Dr. Lafifa Jamal :: Faculty Profile

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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. Previously, she was a faculty member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka. She is a Former Provost of Shamsun Nahar Hall, University of Dhaka. Dr. Jamal is a Senior ...

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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. Previously, she was a faculty member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka. She is a Former Provost of Shamsun Nahar Hall, University of Dhaka.

Dr. Jamal is a Senior Member of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology, and a Fellow of the Bangladesh Computer Society. She received her Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Dhaka. Actively involved with research, Dr. Jamal has around sixty research publications in reputed international journals and conferences. She also got the best paper award at an International Conference. She attended various seminars, conferences and workshops internationally. She delivered invited talks in Spain, the USA, South Korea, China, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Her research interests include Robotics and Intelligent Systems, VLSI Design and Reversible Logic Synthesis, Gender and Diversity, STEM Education.

Dr. Jamal is the Founding Director of Bangladesh Flying Labs which is a hub to connect robotics and tech researchers and enthusiasts from home and abroad for social justice, equality, and development. She is also 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.

Dr. Jamal had a significant role in raising awareness of computer programming among female students of Bangladesh. She participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) titled “#HiddenNoMore: Empowering International Women Leaders in STEM” which was funded by the U.S. Department of State and held in Washington DC, Greensboro, Chicago and Los Angeles. 50 Women STEM Leaders from 50 different countries participated in this prestigious program. She is the International Partner Country Representative from Bangladesh for the action “European Network for Gender Balance in Informatics” under European Cooperation in Science and Technology.

Dr. Jamal sits on various international advisory boards and review panels, and serves in many program committee roles for various international conferences. Some of her recent involvements include Workshop Organizer in ICSE 2025 (Canada), ICSE 2024 (Portugal), ICSE 2023 (Australia), ICSE 2022 (USA), Inclusion Chair in RO-MAN 2023 (Korea), Women in Engineering Chair in iSES 2023 (India), iSES 2021 (India), Special Session Organizer in ICIPRoB 2020 (Sri Lanka), TPC Chair in ICIET 2019 (Bangladesh), Regional Program Chair in RIIT 2018 (Thailand), General Co-Chair in ICIET 2018 (Bangladesh), International Advisory Board Member in ICOM 2017 (Malaysia). She is a TPC Member in RO-MAN 2024 (USA), ICRAI 2024 (Singapore), ICRAI 2022 (Singapore), ICIPRoB 2022 (Srilanka), ICRAI 2021 (China), HCII 2021 (USA), STI 2020 (Bangladesh), TENCON 2019 (India), ICIET 2019 (Bangladesh), ISVLSI 2017 (Germany), R10-HTC 2017 (Bangladesh), ISCAS 2016 (Canada), CECNet 2015 (China).

Dr. Jamal 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. Dr. Jamal received “Ananya Shirsha Dosh Shommanona 2020” for her contribution in the Technology field in Bangladesh. She also received the award “Women ICT Personality of the Year 2022” for her contribution in the ICT field in Bangladesh.

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	Computer Science and Engineering	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2017
Masters	Computer Science	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2001
Bachelor	Computer Science	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	1999

Title	Organization	From Date	To Date
Provost	Shamsun Nahar Hall, University of Dhaka	Jun 2021	Aug 2024
Professor	Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka	May 2019	Present
Associate Professor	Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka	Aug 2016	May 2019
Chairperson	Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka	Aug 2016	Sep 2020
Associate Professor	Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka	Oct 2014	Aug 2016
Assistant Professor	Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka	Mar 2007	Oct 2014
House Tutor	Ruqayyah Hall, University of Dhaka	May 2006	May 2016
Lecturer	Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka	Apr 2004	Mar 2007

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Gender and Diversity in STEM
Quantum Computing
FPGA Design
Reversible Logic Synthesis
VLSI Design

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Name of Student(s)	Current Completion
Masters	Local-Network Adaptive Framework for Communication Efficient Federated Learning	Supervisor	Syeda Faiza Ahmed	2024
Masters	Towards Designing Optimized Reversible Multiplexer and Demultiplexer for Emerging Nanocircuit	Lafifa Jamal	Riaz Uddin	2018
Masters	An Efficient Approach to Minimize a Boolean Function and Its Application to Reversible Logic Circuit Design	Lafifa Jamal	Humayra Tasnim	2016
Masters	Implementation of Reversible Logic Circuits for Arithmetic Operations	Lafifa Jamal	Sadia Nowrin	2016
Masters	An Efficient Design of a Reversible Fault Tolerant D Flip-Flop and its Applications in Sequential Circuits	Lafifa Jamal	Sagar Mukharjee	2014
Masters	An Efficient Approach to Design a Reversible Multiplier	Lafifa Jamal	Md Mushfiqur Rahman	2013
Masters	Design and Minimization of Reversible Arithmetic Logic Unit	Lafifa Jamal	Mst. Jannatul Ferdows	2012
Masters	Design of Fault Tolerant Reversible Programmable Logic Array	Lafifa Jamal	Rubaia Rahman	2012
Masters	A Simulation Study on Transmitting Video Trace File over Wired Network	Lafifa Jamal		2010
Masters	Adaptive Core Selection Method for Multicast Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks	Lafifa Jamal		2008
Research Project Report/Other	Distillation-based Semi-supervised Federated Learning for Heterogeneous Private Models	Supervisor	Syeda Faiza Ahmed Kaies Al Mahmud	2021
Research Project Report/Other	Design and Development of a Fog Enabled Library Assistant Robot System	Lafifa Jamal	A.B.M. Shadman Shakib Shuvanon Rajbongshi	2020
Research Project Report/Other	Development of an Intelligent Assistance System for Elderly People	Lafifa Jamal	Raiyaan Abdullah Riad Ahmed	2020
Research Project Report/Other	Design and Development of an Automated Intravenous Blood Infusion Monitoring System	Lafifa Jamal	Masrufa Tasnim	2019
Research Project Report/Other	Development of a Sign Language for Patients with Total Paralysis using Eye Tracking Technology	Lafifa Jamal	Zahan Zib Sarowar Dhrubo and Md. Ashiful Islam	2019
Research Project Report/Other	An Efficient Method to Improve Binary Decision Diagram Size by Applying Genetic Algorithm for Initial Variable Ordering Efficient Approaches to Design Fault Tolerant Reversible Multipliers	Lafifa Jamal	Ifshita Rahman and Farhana Siddiqua	2017
Research Project Report/Other	Optimized Design of Different Reversible Code Converters	Lafifa Jamal	Muminul Hoosain and Md. Ridwan Hossain Akkhar	2016
Research Project Report/Other	An Efficient Approach to design Fault Tolerant Reversible Montgomery Multiplier	Lafifa Jamal	Md. Ehsan Shahmi Chowdhury and Nafiz Ahmed	2016
Research Project Report/Other	Design of a Reversible Fault Tolerant Read-Only-Memory	Lafifa Jamal	Al-Eamin Sharif	2015
Research Project Report/Other	Design and Implementation of a Reversible Fault Tolerant Booth Multiplier	Lafifa Jamal	Md. Mofajjul Hossain and Md Mezbaur Rahman	2015
Research Project Report/Other	Design of a Compact Reversible Read-Only-Memory with MOS Transistors	Lafifa Jamal	Sadia Nowrin and Papia Nazneen	2014
Research Project Report/Other	A Novel Approach to Design a Computer Reversible Full-Adder Using Quantum Dot Cellular Automata	Lafifa Jamal	Kawshik Debnath	2012
Research Project Report/Other	An Efficient Approach to Design an n-bit Reversible Magnitude Comparator	Lafifa Jamal	Md. Mehdi Hasan and Md. Nur-e-Alam	2012
Research Project Report/Other	A Novel Approach to Design Reversible Fault Tolerant Division Circuit	Lafifa Jamal	Tazmina Sharmin	2011
Research Project Report/Other	Mobile Agent Based Security Model and Trusted Communication between Agents	Lafifa Jamal		2009
Research Project Report/Other	Secure Mobile Ad Hoc Network using Enhanced Real Time Intrusion Detection	Lafifa Jamal		2009
Research Project Report/Other	“Guide To Dhaka City” An Android Based Application to Find User Location and Important Places in Dhaka	Lafifa Jamal		2008
Research Project Report/Other	Detection of Wormhole Attack using Real Time Intrusion Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Network	Lafifa Jamal		2008
Research Project Report/Other	EasyDialer: An Android Application	Lafifa Jamal		2007
Research Project Report/Other	Design and Development of Web Based Hall Management System	Lafifa Jamal		2006
Research Project Report/Other	Design and Development of an Inventory Management System	Lafifa Jamal	Mithun Sarker	2006
Research Project Report/Other	Online Health Assistance and Medicine Directory	Lafifa Jamal		2005

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date
ICT-based Startup	Building A Sustainable Startup Ecosystem in Bangladesh: Dissecting the Concentration and Policy Gridlocks	Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA), ICT Division	01-12-2022
Robotics	Haate-Khori: An Automated and Intelligent Bengali Handwriting Learning Robotic System for Children	University Grants Commission	01-04-2022
Robotics	An Automatic System Design to Protect Intravenous Infusion Therapy Administration for Liquid of Blood Flow in Human Body	ICT Division	25-06-2019
Robotics	Design and Fabrication of an Infrared Camera Based Docking Systems for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles	University Grants Commission	01-06-2019
Robotics	3D Image Reconstruction from Monocular Vision for Visual Navigation and Localization of Mobile Robots	University Grants Commision	01-07-2018	30-06-2019
Reversible Logic Synthesis	Design of a Reversible Central Processing Unit: An Application to Low Power Computing	ICT Division	01-06-2015	30-06-2016
Reversible Logic Synthesis	Design and Implementation of Reversible Central Processing Unit	University Grants Commission	01-01-2012	31-12-2012

Invited Talk

SL	Invited Talk
1	Invited Talk Empowering Women through Technology ADAPT International Convention 2020 06 December 2022 Malaysia (Held Online)
2	Invited Talk Intelligent Robotics System for Early Childhood Education 5th Young Scientist Congress (YSC 2022) 25 November 2022 Dhaka Bangladesh
3	Invited Talk The Future of Robotics Technology in Elderly Health Care International Conference on Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development (ICEPSD-2022) 03 September 2022 Dhaka, Bangladesh
4	Invited Talk Robotics and IoT in Bangladesh: Status, Scopes, Prospects and Challenges BCSIR Congress 2022 03 December 2022 Dhaka, Bangladesh
5	Research Presentation Breaking the Barriers: Empowering Girls in ICT Education 1st International Conference on Education in the Digital Ecosystem (ICEdDE 2019) August 2019 Sarwak, Malaysia
6	Keynote Speaker Role of Television Media to Mitigate the Challenges towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution 19 June 2023 Bangladesh Television
7	Keynote Speaker Prospects, Preparations and Challenges towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution 08 June 2022 Jessore University of Science and Technology
8	Keynote Speaker Smart Project Management using Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 16 May 2023 Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh
9	Keynote Speaker AI in Higher Education 06 June 2024 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
10	Panelist Sustainable Disruption INFOCOM 2024 24 May 2024 The Westin, Dhaka, Bangladesh
11	Keynote Speaker কাঙ্ক্ষিত শিক্ষার জন্য শিক্ষক: প্রেক্ষাপট বাংলাদেশ National Program of World Teachers Day 05 October 2023 Osmani Memorial Auditorium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
12	Keynote Speaker Inclusion of Women in Smart Bangladesh BASIS Soft Expo 2023 23 February 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh
13	Keynote Speaker Empowering Girls through ICT Education: Where Do We Stand? The annual Women in Informatics Research and Education - European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics (WIRE-EUGAIN) Workshop 27 October 2021 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
14	Panelist Make Locally, Sell Globally Digital Device and Innovation Expo (DDIExpo 2021) 12 April 2021 ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh (Held online)
15	Keynote Speaker Robotics and IOT in Bangladesh: Status, Scopes, Prospects and Challenges 08 April 2021 System and Training Department, ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh (Held online)
16	Invited Talk Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women through Technology International Conference on Strategies to Embed Sustainability and Women Leadership in the Higher Education: A Contest of South Asian Countries 31 March 2021 Center for Sustainable Development Studies, UK (Held online)
17	Invited Talk The Future of Robotics Technology in Elderly Health Care 2nd International Conference on Robotics, Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques (ICREST 2021) 07 January 2020 American International University Bangladesh
18	Invited Talk The Role of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals International Conference on Impact of Covid 19 on Sustainability and Geo-politics: A South Asian Perspective 17 December 2020 Center for Sustainable Development Studies, UK (Held online)
19	Keynote Speaker Present and Future of Robotics Digital Device and Innovation Expo (DDIExpo 2019), ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh.
20	Keynote Speaker Research Applications in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Emerging Technologies 19 July, 2020 Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India (Conducted online).
21	Keynote Speaker Role of Robotics in the COVID-19 Affected World 23 June, 2020 IEEE Student Branch Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Technology for Women, Kerala, India (Conducted online).
22	Keynote Speaker Role of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence to fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic 10 June, 2020 Women Tech Global Conference 2020 (Conducted online).
23	Keynote Speaker Control System Analysis and Design by Root-Locus Method 31 January, 2019 South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
24	Keynote Speaker Challenges of Women Engineering Professionals in Bangladesh 03 September, 2018 AABEA Biennial Convention 2018. New York, USA.
25	Keynote Speaker Breaking the Barriers 09 June, 2018 Kyungsung University, Busan, South Korea.
26	Panelist The current state and future outlook of Artificial intelligence and robotics in rehabilitation 06 March, 2020 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Sri Lanka Section Chapter, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
27	Panelist Workshop on Coding for a Social Change 09 January, 2020 St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad, India (Conducted online).
28	Keynote Speaker The Future of Robotics Technology Startup Bangladesh, ICT Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh.
29	Keynote Speaker Robotics and Its Prospects in Bangladesh Mujib Borsho IT Carnival 2020, Dhaka International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
30	Keynote Speaker Challenges towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution National Conference on Electronics and Informatics 2019, Bangladesh Electronic Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
31	Keynote Speaker Women in Leadership Women Empowerment Summit 2020, Bangladesh Innovation Forum, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
32	Keynote Speaker National Workshop on IOT and Robotics 2019 Feni University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
33	Keynote Speaker Robotics and Artificial Intelligence – Bangladesh: Applications in Business and Industry Automation BASIS SoftExpo 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
34	Panelist Tech Session on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and their Impact on Fourth Industrial Revolution BASIS SoftExpo 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
35	Panelist The Future of Work and Skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution INFOCOM 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
36	Panelist Heralding into a New Era with Robotics and Automation Global Engineering Technology Forum 2019, The Economic Times, India
37	Panelist Bridging University and BPO Industry Job Skills Requirement BPO Summit 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
38	Panelist Challenges and Opportunities for Women in ICT BASIS SoftExpo 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
39	Panelist *Tech Women Conference* BASIS SoftExpo 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
40	Panelist *Local and Global Opportunities in ICT industry* Girls in ICT 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	Association for Computing Machinery		2021
2	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)		2019
3	IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)	Senior Member	2012
4	Bangladesh Women in Technology		2010	Life Time
5	Internet Society Bangladesh Chapter		2011	Life Time
6	Bangladesh Computer Society	Fellow	2014	Life Time
7	Robotics Society of India		2017	Life Time
8	IEEE Technical Committee on VLSI		2017
9	IEEE Green ICT Community		2017
10	IEEE Women in Engineering		2015
11	IEEE Circuits and Systems Society		2012
12	IEEE Computer Society		2017
13	IEEE Robotics and Automation Society		2017

Book Section
1	Agnieszka Andrychowicz-Trojanowska, Inge De Waard, Lafifa Jamal and Chee Kin Boey "Universities’ Longevity in AI-Driven Ecosystems Anno 2060: Strategic Preparation of Universities for Future AI-Driven Sustainable Ecosystems”." Universities’ Longevity in AI-Driven Ecosystems Anno 2060: Strategic Preparation of Universities for Future AI-Driven Sustainable Ecosystems. Singapore: Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF), 2024 69-76 . View More
2	Sujan Sarker, Sejuti Rahman, Tonmoy Hossain, Syeda Faiza Ahmed, Lafifa Jamal and Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad "Skeleton-Based Activity Recognition: Preprocessing and Approaches." Contactless Human Activity Analysis. Editor: Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Upal Mahbub, Tauhidur Rahman Springer, Cham, 2021 43-81 . View More
3	Lafifa Jamal, Md. Masbaul Alam Polash, M. A. Mottalib and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "On the Compact Designs of Low Power Reversible Decoders and Sequential Circuits." Progress in VLSI Design and Test. Editor: Hafizur Rahaman, Sanatan Chattopadhyay, Santanu Chattopadhyay Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2012 281-288 . View More

Journal Article
1	Tasnia Jahan, Tomoshree Dash, Shifat E Arman, Reefat Inum, Sharnali Islam, Lafifa Jamal, Ahmet Ali Yanik and Ahsan Habib : Deep learning-driven forward and inverse design of nanophotonic nanohole arrays: streamlining design for tailored optical functionalities and enhancing accessibility, Nanoscale (impact factor:5.8) , vol.16 , no.35 Royal Society of Chemistry , pp.16641--16651 , 2024 . View More
2	Riad Ahmed, Raiyaan Abdullah and Lafifa Jamal : STPT: Spatio-Temporal Polychromatic Trajectory Based Elderly Exercise Evaluation System, IEEE Access (impact factor:3.476) , vol.11 IEEE , pp.37958-37975 , 2023 . View More
3	Raiyaan Abdullah, Riad Ahmed and Lafifa Jamal : A Novel IOT-Based Medicine Consumption System for Elders, SN Computer Science , vol.3 , no.6 , 2022 . View More
4	Nova Ahmed, Arshad M. Chowdhury, Tamanna Urmi and Lafifa Jamal : Impact of Socio-Economic Factors on Female Students’ Enrollments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and Workplace Challenges in Bangladesh, American Behavioral Scientist (impact factor:3.686) , vol.67 , no.9 SAGE , pp.1104-1121 , 2022 . View More
5	Sujan Sarker, Lafifa Jamal, Syeda Faiza Ahmed and Niloy Irtisam : Robotics and artificial intelligence in healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (impact factor:4.3) , vol.146 Elsevier , pp.103902 , 2021 . View More
6	Mahamudul Hasan, Falguni Roy, Tasdikul Hasan and Lafifa Jamal : A Comprehensive Collaborating Filtering Approach using Extended Matrix Factorization and Autoencoder in Recommender System, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA) (impact factor:1.324) , vol.10 , no.6 , pp.505-513 , 2019 . View More
7	Mingliang Ge, Caiping Zhu, Zhuangzhuang Xi, Guodong Liang, Guoqing Hu, S. M. Jahangir Alam and Lafifa Jamal : Preparation and Characterization of Magadiite-Magnetite Nanocomposite with Its Sorption Performance Analyses on Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions, Journal of Polymers (impact factor:4.329) , vol.11 , no.4 , pp.607 , 2019 . View More
8	Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Wladimir Korejba, Jan Hoinkis, Alberto Figoli, Enrico Drioli, Rafiqul Islam and Lafifa Jamal : Design and testing of a pilot-scale submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) for textile wastewater treatment,, Springer Journal of Applied Water Science (impact factor:3.874) , vol.9 , no.3 , pp.59 , 2019 . View More
9	Bandan Bhoi, Neeraj Kumar Misra, Lafifa Jamal and Manoranjan Pradhan : Low-Cost Synthesis Approach for Reversible Authenticator Circuits in QCA Environment, The International Journal of Nanoelectronics and Materials (impact factor:1.880) , vol.12 , no.2 , pp.205-220 , 2019 . View More
10	Mingliang Ge, Zhuangzhuang Xi, Caiping Zhu, Guodong Liang, Yinye Yang, Guoqing Hu, Lafifa Jamal and Jahangir Alam S.M. : Adsorption Process and Properties Analyses of a Pure Magadiite and a Modified Magadiite on Rhodamine-B from an Aqueous Solution, Journal of Processes (impact factor:2.847) , vol.7 , no.9 , pp.565 , 2019 . View More
11	Md. Mejbaur Rahman, Md. Mofajjul Hossain, Lafifa Jamal and Sadia Nowrin : Designing of a Reversible Fault Tolerant Booth Multiplier, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research , vol.53 , no.3 , pp.199-204 , 2018 . View More
12	Nazma Tara, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu and Lafifa Jamal : Power efficient optimum design of the Reversible Plessey Logic Block of a field-programmable gate array, Elsevier Journal of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (impact factor:4.028) , vol.16 , pp.76-92 , 2017 . View More
13	Sadia Nowrin, Papiya Nazneen and Lafifa Jamal : Design of a Compact Reversible Read-Only-Memory with MOS Transistors, International Journal of VLSI Design & Communication Systems (impact factor:1.278) , vol.6 , no.5 , pp.69-84 , 2015 . View More
14	Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Nazir Saleheen, Lafifa Jamal, Sheikh Muhammad Sarwar and Tsutomu Sasao : Approach to Design a Compact Reversible Low Power Binary Comparator, IET Computers & Digital Techniques (impact factor:0.803) , vol.8 , no.3 , pp.129-139 , 2014 . View More
15	Lafifa Jamal, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu and Md. Masbaul Alam : An Efficient Approach to Design a Reversible Control Unit of a Processor, Elsevier Journal of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (impact factor:4.028) , vol.3 , no.4 , pp.286-294 , 2013 . View More
16	Md. Shamsujjoha, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu and Lafifa Jamal : Design of a Compact Reversible Fault Tolerant Field Programmable Gate Array: A Novel Approach in Reversible Logic Synthesis, Elsevier Journal of Microelectronics (impact factor:1.605) , vol.44 , no.6 , pp.519-537 , 2013 . View More
17	Lafifa Jamal, Md. Shamsujjoha and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu : Design of Optimal Reversible Carry Look-Ahead Adder with Optimal Garbage and Quantum Cost, The International Journal of Engineering and Technology , vol.2 , no.1 , pp.44-50 , 2012 . View More
18	Lafifa Jamal, Farah Sharmin, Md. Abdul Mottalib and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu : Design and Minimization of Reversible Circuits for a Data Acquisition and Storage System, The International Journal of Engineering and Technology , vol.2 , no.1 , pp.9-15 , 2012 . View More
19	Rubaia Rahman, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu : Design of Reversible Fault Tolerant Programmable Logic Arrays with Vector Orientation, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research , vol.1 , no.8 , pp.337-343 , 2011 . View More
20	Naimul Huda, Shahed Anwar, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu : Design of a Reversible Random Access Memory, Dhaka University Journal of Applied Science & Engineering , vol.2 , no.1 , pp.31-38 , 2011 .
21	Noor Muhammed Nayeem, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu : A Novel Fault Tolerant Reversible Gate and Its Application to Parity Preserving Adder Circuits, Dhaka University Journal of Applied Science & Engineering , vol.1 , no.2 , pp.77-88 , 2011 .
22	Ashis Kumer Biswas, Lafifa Jamal, Md. Abdul Mottalib and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu : Design of a Reversible Parallel Loading Shift Register, Dhaka University Journal of Applied Science & Engineering , vol.1 , no.2 , pp.109-113 , 2011 .
23	Mohammod Akbar Kabir, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Liakot Ali and Lafifa Jamal : Design of a High Performance Low Cost IC Tester - A Conceptual View, Dhaka University Journal of Science , vol.58 , no.1 , pp.63-66 , 2010 .
24	Noor Muhammed Nayeem, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu : Efficient Reversible Montgomery Multiplier and Its Application to Hardware Cryptography, Journal of Computer Science (Science Publications, USA) , vol.5 , no.1 , pp.49-56 , 2009 . View More
25	Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Lafifa Jamal, Muhammad Rezaul Karim and Abdullah Al Mahmud : Building Toffoli Network for Reversible Logic Synthesis Based on Swapping Bit Strings, Dhaka University Journal of Science , vol.55 , no.2 , pp.153-156 , 2007 .
26	Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Abdur Rahim Mustafa, Md. Sumon Shahriar, Lafifa Jamal and Mohammad Hamidullah Ahmad : An Improved Approach of Minimization of Multi-Valued Multi-Output Logic Expressions, Dhaka University Journal of Science , vol.54 , no.2 , pp.141-144 , 2006 .
27	Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Tanzeem Iqbal, Chowdhury Farhan Ahmed, Raquibul Hasan, Moinul Islam Zaber, Lafifa Jamal, Shahed Anwar and Mohammad Hamidullah Ahmad : An Optimal Design Method of a Multi-Valued PLA, Dhaka University Journal of Science , vol.54 , no.2 , pp.149-152 , 2006 .
28	Sujan Sarker, Lafifa Jamal, Syeda Faiza Ahmed and Niloy Irtisam : Robotics and artificial intelligence in healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (impact factor:3.12) , vol.146 Elsevier Inc. , pp.103902 , 2021 .
29	Nova Ahmed, Arshad M. Chowdhury, Tamanna Urmi and Lafifa Jamal : Impact of Socio-Economic Factors on Female Students’ Enrollments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and Workplace Challenges in Bangladesh, American Behavioral Scientist (impact factor:3.686) SAGE Publishing , 2022 . View More

Conference Proceedings
1	Mahamudul Hasan, Anika Nawar, M Saddam Hossain Khan and Lafifa Jamal "An IoT Based Smart System to Recommend Suitable Environment." Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence , pp. 163–167. Singapore: Association for Computing Machinery, 2020 . View More
2	Mohammad Shidujaman, Haipeng Mi and Lafifa Jamal "I trust you more: A Behavioral Greeting Gesture Study on Social Robots for Recommendation Tasks." International Conference on Image Processing and Robotics (ICIPRoB 2020) , pp. 1-5. Negombo, Sri Lanka: 2020 . View More
3	Zahan Zib Sarowar Dhrubo, Md. Ashiful Islam Hridoy, Lafifa Jamal, Sujan Sarker and Mohammad Shidujaman "Development of a Sign Language for Total Paralysis and Interpretation using Deep Learning." International Conference on Image Processing and Robotics (ICIPRoB 2020) , pp. 1-6. Negombo, Sri Lanka: 2020 . View More
4	Niloy Irtisam, Riad Ahmed, Mohammad Moniruzzaman Akash, Raiyaan Abdullah, Sujan Sarker, Sejuti Rahman and Lafifa Jamal "Pathfinder: A Fog Assisted Vision-Based System for Optimal Path Selection of Service Robots." 2020 Joint 9th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV) and 2020 4th International Conference on Imaging, Vision & Pattern Recognition (icIVPR) , pp. 1-6. Kitakyushu, Japan: 2020 . View More
5	Anika Nawar, Mahamudul Hasan, M Saddam Hossain Khan and Lafifa Jamal "An IoT Based Smart System to Recommend Suitable Environment." 6th International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI 2020) , pp. 163-167. Singapore: 2020 . View More
6	Md. Ehsan Shahmi Chowdhury, Nafiz Ahmed and Lafifa Jamal "A New Perspective in Designing an Optimized Fault Tolerant Reversible Multiplier." 2019 Joint 8th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV) and 2019 3rd International Conference on Imaging, Vision & Pattern Recognition (icIVPR) , pp. 274-279. Washington, USA: 2019 . View More
7	Lafifa Jamal, Munir Hasan and Mahbuba Sultana "Breaking the Barriers: Empowering Girls in ICT Education." 1st International Conference on Education in the Digital Ecosystem (ICEdDE 2019) , pp. 118-125. Sarawak, Malaysia: 2019 . View More
8	Lafifa Jamal and Md. Riaz Uddin "Towards Designing Optimized Low Power Reversible Demultiplexer for Emerging Nanocircuits." 31st IEEE International System on Chip Conference (SOCC 2018) , pp. 180-185. Arlington, Virginia, USA: 2018 . View More
9	Zarrin Tasnim Sworna, Mubin Ul Haque, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu and Lafifa Jamal "A Cost-Efficient LUT-Based BCD Adder Design." Future Technologies Conference 2017 (FTC 2017) , pp. 874-882. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: 2017 . View More
10	Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Lafifa Jamal, Sayanton Vhaduri Dibbo and Ashis Kumar Biswas "Area and Delay Efficient Design of a Quantum Bit String Comparator." IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2017) , pp. 51-56. Bochum, Germany: 2017 . View More
11	Zarrin Tasnim Sworna, Mubin Ul Haque, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Lafifa Jamal and Ashis Kumer Biswas "An Efficient Design of an FPGA-Based Multiplier Using LUT Merging Theorem." IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2017) , pp. 116-121. Bochum, Germany: 2017 . View More
12	Sadia Nowrin, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Design of an Optimized Reversible Bidirectional Barrel Shifter." International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS 2016) , pp. 730-733. Montreal, Canada: 2016 . View More
13	Sayanton Vhaduri Dibbo, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu and Lafifa Jamal "An Efficient Design Technique of a Quantum Divider Circuit." The IEEE International Symposium on Circuit and Systems (ISCAS 2016) , pp. 2102-2105. Montreal, Canada: 2016 . View More
14	Nazma Tara, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "An Efficient Approach to Design a Compact Reversible Programmable Logic Array." IEEE International Women in Engineering Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (WIECON-ECE 2015) , pp. 135-138. Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2015 . View More
15	Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Design and Implementation of a Reversible Central Processing Unit", ,." IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2015) , pp. 187-190. Montpellier, France: 2015 . View More
16	Sadia Nowrin, Lafifa Jamal and Humayra Tasnim "An Efficient Approach to Design A Reversible Signed Multiplier." IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2014) , pp. 1-6. Bangkok, Thailand: 2014 . View More
17	Lafifa Jamal, Md. Mushfiqur Rahman and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "An Optimal Design of a Fault Tolerant Reversible Multiplier." 26th IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC 2013) , pp. 37-42. Erlangen, Germany: 2013 . View More
18	Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu, Lafifa Jamal and Nazir Saleheen "An Efficient Approach for Designing a Reversible Fault Tolerant n-Bit Carry Look-Ahead Adder." 26th IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC 2013) , pp. 98-103. Erlangen, Germany: 2013 . View More
19	Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Efficient Approaches to Design a Reversible Floating Point Divider." IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013) , pp. 3004-3007. Beijing, China: 2013 . View More
20	Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu,, Md. Shamsujjoha, Lafifa Jamal and Ahsan Raja Chowdhury "Design of a Fault Tolerant Reversible Compact Unidirectional Barrel Shifter." 26th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID 2013) , pp. 103-108. Pune, India: 2013 . View More
21	Lafifa Jamal, Md. Masbaul Alam Polash, M. A. Mottalib and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "On the Compact Designs of Low Power Reversible Decoders and Sequential Circuits." 16th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT 2012) , pp. 281–288. Shibpur, India: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2012 . View More
22	Sajib Kumar Mitra, Lafifa Jamal, Mineo Kaneko and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "An Efficient Approach of Designing and Minimization of Reversible Programmable Logic Arrays." Great Lake Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI 2012) , pp. 215-220. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: 2012 . View More
23	Ankur Sarker, Tanvir Ahmed, S. M. Mahbubur Rashid, Shahed Anwar, Lafifa Jamal, Nazma Tara, Md. Masbaul Alam and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Realization of Reversible Logic in DNA Computing." IEEE 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics & Bioengineering (BIBE 2011), , pp. 261-265. Taichung, Taiwan: 2011 . View More
24	Farah Sharmin, Md. Masbaul Alam Polash, Md. Shamsujjoha, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Design of a Compact Reversible Random Access Memory." 4th IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT 2011) , pp. 103-107. Chengdu, China: 2011 . View More
25	Noor Muhammed Nayeem, Md. Adnan Hossain, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Efficient Design of Shift Registers Using Reversible Logic." International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSPS 2009) , pp. 474-478. Singapore: 2009 . View More
26	Noor Muhammed Nayeem, Md. Adnan Hossain, Md. Mutasimul Haque, Lafifa Jamal and Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Novel Reversible Division Hardware." 52nd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2009) , pp. 1134-1138. Cancun, Mexico: 2009 . View More
27	Elhum Nusrat, Abu Shohel Ahmed, Gazi Mushfiqur Rahman and Lafifa Jamal "SAGLET-Secure agent communication model." 11th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2008) , pp. 371-375. Khulna, Bangladesh: 2008 . View More
28	Angela Guidoreni, Annibal Scavarda, Gláucya Daú, Lafifa Jamal and Anderson Sant'Anna "The Healthcare Operations Management, Skill integration, Interprofessional Education, and curriculum Innovations: The Future is Now." 31st Annual Conference by Production and Operations Management Society (POMS 2021) Lima, Peru: 2021 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
National	Girls in ICT Day Award	2022		Girls in ICT Day Award 2020 for the contribution in ICT Sector in Bangladesh.
National	Ananya Shirsha Dosh Sammanana	2020	Bangladesh	Ananya Shirsha Dosh Sammanana 2020 in for the contribution in Technology field in Bangladesh.
Local	Begum Rokeya Award	2017		Begum Rokeya Award by Manabadhikar Jote for the contribution in Higher Education Sector of Bangladesh
Local	Dandy’s Power and Influence Award	2017		Dandy’s Power and Influence Award in the categories Educational Success and Women Empowerment
International	Best Paper Award	2015		Best Paper Award in VLSI, Circuits and Systems Track of IEEE International Women in Engineering Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
National	Prime Minister’s Research and Higher Studies Scholarship	2013		Prime Minister’s Research and Higher Studies Scholarship given by the Prime Minister’s Office, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for PhD Study in Computer Science and Engineering
Local	Ruqayyah Memorial Foundation Merit Scholarship	2000		Ruqayyah Memorial Foundation Merit Scholarship given by the Ruqayyah Memorial Foundation Trustee Board, University of Dhaka for outstanding result in B.Sc. Honours
Local	Best Organizer Award	1994		Best Organizer Award of Green for Peace, an environmental organization
National	Bangladesh Government Board Scholarship	1994		Bangladesh Government Board Scholarship for obtaining 8th place in Combined Merit List from Dhaka Board (Science Group) in HSC
National	Bangladesh Government Talent pool Scholarship	1989		Bangladesh Government Talent pool Scholarship in Junior Scholarship Examination
Local	Best Reader Award	1988		Best Reader Award for consecutive three years (1988-1990) in book reading competition organized by Bishwa Sahitya Kendra
National	Bangladesh Government Talent pool Scholarship	1986		Bangladesh Government Talent pool Scholarship in Primary Scholarship Examination

Name & designation Dr. Lafifa Jamal Professor

Department Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Email lafifa@du.ac.bd

Phone +88-02-9661900 Ext 8811