Personal profile
Biography
Surya G. Nurzaman is an Associate Professor at Monash University Malaysia. He obtained his PhD in 2011 from Osaka University, Japan, with the support of the Monbukagakusho scholarship from the Japanese government. Before joining Monash in 2015, he was a Research Fellow in Osaka University (Japan), ETH Zürich (Switzerland) and University of Cambridge (UK) from 2011 to 2015. Prior to coming to Japan in 2007, he finished his Bachelor and Master degrees in Institute of Technology Bandung (Indonesia), and worked as a technology consultant in Accenture for a few years, accomplishing various projects in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and United States. His research interests include soft robotics, bio-inspired robotics, embodied intelligence, dynamical systems and machine learning.
Research interests
Soft robotics, embodied intelligence, bio-inspired robotics, dynamical systems, machine learning.
Monash teaching commitment
- MEC3453 - Dynamics II (2015-...)
- MEC2407 - Electromechanics (2015-2018)
- MEC2402 - Engineering Design I (2019-2020)
- ENG1001 - Engineering Design: Lighter, faster, stronger (2021)
- ENG1011 - Engineering Methods (2022-2023)
- MEC3822 - AI in Manufacturing (2024-...)
Education/Academic qualification
Robotics, PhD
Award Date: 25 Mar 2011
Research area keywords
- Soft robotics
- Bio-inspired robotics
- Embodied intelligence
- Dynamical systems
- Machine learning
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Aerial perching for contact-based inspection in oilfield installations based on soft robotics
Nurzaman, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Goh, K. B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chung, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kulic, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wang, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Tan Kok Ping, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
15/05/24 → 15/05/26
Project: Research
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Investigation of Control Systems for Soft Robots Based on Few-Shot-Learning approaches
Nurzaman, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Chee Pin, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Monn, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Goh, K. B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Mustapha, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Automatic Design and Fabrication of Soft Robotic Grippers for Industrial Applications
Nurzaman, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Teh, P.-L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Goh, K. B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Khoo, B. H. (Chief Investigator (CI))
30/04/24 → 29/10/25
Project: Research
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User Acceptance Analysis of an Affordale Soft Service Robot in Object Retrieval Tasks
Nurzaman, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Agape, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gouwanda, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chee Pin, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Teh, P.-L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Su, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Voon Yang, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Thannirmalai, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))
13/11/19 → 12/05/22
Project: Research
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Towards efficient search by autonomous mobile robots in uncertain environments: an investigation of the fundamental biologically inspired principle
Nurzaman, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Ong, S. H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Binti Che Yusoff, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Chee Pin, T. (Chief Investigator (CI))
15/08/17 → 14/11/21
Project: Research
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Automatic differentiation of voluntary and tremulous motion using ensemble empirical mode decomposition and convolutional Bi-directional LSTM
Ling, J. Q., Bakibillah, A. S. M., Chan, P. Y., Nurzaman, S. G. & Tan, C. P., 8 Oct 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 15 p., 35064.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Design Optimization of a Soft Robotic Finger with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Roslan, M. R., Wang, X., Goh, K. B. & Nurzaman, S. G., 2025, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO 2025). Hieida, C. & Ishihara, H. (eds.). Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 253-258 6 p. (Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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GripDepthSense3DNet: A Depth-Enabled Hardness Sensing Framework in Soft Robotic Grasping
Ling, T. R., Lee, B. J. S., Tan, C. P., Nurzaman, S. G. & Juman, M. A., 31 Jul 2025, In: Soft Robotics. 12, 4, 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Parkinson's disease tremor prediction towards real-time suppression: A self-attention deep temporal convolutional network approach
Tan, G. Y., Bakibillah, A. S. M., Chan, P. Y., Tan, C. P. & Nurzaman, S., Apr 2025, In: Computers in Biology and Medicine. 188, 12 p., 109814.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Action tremor features discovery for essential tremor and Parkinson's disease with explainable multilayer BiLSTM
Teo, Y. X., Lee, R. E., Nurzaman, S. G., Tan, C. P. & Chan, P. Y., Sept 2024, In: Computers in Biology and Medicine. 180, 10 p., 108957.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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ITEX 2021 - Gold Medal
Nurzaman, S. (Recipient), 13 Dec 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Winner of the 2024 School of Engineering Awards for Excellence in Research (Open Category)
Nurzaman, S. (Recipient), 10 May 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Mary Ann Liebert Inc (Publisher)
Nurzaman, S. (Editor in chief)
6 Feb 2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics 2023
Nurzaman, S. (Organiser)
4 Apr 2023 → 6 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (Journal)
Nurzaman, S. (Associate editor)
1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Journal)
Nurzaman, S. (Associate editor)
1 Jan 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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IMechE (Malaysia) (External organisation)
Nurzaman, S. (Member)
17 Nov 2021 → 17 Nov 2025Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board