Dr Lafifa Jamal
Advisor, Bangladesh Flying Labs
Dr Lafifa Jamal is a Professor in the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Dhaka and the former Chairperson of the same department. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of the Bangladesh Computer Society.
Dr. Jamal is actively involved with research and has around sixty research publications in reputed international journals and conferences. She delivered invited talks in Spain, the USA, South Korea, China, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. She sits on various international advisory boards and review panels, and serves in many program committee roles for various international conferences.
Dr. Jamal is the vice president of the Bangladesh OpenSource Network Foundation (BdOSN), which aims to create a youth community empowered by technology, innovation, and knowledge and to bring more girls into STEM education and the ICT profession. She is the Founding Advisor of IEEE University of Dhaka Women in Engineering Student Branch Affinity Group, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society University of Dhaka Student Branch Chapter and Founding Moderator of Dhaka University Science Society. She is the former President of Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT) and former Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS) Treasurer.
Under her leadership, Bangladesh won its first Gold Medal in the 20th International Robot Olympiad 2018, held in Manila, Philippines. She is the Founder President of the Bangladesh Robot Olympiad and a Member of the International Robot Olympiad Central Committee.