Prof. Dr. Maria Virvou is a Professor of Software Engineering and Chair of the Department of Informatics at the University of Piraeus, Greece. She completed her Ph.D. studies in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom (UK). She has authored and co-authored over 400 publications in journals, books, and international conferences. She is a co-founder and co-chair of the IEEE Intelligent Information Systems and Applications (IISA) International Conference series and a member of the Senate of the University of Piraeus. Her research interests are in software engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) in educational software and games.