Dean, Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Rubiyah Yusof is currently the Dean of Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur. Prior to that she was the director of Center for Artificial Intelligent & Robotics. She received her BSc. (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Loughborough, United Kingdom in 1983 and Masters Degree in Control Systems from Cranfield Inst. Of Tech., United Kingdom in 1986. She obtained her PhD in Control Systems from the University of Tokushima, Japan in 1994 where she received an outstanding award from the university for her research. She also received an award from NEC for her contribution in research. She is the co-author of the book “Neuro-Control and its Applications” published by Springer Verlag, in 1995 which was translated to Russian in 2001. She has also published more than 200 publications in journals and conferences.