She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Université René Descartes - Paris V (1994). Her research focuses on intelligent learning systems in biology and medicine, case-based reasoning, and data mining. She has served as Conference Chair at the International Conference on Case-based Reasoning (ICCBR) 2009 in Seattle and will serve as Program co-chair at ICCBR 2010. She has co-organized many workshops on Case-based Reasoning in the Health Sciences and on Data Mining in the Life Sciences. She has published over 90 scientific papers, has edited several journals special issues, and a book on Computational Intelligence in Healthcare.