Karina Gibert i Oliveras

Karina Gibert is a data scientist and researcher at the Technical University of Catalonia. She co-founded the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Center (IDEAI) in 2018 and was made director in 2021.

Education and career In 1990, Gibert was awarded an undergraduate degree in computer science from the Barcelona School of Informatics. She followed this with a master's in computer science in 1991. Gibert then gained her PhD from the Technical University of Catalonia in 1995, researching computational statistics and Artificial Intelligence.

Alongside heading up IDEAI, Gibert became dean of the Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia in 2023. and an expert on the Catalonia.AI strategic plan.

In 2022, Gibert was a guest editor for the Women in Artificial Intelligence special issue of the Applied Sciences journal. This provided a collection of AI research led by women, to bridge the gender gap in the field.

Recognition Karina Gilbert has been recognised for her work, winning various awards such as the Ada Byron Award 2022, the WomenTech Award 2023, and the National Award for Computer Engineering 2023.