Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
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Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (Bengali: মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল; pronounced [muɦɔmmɔd dʒafor ikbal]; born 23 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, academic, activist and former professor of computer science and engineering and former head of the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).[1] He achieved his PhD from University of Washington. After working 18 years as a scientist at California Institute of Technology and Bell Communications Research, he returned to Bangladesh and joined Shahjalal University of Science and Technology as a professor of Computer Science and Engineering. He retired from his teaching profession in October 2018. He is considered one of Bangladesh's top science fiction writers.
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মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল | |
Born | (1952-12-23) 23 December 1952 (age 71) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Education | PhD in physics |
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Yasmeen Haque (m. 1978) |
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Website | Official Website |