Dr. Craig Ramlal is the Head of the Control Systems Group and the Principal Investigator of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at the University of The West Indies. He serves on CARICOM’s Caribbean Telecommunications Union working group on Artificial Intelligence, the Caribbean Development Bank’s Sub-Technical Committee on IRC/RDA and served on the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Artificial Intelligence Advisory Body.

His impactful contributions include acting as a regional coordinator to develop open data strategies for Caribbean nations in collaboration with IDRC and NASA; serving as the principal investigator for developing ventilators, robotic systems, and decontamination strategies with officials from the Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago and researchers from the University of Florida, aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID-19. With Tallinn University, he implemented deep learning diagnostic tools for Estonia’s national grid and designed novel collaborative robotic systems with researchers from Rutger’s University. He has published several peer-reviewed journals and conference articles on novel intelligent systems and their applications.

Dr. Ramlal completed his BSc, MASc, and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering through a program split between the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His research focuses on Control Strategies, Artificial Intelligence, and Game Theoretic Systems.