Sonja Gievska was born in 1963 in Skope. She received her bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Macedonia in 1986. She holds master degree in Computer Science from the University of Zagreb, Croatia since 1993. She received her D.Sc. degree in computer science from the George Washington University , Washington, DC, USA. She worked at the Computer Science Department, University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia from 1990-2011. She was appointed an assistant professor in 2005. At present, she is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, Macedonia. She spent the last 15 years at the Computer Science Department, the George Washington University, first as a doctoral student (1997-2003) and later as a Visiting Scholar (2005-2009). During that period, she thought courses at undergraduate and graduate level, and participated in several research projects financed by US government agencies. Her research interests are in the area of intelligent agent-based user interfaces, smart spaces and context awarenessand educational interactive multimedia systems. She is an author of more than fifty scientific papers published in international journals and proceedings of international conferences and workshops. 

Born in 1985 in Kumanovo. Got his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies in Skopje in 2008, on the Informatics and Computer Engineering study programme. Got his Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree from the same faculty in 2010, on the Computer Networks and E-Technologies study programme, with a master thesis in the field of Semantic Web technologies. In 2016 he got his Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) from the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, with a doctoral dissertation in the field of Linked Data. During the course of his education, he’s been continuously rewarded for successful results.

He worked at the Institute for Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies in Skopje from 2008 - 2011, as a demonstrator. He was elected as a junior teaching and research assistant on the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering in Skopje in 2011, and as a teaching and research assistant in 2014. In 2017 he was elected as an assistant professor, and in 2022 as an associate professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering in Skopje. His educational and teaching activities include courses on the subjects of operating systems, e-commerce, management information systems, DevOps and web-based systems.

He has participated in 9 international and 26 domestic scientific research projects. As part of his scientific research activities, he has published around 60 scientific papers as an author and a co-author. He has co-authored three books. His scientific research is currently focused on Knowledge Graphs, Linked Data, Data Science, Open Data and the Semantic Web.

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Aleksandra Popovska-Mitrovikj was born in 1979 in Skopje. She received bachelor and master degrees in Informatics in 2003 and 2009 at the Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje. In 2014, she defended her PhD thesis in the field of coding theory and cryptography at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering. In 2004 she received an award from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius  University in Skopje for graduation with the highest average grade at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in the academic year 2002/03.

She started working at the Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in 2002, as a demonstrator, and in 2006 as a junior assistant. In 2011, she continued working as an assistant at the Faculty of Computer Sciences and Engineering.  In the period of 2015 – 2019 she has been working as an assistant professor, 2019 – 2024 as an associate professor, and since May 2024, as a professor at Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, "Ss.Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje.

She was a participant/coordinator in several international and national scientific projects. She is an author of many scientific papers published in journals and proceedings of international conferences. Her research interest are in the field of coding theory, cryptography, information theory, blockchain technology.

Hristina Mihajloska is born in 1985 in Ohrid, Macedonia. She graduated from the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Department of Informatics in Skopje in 2008. In 2011 got her Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree from the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (FINKI) in Skopje, on the TEMPUS program in Software Engineering. Her master thesis is in the field of Symmetric Cryptography, titled “Analysis and construction of optimal S-boxes for block ciphers with quasigroups" supervised by Danilo Gligoroski, a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. In March 2017, she got her Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) from the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, with a doctoral dissertation in the field of Cryptography, titled “Lightweight Cryptography from the Theory of Quasigroups Perspective” supervised by prof. Gligoroski.
During her studies, she was continually awarded for her achievements.

After graduating she was employed as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Department of Informatics in Skopje. Since 2011, she is working as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering in Skopje. Her work as a teaching assistant includes preparation and teaching of auditory and laboratory exercises for courses such as programming, algorithms and data structures, operating systems, software quality, and testing, cryptography, and information security.

She is participating in a number of international and domestic scientific research projects. As a part of her scientific research activities, she has participated in numerous scientific conferences, workshops, and summer schools. She is an author and co-author of many scientific research papers. She got a number of scientific visits at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. She took a part in the world competition for authenticated encryption CAESAR, as one of the authors of the π-Cipher candidate. Currently, her research is focused on authenticated encryption, the design of lightweight ciphers, and provable security in the field of symmetric cryptography.