Amal Esmail Qasem received her bachelor's degree in Computer Science in 2010 from Hodiedah University, Yemen, and a Master's degree in Computer Science in 2019 from Kakatyia University, India. During her master's studies, she worked on a research project for Sentiment Analysis system that analysis the sentiment data related to Chitaniya postgraduate college from social media. She is currently working as a researcher with the ITAKA group, URV, Spain under the supervision of Dr. Aida Valls. The main goal of her Ph.D. thesis is to develop a machine learning-based system to predict the progression of Diabetic Retinopathy by integrating clinical, analytical, and retinal image-derived features.