She received a PhD in information technology and cognitive science from Carnegie Mellon University (USA). She specializes in computational intelligence, mathematical description of natural intelligence, and advanced methods of modeling, simulation, and decision making. She has published numerous papers at various top-tiered academic journals. Currently she is an associate editor of the Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, and serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing and International Journal of Electronic Banking.