Dr Melody Tan Shi Ai

Dr Melody Tan Shi Ai

  • Senior Teaching Fellow
Department of Computing and Information Systems
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Biography

 

Dr Melody Tan has more than 6 years' experience teaching in the tertiary education sector. She loves educating and encouraging students to find their passions. Prior to joining Sunway University, she was working as a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader. Her experience in academia includes teaching various courses such as mathematics, statistics, analytics, and programming. Her doctoral thesis was on the Character Network Analysis of Two Science Fiction Series – Stargate and Star Trek. Her research involves Data Science, Network Analysis, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining. She is a council member of the Malaysian Institute of Physics (IFM).

 

 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2018)
  • BSc (Hons) in Computational and Industrial Mathematics, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2010)
  • SAS Certified Specialist: Visual Business Analytics Using SAS Viya (2023-2028)

Research Interests

  • Network Analysis
  • Data science
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Data Mining

Teaching Areas

  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Programming
  • Data Analytics
  • Data Science

Courses Taught

  • IST2024 Applied Statistics
  • GCM5001/ MRM5013/ RSM5010 Research Methodology
  • WEB1201/ WEB2014 Web Fundamentals
  • BAA5043 Business Intelligence
  • MAT1024 Linear Algebra and Applications

Notable Publications

  1. Tan, M. S. A., Chin, O. H., & Ratnavelu, K. (2021). Women in Physics Representation in Malaysian Universities. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2319, No.1, pp. 150002). AIP Publishing LLC.
  2. Tan, M. S. A., Ujum, E. A., & Ratnavelu, K. (2017). Social network analysis of character interaction in the Stargate and Star Trek television series. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 28(2), 1750017.
  3. Tan, M. S. A., Ujum, E. A., & Ratnavelu, K. (2014). A character network study of two Sci-Fi TV series. In FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS: 4th International Meeting (Vol. 1588, No. 1, pp. 246-251). AIP Publishing