Tanzima Hashem, a Bangladeshi professor at
BUET, is one of the five women scientists from the
developing world
A developing country is a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreem ...
who won
Elsevier Foundation Awards in 2017. Her research focuses on maintaining
user privacy while location-based services are being accessed. She is also noted for organizing the first workshop in Bangladesh on women in computing in 2014.
Hashem graduated in computer science and engineering at BUET in 2004, earning a master's degree in 2006. She went on to obtain a doctorate from the
University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2011. She has also spent short periods in Melbourne from 2012 to 2017, working as an academic research visitor.
References
External links
Tanzima Hashem's profile from Research Gate
Living people
Bangladeshi women academics
Academic staff of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
University of Melbourne alumni
Bangladeshi women computer scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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