On November 8, 2023, the Innovative & Creative Group (KIK), Centre for Mathematical Sciences (PSM) won first runner-up, receiving a certificate and cash of RM1200.00 in the New Horizon KIK Convention, UMPSA 2023. The KIK convention which was held at the Banquet Hall, Canseleri Tun Abdul Razak, UMPSA was organized by the Centre for Strategic & Quality Management (PSKK), and lasted for two days from 7 November 2023 until 8 November 2023.

A researcher from the Centre for Mathematical Sciences UMPSA, Dr Noratikah Abu has secured a GERAN PENYELIDIKAN KERJASAMA STRATEGIK MTUN 2023 with a total fund of RM40,000. The title of the research project is “Enhancing Rice Import Demand Forecasting in Malaysia: A Hybrid Approach Integrating Box-Jenkins and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Models ”.