Ms. Adriana KUMBARO GJONAJ, born in 1954 in Tirana, Albania. Her education: B.A. in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Automation (1986), both from the University of Tirana. She has worked in the Automation Dept. and Computer Science Department at the Polytechnic University of Tirana. From 2005 to 2009 she has worked at the Ministry of Education and Science as Deputy Minister. She has published a lot of scientific papers and books, has given presentations at International Conferences, has supervised Master and Ph.D. theses, has qualifications from different European institutions, and is a member of several scientific and professional boards and forums.