With a background in automation engineering, Manuela embarked on her data science journey by enrolling in the Applied Data Science Master´s Program at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in 2021. Since March 2023, she works as a data scientist in the Data, Analytics & Digitalization Team at Infineon Technologies Austria AG where she is currently writing her Master’s Thesis. Her research focuses on the field of detecting anomalies in semiconductor manufacturing equipment data.