Research-Creation in Digital Media, Sunway University. With a background in psychology, she is interested in addressing mental health and social issues through digital media such as Virtual and Augmented Reality. Her master’s degree research-creation project focused on building intergenerational understanding through the use of storytelling and virtual reality narratives. Her research interests include Virtual and Augmented Reality, XR in Learning and Education, and Augmented Narratives and Storytelling.

DELAS SANTANO

Program Leader of MA in Visual Communication & Media Studies
Delas is the Centre’s Audio-Visual Content Producer. Delas officially joined CRCDM in November 2015 after completing his appointment term in University Malaya, as the audiovisual producer in Centre for Creative Content and Digital Innovation.

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MASLISA ZAINUDDIN

Graphic Designer
Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Design Communication programme, Lisa is a Lecturer by day and a designer and maker by night, and every other weekend. She splits her time between teaching in the Degree and Masters programmes in the School of Arts, with her role as Graphic Designer with CRCDM. Lisa has been toiling with the concept of sustainable design and heritage preservation through the art of Upcycling, Repurposing and Refashion. She strives daily for the pursuit of making and creating all things beautiful.

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