Sanda Martinčić-Ipšić obtained her B.Sc. degree in Computer Science in 1994 from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics, and her M.Sc. degree in informatics from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economy in 1999. In 2007 she obtained a Ph.D degree in Computer Science from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. Dr. Martinčić-Ipšić currently works as full professor of Computer Science at the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Informatics and Digital Technologies. She is a leader of Language Networks research group, and the head of Laboratory for Natural Speech and Language processing at Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity at University of Rijeka. Her research interests include natural language processing, complex networks, data science and data analytics. She has published more than 120 scientific papers and books.