Hiba Ovais Latifee

E-mail
Phone

: h.o.latifee@gmail.com
: +923328255213

Website:
LinkedIn:

www.hibalatifee.weebly.com
www.linkedin.com/in/hiba-latifee

Education
Bachelor of Engineering in
Computer and Information Systems Engineering

Jan 2012 Dec 2015

NED University of Engineering and Technology (NEDUET), Karachi Pakistan

CGPA: 2.801 out of 4
Final Research Project
Title: Wi-Fi and smartphone based indoor real-time localization system for merchandise advertisements
and emergency control
This project is a Wi-Fi based system that primarily utilizes the existing Wi-Fi network infrastructure. The system has
been tested to identify the location of the mobile phone equipped user in our university's lab area without any farreaching manual explanation. For this, a few novel mechanisms were employed, one of them being: averaging out the
RSSI values over three iterations to minimize the drastic multipath propagation of signals associated with Wi-Fi routers.
The distance acquired nullified the error significantly. This indoor localization systems accuracy is almost equivalent to
existing techniques that require arduous, costly methods for determining position indoors.

Higher Secondary School

Nov 2008 Aug 2010

BAMM PECHS Government College for Women, Karachi Pakistan

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examination of Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (Grade: A-1)
Pre-Engineering (Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics)

Secondary School

Aug 2006 Aug 2008

P.E.C.H.S. Girls' School Karachi Pakistan

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination of Board of Secondary Education, Karachi (Grade: A-1)
Science (Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)

Research Publications
1. Hiba Ovais Latifee, Sauleha Iqbal, Sundus Aslam and Muhammad Khurram, Wi-Fi indoor localization
system for merchandise advertisements and emergency control, 2016 IEEE International WIE
Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, accepted

GRE General Test

Test Date: 21st April 2016
Verbal Reasoning:
148
Quantitative Reasoning:
149
Analytical Writing:
3.5

Work Experience
Ephlux Pakistan

Dec 2015 Present

Software Engineer/ CX Solutions Engineer

As a Software Engineer:
Worked on developing a cloud connector for Samsung SAMI Cloud to connect smart devices to Oracle Service
Cloud using Groovy;
Developed self-servicing feature for customers on customers portal of the Oracle Service Cloud through
Oracle Policy Automation tool, Oracle Policy Modeling;
Created Workflows, Custom Objects for Oracle Service Cloud for Ephluxs Consumer Electronics and
Home Appliances CX solution.
As a CX Solutions Engineer:
Have thus far drafted up solutions for: 1) Ephlux's mobile field force application with Oracle Service Cloud; 2)
Ephlux's Oracle Service Cloud solution for consumer electronics and home appliances with Samsung SAMI IoT
Cloud for proactive servicing; 3) Ephlux's Hootsuite application for social media escalations monitoring integrated
with Oracle Service Cloud; 4) Integration of Oracle IoT Cloud Service with JD Edwards E1 Applications using IoT
Orchestrator; 5) Controlling & Servicing Devices through Oracle IoT Cloud, JD Edwards & Field Service Cloud;
Contributed in the drafting of the official Oracle Marketplace technical document for Ephlux's CX
solution;
Other responsibilities include: 1) Designing functional presentations; 2) Graphic designing (process flows, high
level architecture designs, solution overview diagrams, business processes, UML diagrams, etc.); 3) Conducting
webinars and writing blog posts for the aforementioned designed solutions.
Link: http://www.ephlux.com

Beaconhouse School System (BSS)

PECHS Karachi

Sept 2010 Sept 2010

Teacher

Taught Math, General Science, Social Studies and English to grade 5-6 students, and administered students'
activities as a class teacher;
Coached school's team for the Regional English Literary Recitals Competition.

Leadership Positions
Research Assistant/TrainerKoshish Foundation Research Lab, NED University of Engineering and Technology
May 2016 - Present

Taught core Java Programming skills and concepts to students at NED University's Koshish Foundation
Research Lab through a rigorous hands-on training program titled 'Java Programming 101 - Conceptualizing
Logic.' The program ended with a Final Poster Exhibition Day, where students put up their Java and Android
based projects and posters on which they presented before students and faculty members of NED University;

Chief Trainer in Robotics and Programming Training Workshops for grades 5-12 students, at the Robotics Lab
of Koshish Foundation Research Lab, NED University;

Finished working on an Electronic Assistive Mobility Cane for blind persons (started in September 2016).

Deputy Webmaster Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering (WIE) Region 10
March 2016 - Present
Chairperson Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering (WIE) NEDUET Student Branch
Affinity Group
Feb 2013 - March 2014
As an IEEE-WIE Chairperson, I initiated, administered and organized ventures in order to promote, empower and
inspire women into engineering and technology in Pakistan.
Our IEEE WIE-NEDUET reports were published 7 times in the IEEE WIE International Newsletter, 3 times in
the IEEE Region 10 Newsletter and twice in the IEEE Karachi Section Newsletter;
On October 28, 2013 at the IEEE Pakistan Student/GOLD/WIE Congress 2013, was bestowed with the
"Outstanding WIE Affinity Group of Pakistan" award on behalf of the quality of activities and events conducted by
my affinity group at NEDUET;
Became only the second IEEE WIE member hailing from Pakistan who was invited by IEEE WIE Global
Committee to hold a solo on-line live global chat along with the likes of IEEE President-elect, IEEE WIE Region
10 Coordinator, IEEE WIE Global Chair etc., to share the IEEE WIE journey to a successful leadership;
On the basis of the services to IEEE WIE in inspiring women to a career in engineering and technology, was
offered a lucrative grant to travel all the way to the United States of America to attend the inaugural IEEE WIE
International Leadership Conference (WIE-ILC), held in May 2014 as a WIE student ambassador from Pakistan.
Became one of the first Pakistanis to have been honoured with such a feat;
On October 26, 2014 at the IEEE Pakistan Student/YP/WIE Congress (IEEE PSYWC) 2014, was bestowed
with the "Outstanding WIE Affinity Group Chair of Pakistan" award for the quality of activities and events
conducted throughout as the WIE chairperson;

On June 23, 2016, was bestowed with the annual 2016 IEEE Women in Engineering Inspiring Student
Member of the Year Award in recognition of having consistently demonstrated excellence in the efficiency,
productivity and, quality of IEEE WIE programs and activities at my own university since 2013.

Core Committee Member IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit

Jan 2015 - Sept 2015
Planned and handled the registrations of the inaugural IEEE WIE International Leadership Summit in 2015.

IEEE Student-Teacher and Research Engineer/Scientist (STAR) Coordinator from IEEE Karachi Section IEEE Pakistan WIE Forum
Oct 2013 - Present

Organized and volunteered in STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology and Math) outreach programs to
motivate girls to pursue STEM as a career and to inspire them into becoming competent leaders of tomorrow
at Foundation Public School for A' Levels, and Shaheed e Millat Governent Degree College For Women,
Karachi;

Conducted and presented on a session titled "Women in Coding" in the IEEE PSYWC 2014 at FAST
University, Lahore on 26th October 2014 to spur an impulsive interest in computer programming and coding
in Pakistani women;

Worked in a Social Interaction Program (SIP) in collaboration with IEEE Lahore Section on 25th October 2014.
This activity was aimed towards helping the IEEE volunteers to see bitter harsh realities of life and provide them
an opportunity to think about the welfare of socially neglected individuals. IEEE volunteers were able to think
beyond limits, outside the box to solve real life problems and this project also carved the young individuals who
were a part of the program into better, mature and responsible human beings of the society;
On November 12, 2015 was bestowed with the "2015 IEEE Region 10 Women in Engineering Volunteer
Award (Student)" on behalf of the fulfillment of the IEEE WIE vision of inspiring, engaging, encouraging and
empowering IEEE women worldwide throughout the WIE volunteering activities.

Chief Technical Officer NED University of Engineering and Technologys campus startup - CycleYaari
Jan 2015 - Present

Professional Affiliations
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)

Engineering - Skills and Expertise

Mechatronics/Robotics
Following encapsulates my experience in Mechatronics and Robotic Design:

Programming using Arduino microcontrollers;

Implementing systems using passive components (resistors, capacitors, etc.), Vero boards and breadboards;
Creating highly amalgamated ADCs and DACs with sensors and mechanisms;
Using important tools like eMachineShop and Linkage Designer and Simulator;
Soldering and packaging (mobility-centric) projects;
Projects developed so far:
1. Motor controller for an overhead tank, to control the speed and direction of a DC motor through keypad
strokes and displaying the speed and direction of the motor on an LCD screen;
2. A 2-DOF solar sensing mechanism, capable of moving in two independent axes in correspondence with
light intensity;
3. RGB colour generator, using four LEDs and four potentiometers to control the intensity of each LED to
generate different colour hues and tints;
4. Water level detector, using ultrasonic sensors, beepers, servo motor and Meccano set's joints;
5. Intruder alert hitting machine, using ultrasonic sensors, servo motor (for achieving directional
mechanism) and Meccano set's joints;
6. Hand-gesture motor controlling, using ultrasonic sensors and a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) to
control the speed (sensor) and direction (LDR) of a DC motor;
7. An automatic night lamp, using an LDR, some LEDs and a transistor;
8. Mechanical grippers.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Have just started working on developing a famous AI-based game, Wumpus World, as a way to learn more
about AI.

Web Development
PHP:

1. Developed a website for all things Suduko puzzles, titled Sudoku Extravaganza. Features included:

Players sign up/sign in, Easy to Difficult levels of Sudoku puzzle games, verification of moves, checking
for hints and saving games to resume later, saving player's scores with game levels, a weekly leader
board based on the scores of all the players;
2. Developed a database-centric PHP/MySQL project, titled Task Manager for a Software House. Features
included: Managing the tasks of all the employees in a software house, enlisting tasks, their deadlines
and deliverables, their starting and end dates and the status of the tasks, different views for tasks based
on the type of employees, the type of tasks and the date of tasks.
Wordpress: Developed a website (without acquiring hosting services), with basic plugins and layout, in order
to get familiarized with WordPress.
HTML/XML: Have been working with HTML since high school in the following areas:
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Writing HTML scripts for developing static websites;

Developing many standalone and integrated (for PHP and Android layouts) HTML scripts;
Using HTML as a User Interface (UI) designing utility;
Working on XML as an encapsulation tool for data transfer and as a UI designing utility (for Android
applications) in my university.

Webservices: At undergrad, have worked in:

1. Creating webservices in the .NET Framework (asp.net);
2. Consuming already available webservices using the same platform.
Digital Art and Creative Design

Sketching up digital art and designs using Adobe Photoshop CS6 tool and PicMonkey.com;
Currently pursuing a course from California Institute of Arts on Fundamentals of Graphic Designing.
Assignments done thus far: Denotative image making, connotative image-making, typography lexicon.

Extracurricular Activities
Public Speaking
Participated in my school's Annual English Elocution Contest throughout my school life from January 1998 to
August 2008. Won as the winner or runner up in the years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007;
Represented my university, NEDUET at the All Pakistan Bilingual Declamation Competition in 2012 at
Cadet College Petaro, Sindh in the English Declamation Category. Bagged the "Best Team award" for NEDUET;
Participated in the English Literary Recitals Competition held at NEDUET. Won first and second prizes in 2012
and 2013 respectively;
Was nominated from my high school to represent my institution at the Board Of Intermediate Education
Karachi (BIEK) Bilingual Debate Competition held in March 2009. Was selected as one of the top 5
debaters in the English category who qualified for the second round of the competition;
Stood first in English category in the preliminary rounds of Allama Iqbal Shield Debate Competition in the
years 2012 and 2013. After having qualified for the next round (Sindh Regional round), was awarded a cash
prize of Rs. 3000 PKR each year;

Participated in the Rotaract Parliamentary Style Debating Championship (ROTATE 2.0) in January 2013. Out
of 5 debating rounds, my team won in 4. Also won the "Best Speaker" award in two consecutive rounds;
Have represented NEDUET at our annual Bilingual Declamation Competition held every year as the prime
English debater who opens the house in the competition.

Model United Nations (MUN)

Participation

NED University MUN (NEDMUN), 2012;

City School PAF Chapter MUN (PAFMUN), 2013 - Best Delegate award winner;

Iqra University MUN (IUMUN), 2013 and 2014 - Best Delegate award winner.

Secretariat
DA Public School Model United Nations (DAPMUN), 2015 - Chairperson of one of the committees;
NED University MUN (NEDMUN), 2015 - Under Secretary General, chief trainer of NEDMUN society,
chairperson of one of the specialized agencies;
Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology Model United Nations (KIETMUN), 2015 - Chairperson of one of
the committees;
NED University MUN (NEDMUN), 2016 - Secretary General, chief trainer of NEDMUN society.
Quiz Competitions
International School Educational Olympiad, 2008: General Knowledge Quiz Competition - Gold medalist;
All Pakistan Photography, Media and Web Design Competition 2008: Won the General Knowledge Quiz
competition and was awarded a cash prize worth Rs. 30,000 PKR.
Sports
PECHS Girls' School, 2005-2008 - Captain of school's main volley ball and cycling teams;
Board of Secondary Education Karachi's (BSEK) Annual Sports event, 2008 - Heptathlete, won in the long jump
and the javelin throw events.
Student Body Council
Stood for the post of School Head Girl in the student body elections of PECHS Girls' School in May 2007.
Campaigned rigorously for the post and lost the elections by a small margin;
Was nominated to lead the school's "Water" house as the House Captain from May 2007 to May 2008. During
my tenure, organized a bake sale, a fund raiser and coached my house members for the annual sports day.
Miscellaneous

After intermediate studies from PECHS College for Women, applied for admission in A' Levels schools in
Karachi. After intensive interview rounds, got accepted to study at the Saint Patrick's High School Karachi,
Beaconhouse School System (on 50% scholarship), Cordoba School for A' Levels Karachi (on 100%
scholarship);

International School Educational Olympiad, 2007: Photography Competition - Honorary Mention;

Volunteered for the Foundation for a Drug-free World, USA in bringing awareness regarding substance
abuse in Pakistan. Gave talks regarding the adverse consequences of substance abuse;

Have been voluntarily coaching NEDUET students in the ambit of public speaking since 2013 for Model
United Nation conferences and World Schools Style Debating Championships.