Galina Merkurjeva (Merkuryeva) is a professor and leading researcher at the Institute of Information Technology at Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia. She holds Dr.sc.ing. (1984, in Fuzzy Decision Making) and Dr.habil.sc.ing. (2003, in Simulation Metamodelling and Optimization) degrees. Research interests: artificial intelligence, simulation engineering and modeling, simulation metamodeling and optimization, data-driven modeling and simulation, and logistics and supply chain management. Author of more than 210 publications, including 6 monographs, 7 edited proceedings and 6 book chapters, as well as more than 20 articles in international scientific journals - Fuzzy Sets & Systems, Cybernetics & Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Simulation, Technical Cybernetics, Studies in Informatics and Control, Process Modelling and Simulation, and the International Journal of Computational Science. She holds the title of Professor at RTU, since 2004, Latvia; Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Ljubljana, 2005-2010, Slovenia; Emeritus Professor of RTU; Latvian State Emeritus Scientist; included in the list of the most significant achievements of Latvian science by the Latvian Academy of Sciences in 2014.