Dr Lafifa Jamal
Director
Dr Lafifa Jamal is a Professor of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka. She is the former Chairperson of the same department. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of the Bangladesh Computer Society.
Actively involved with research, Dr. Jamal 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 serving as the Vice-President Bangladesh Open Source Network Foundation (BdOSN) which aims to create a youth community empowered with technology, innovation and knowledge and 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 and 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 Treasurer of the Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS).
Under her leadership, Bangladesh got the 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.