Zainab Albujasim
Zainab Albujasim
Assistant Professor
Department
The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences
Education
PhD., Computer Science, Carleton University
M.S., Computer Science, Kentucky University
B.S., Computer Science, Babylon University
Biography
Dr. Zainab Albujasim is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Dakota State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carleton University and her M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky. Before joining Dakota State University, she taught at South Dakota State University and Valparaiso University. Her teaching experience emphasizes artificial intelligence and machine learning, along with programming languages, natural language processing, software engineering, and databases.
In addition to teaching, Dr. Albujasim is actively involved in research. Her research interests include machine learning, trustworthy and responsible AI, AI safety, fairness and bias, explainable AI, privacy-preserving AI, multimodal learning, healthcare AI, and Natural Language Processing. Her current research focuses on responsible AI, LLM safety and policy compliance, and multimodal AI applications in healthcare.
Contact
Office Location: East Hall
Phone: (605) 256-5838
Email
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- AI ethics and responsible AI
- Natural language processing
- Programming languages
- Software engineering
- Data structures
- Databases
- Theory of computation
- Machine learning and deep learning
- Healthcare AI
- Trustworthy and responsible AI
- Fairness and bias in AI
- Explainable AI
- Multimodal learning
- AI safety
- Privacy-preserving AI
- Natural language processing
- Graduate Scholarship, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, 2018–2021
- Academic Achievement Award for Undergraduate Studies, University of Babylon, 2007