Nijolė Batarlienė – Professor, Doctor of Technological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Logistics and Transport Management of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH). In 1989, she obtained the qualification of an economist-mathematician at the Faculty of Economic Cybernetics and Finance of Vilnius University, and in 1995, she completed her master's studies at the Faculty of Transport Engineering of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. In 1999, she prepared and defended her doctoral dissertation in the field of technological sciences (transport engineering). In 2010, she completed the Habilitation procedure, presented a review of scientific works. Since 2000, she has been an Associate professor at the Department of Transport Management of the Faculty of Transport Engineering, and since 2011, a professor of the Department. Nijolė Batarlienė is the leader and executor of many scientific research works. She has written more than 150 scientific articles that have been published in various scientific, periodical journals and conference proceedings. Several publications (with co-authors) are related to Urban logistics. She has prepared 4 educational books, is a co-author of the collective monograph. Nijolė Batarlienė has written 4 textbooks: “Information transport systems” (2011), “Mathematical modeling of transport and logistics tasks” (2017), with co-author – “ Intelligent technologies in transport” (2020) and 2nd updated and supplemented edition (2024).