Benedita Malheiro is an associate professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), Technical University of Porto, and a senior researcher of the Centre of Robotics Autonomous Systems of the INESC TEC associated laboratory, both located in Porto, Portugal. She obtained a Ph.D. (2000), an M.Sc. (1993) and a five-year graduation (1988) in Electrical Engineering and Computers, all from the University of Porto. She works as an academic and researcher since 1989. Her research interests include Artificial Intelligence (data science and multi-agent systems), Computer Science (distributed systems) and Engineering Education. She is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence - Associação Portuguesa para a Inteligência Articial (APPIA), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Professional Association of Portuguese Engineers - Ordem dos Engenheiros.