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Zaineb GARCIA is a Professor at University of Lille, a researcher at Inria Lille (Delegation), a member of the Operational Research, Knowledge And Data (ORKAD) group at the CRIStAL laboratory, and a member of the Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation (Inifinite). She earned her HDR (qualification for supervising research) from the University of Paris-Saclay, France. Her research focuses on the development of reliable, explainable, privacy-preserving, and resource-efficient AI methods, with particular emphasis on emerging challenges related to Generative AI and foundation models in high-stakes domains. Her work lies at the intersection of AI, data-driven modelling, optimization, uncertainty and reasoning, privacy and security, and real-world applications, with a particular focus on healthcare and cybersecurity. Her research has been supported by European and national research programmes, as well as international and multi-partner collaborations. She has coordinated and contributed to several interdisciplinary research projects involving academic, clinical, and industrial partners. Her contributions have been recognised through several distinctions, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, the IEEE EHB Young Researcher First Prize, and the ACM-W Award. She has also been recognised as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Ambassador and Female Scientist Role Model, and selected among the most qualified young researchers for the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF 2017).