Valentina PlekhanovaValentina Plekhanova is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at the School of Computing, Engineering and Technology at the University of Sunderland, UK. Plekhanova holds a MSc/MPhil in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Mechanics from the Novosibirsk Stat University, Academgorodok, Russia. Her PhD is in Application of Computer Technology, Mathematical Modelling and Mathematical Methods in Scientific Research, from the Institute of Information Technologies and Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include engineering the cognitive processes, learning processes, machine learning, knowledge engineering, modelling intelligence in software systems, quantitative software project management, software process analyses and process improvement. Read More Read Less