Dr. Marko Horvat is an assistant professor at the Department of Applied Computing, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), the University of Zagreb. He holds MEng (1999), MSc (2007), and PhD (2013) degrees from FER, specializing in artificial intelligence and mobile computing. Before joining FER in 2008, he accumulated 10 years of industry experience as a software engineer, architect, project manager, and department manager. At FER, he has contributed to numerous national and EU scientific projects as a researcher, domain expert, and project leader. Between 2014 and 2020, he served as vice-dean for science, international cooperation, and new study programs at the Zagreb University of Applied Sciences. He actively serves on editorial boards of international journals and conference committees and regularly reviews academic programs, textbooks, and scientific projects. His research interests include applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated reasoning, knowledge representation, affective computing, the semantic web, and generative AI applications in education and advanced spellchecking. Currently, he leads research on humanitarian demining data observatories and next-generation educational systems. He is a senior member of IEEE, chairs the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Chapter (Croatia Section), serves on the IEEE Croatia Section Executive Board, and heads the Scientific Advisory Board of the Croatian Mine Action Center (HCR-CTRO).