Petra Heck studied computer science at Eindhoven University of Technology and holds a PhD from Delft University of Technology (Quality of Just-in-Time Requirements). She’s been working in IT since 2002 and as a lecturer in software engineering at Fontys UAS since 2012. In 2019, she started a postdoc research on the topic of AI engineering: “How to build production-ready AI systems?” In 2025, she is appointed Associate Professor “AI & Software Engineering”, which also includes research into “How to use AI to build production-ready systems?” Petra is part of the Fontys-wide Centre of Expertise AI for Society, involved in applied AI engineering projects, such as “Van sensoren naar zorg”.