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Biography

Amna Batool is a postdoctoral fellow at CSIRO's Data61. She is working on "AI Governance”, “Diversity and Inclusion in Artificial Intelligence" and "Requirements Engineering for Responsible Artificial Intelligence".

Previously, Amna was a Ph.D. researcher at Deakin University's Faculty of Information Technology. She was working on "Human-Device Interaction Behaviours in IoT (AI embedded) Collectives". During her last year of the Ph.D. program, Amna got selected for an International Education Resilience Fund to complete the project ‘Interaction Patterns for Human-Device Interaction Behaviour in IoT Devices’.

Amna has received the IEEE Victorian Section's "Best research poster award" as well as the Deakin HDR conference's "Best presentation award." She's also a faculty finalist in the 3MT competition. Amna has been an HDR representative for the School of IT at Deakin University, a STEM Sisters ambassador, and an IEEE member in addition to her own research. She was also a member of the ASE 2020 and Generate22 2022 organizing teams.

Academic Qualifications

  • 2023

    Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University

  • 2017

    Master of Science Software Engineering
    Staffordshire University, UK

  • 2015

    Bachelor of Science
    Open University, UK

Achievements and Awards

  • December 3, 2020-December 3, 2020

    Best Research Poster Award
    IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity & ISDAIOT

  • November 2020-November 2020

    Best Presentation Award
    Deakin University, Australia

  • November 2021-November 2021

    Faculty Finalist in the 3MT (3 Minute Thesis)
    Deakin University, Australia

  • November 2019-February 2023

    Higher Degree Research Scholarship
    Deakin University, Australia

  • February 2018-February 2018

    Best Teacher Award
    Al Bahar Al Ahmar International School, Saudi Arabia

  • August 2022-December 2022

    International Education Resilience Funded Project
    Deakin University, Australia & EXAPTEC, Australia

  • October 2021-October 2022

    STEM Sisters Ambassador
    STEM SISTERS, Australia

  • September 2021-September 2021

    Visualise Your Thesis
    Deakin University, Australia

Current Roles

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Responsible AI, AI Governance

  • Mentor STEM Sisters
    Mentoring female STEM students

Grants

  • August 2022-December 2022

    International Education Resilience, Australia

Professional Experiences

  • February 2019-February 2023

    Sessional Lecturer
    Deakin University, Australia

  • January 2022-March 2023

    Robotics (AIoT) Researcher
    EXAPTEC, Australia