Nataliya is a PhD student at the National Aerospace University (Kharkov, Ukraine). In 2003 she received her B.S. degree in Dedicated Computer Systems (Department of Radio Electronics) and in 2005 - her M.S. degree in Dedicated Computer Systems (Department of Radio Electronics) along with M.S. degree in Economics (Department of Economics and Management, National Aerospace University, Kharkov, Ukraine). In 2007 Nataliya also took a position of a PhD student at Stuttgart University (Stuttgart, Germany) where she currently works as full-time researcher.  Scientific interests include: critical computer systems reliability, application of evolutional algorithms to digital systems design, nano-scale systems. Interests beyond the scope of IT: literature, photography.