Bio
Marina L. Gavrilova is a Full Professor, a Research Excellence Chair and a Digital Worlds Co-lead with the Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies at the University of Calgary. She directs the Biometric Technologies Laboratory since 2003. Her publications include over 300 refereed articles, books and book chapters in the areas of machine learning, trustworthy and explainable AI, information fusion, data mining, and cybersecurity. She serves as a Found Editor-in-Chief of Transactions on Computational Science Journal, Springer and an Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Digital Human, Inderscience. As a globally renown award-winning researcher and educator, Dr. Gavrilova has given over 50 keynotes and invited lectures at major scientific gatherings worldwide, including Stanford University, Purdue University, Fordham University, Microsoft Research USA, Oxford University UK, Samsung Research South Korea, and Nanyan Technological University Singapore. Dr. Gavrilova is a passionat advocate of equity, diversity, and inclusion in academia, industry, and society.