
Anastassia Gharib received the M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 2018. Her master’s thesis was nominated for the University Medal. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a research assistant at the Sensor Systems and Internet of Things (IoT) Laboratory, and a contract instructor at Carleton University. She is a 2021 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Voting Committee Member. She is a Chair of IEEE WIE Regional Coordinators Subcommittee, and a Member of IEEE WIE International Leadership Summits (ILS) and Awards & Recognitions Subcommittees. She is a Past Chair of IEEE WIE Ottawa Section. She is a reviewer for multiple IEEE journals and magazines. Previously, she has been a Chair of IEEE WIE Ottawa, which under her leadership received IEEE WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award, IEEE WIE Canada Group of the Year Award for Large Sections, and IEEE Ottawa Outstanding Affinity Group Award for the first time in the history, all in 2020. She has further been a Secretary and a Vice Chair of IEEE Young Professionals (YP) and WIE Ottawa in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Anastassia is the winner of Data Day 5.0 and the Teaching Excellence Award at Carleton University.