Muzaffar Hamzah received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science from the University of Malaya, and the Ph.D. degree in information technology from the University of South Australia, and the Postdoctoral Research in geovisualization from Nottingham University. He is currently the Deputy Dean (Graduate and Internationalization) and a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. He is actively involved in research about HCI and information visualization. His current research interests include information theory, visual analytics, and formal methods. He has also led several research grants at national level as a Principal Investigator and recently recognized by IBIMA for the Best Paper Award.

Professor Madya Dr. Muzaffar Bin Hamzah holds from Lain-lain , among other qualifications, and has established themselves as a respected expert in their field.