Dr. Eleni Stroulia is a Professor in the Department of Computing Science, at the University of Alberta. Her research focuses on addressing industry-driven problems and interdisciplinary challenges, using AI and machine-learning methods. From 2011-2016, she held the NSERC/AITF Industrial Research Chair on Service Systems Management with IBM, and she has played leadership roles in multiple national and international projects. She has supervised more than 60 graduate students and PDFs, who have gone forward to stellar academic and industrial careers. Her excellence in mentorship has been recognized with a McCalla professorship (2018) and a Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring (2019). From 2020 to 2023, she led the University of Alberta's AI4Society Signature Area, and since 2021 she is serving as the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science.