Dušanka Bošković

Dušanka Bošković received her degrees from the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Before joining the University she was working on software development for embedded systems for Energoinvest – Institute for Computer and Information Systems IRIS. She is teaching human computer interaction and biomedical engineering. In addition to teaching and research, she has been engaged in several projects promoting accreditation activities to improve quality of engineering education in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dušanka has been an active IEEE volunteer in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Section since its establishment in 2005. She was founding Chair for the IEEE Affinity Group of Women in Engineering in the Section and worked on projects to raise interest of young high school students for engineering professions. She was regularly involved in many students and Young Professionals activities. After serving for two consecutive terms as Bosnia and Herzegovina Section Chair 2011-2014, Dušanka was engaged as Section Treasurer since 2015. Her engagement was recognized on regional level and she was elected IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Africa, and Middle East) Vice Chair for Member Activities 2015-2016.

Dušanka is the founding President of the Assembly for the Society for Medical and Biological Engineering in Bosnia and Herzegovina (DMBIUBIH). She is continually involved and dedicated to the activities of this highly motivated and engaged group of multidisciplinary professionals. She was Scientific Committee member for the Society’s conference CMBEBIH 2015, lecturer at the Summer Biomedical School in Bosanska Krupa in 2016, and the Co-Chair for the CMBEBIH 2017.