Dr. Fadratul Hafinaz Hassan is a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree in Computer Science (CS) in 2013 from the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University, West London. Her research includes the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for pedestrian simulation and spatial layout optimization. She has co-authored over 30 publications and secured 11 research grants; 6 as principal investigators and 5 grants as co-investigators. Currently her research involved studying pedestrian simulation models in the urban planning domain with the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, Australia and University of Lyon 1, France.