Tania Yankova is a Professor of Quantitative Methods and Modelling at the University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski.” She received her Ph.D. from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the field of automation and automated design systems. Her research focuses on mathematical modelling across a range of scientific domains, including econometrics, big data analytics, optimization techniques, and operations research. Recently, her work has concentrated on decision-making processes, predictive modelling, and data mining methods for uncovering hidden patterns and relationships, as well as business intelligence.