Prof. Marko Robnik Šikonja is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science , University of Ljubljana . As head of the Machine Learning and Language Technologies Laboratory , he leads research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, natural language processing, and network analytics. He has authored over 150 publications with more than 5000 citations on Google Scholar. Research Focus: Deep neural networks, model explanation, embeddings, ensemble learning, and interdisciplinary applications in healthcare (e.g., STRATIFYHF for heart failure detection) and digital humanities (e.g., Language Resources for Slovene ). Scientific Awards: ECML/PKDD 2019 Journal Track Reviewer Award 2018 Outstanding Research Achievement at University of Ljubljana 2015 Golden Medal for contributions to the university Key Projects: STRATIFYHF (2023-2027): AI for heart failure risk stratification EMBEDDIA (2019-2021): Cross-lingual embeddings for European news KAUČ (2016-2022): Slovene textbook quality improvement