Consultation and Executive Experience:

• Scientific coordinator at CROUS under French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to help PhD students in all scientific fields. 2008-10.
• Teaching a course of ‘Medical Robotics’ to MS students and their project supervision at University of Paris-Est, 2006-07.
• Volunteer for the organization of Robotics Competitions at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2010, Anchorage, AL, USA.
• Internship of Robotic Surgery by Da Vinci Surgical System at Hospital Henri Mondor, France, June 2007.
• Internship in the field of “Algorithms and Security” at PRiSM lab of UVSQ during Feb 2005-Sept 2005, France.
• Organizer of the First Lego League Competitions at NUST.

Academic and Professional Experience:

Dr. Sohail Iqbal has 15 years of experience in academia with special interest to research and development. Before joining NUST-SEECS, he has worked as a scientific advisor in Experts software house, visiting faculty at University of Paris-Est, France, and assistant professors at Comsats, Wah. He worked with various European projects. He has authored 40+ research publications in ISI-indexed international journals and conferences. His current focus is on energy optimization in the smart grid and fuzzy control. He is an associate member of IEEE and served in the program committees of IEEE conferences.

• Head of Department of Computer Science at NUST-SEECS June 2014-Feb 2016.
• Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science NUST-SEECS since Aug 2011.
• Scientific coordinator at CROUS under French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to help PhD students in all scientific fields. 2008-10.
• Head of Core Computer Science group for OBE based learning and ABET accreditation.
• Volunteer for the organization of Robotics Competitions at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2010, Anchorage, AL, USA.
• Summer Internship of Robotic Surgery by Da Vinci Surgical System at Hospital Henri Mondor, France, 2007.