Maribel received the Aggregated title (Habilitation) in Information Systems and Technologies from the University of Minho in 2012 and a Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies from the University of Minho in 2001. Maribel has a degree in Informatics and Systems Engineering and a MSc in Informatics both from the University of Minho (1991 and 1996, respectively). Her research interests include big data, business intelligence, and analytics, (spatial) data warehousing and mining and (spatio-temporal) data models.