Stefka Fidanova is Professor of Computer Science at Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include theory, methods, applications of combinatorial optimization and parallel algorithms. She heads the research group of Parallel Algorithms and Machine Learning. She has authored over 200 refereed journal, proceedings and collection papers, edited 13 proceedings, collections and special issues and written 2 monographs. She belongs to the editorial boards of several international journals. She has received the Career Award 2018 of Marie Curie Alumni Association of EU. She is listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in 2021.