She earned her Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Belgrade, Serbia, M.S. in Applied Mathematics from University of Illinois in Urbana .Champaign, USA, M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from NDSU. Prior to joining faculty at NDSU, Dr. Miljkovic worked for 12 years in the industry sector. Her research interests include mixture modeling, application of the EM algorithm, and Bayesian statistics.