Born on August 13, 1994, in Banda Aceh, she earned her Bachelor of Computer Science (S.Kom.) from the Department of Informatics at Universitas Syiah Kuala in 2016, and later pursued a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Informatics at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany, with a specialization in Intelligent Systems, which she completed in 2024.

During her master’s studies, Mauliana also took part in a DAAD project in the field of Human–Robot Collaboration, conducted at the Robotics Laboratory of the Mihajlo Pupin Institute in Belgrade, Serbia. Throughout her academic journey, she received several scholarships, including the DAAD–ACEH Scholarship of Excellence (2020–2022), a full scholarship for a two-year master’s program in Germany, as well as the Bidikmisi Scholarship from the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia, which fully supported her undergraduate studies for four years.

Mauliana has strong interests in artificial intelligence and digital technology development, with a particular focus on advancing intelligent and contextual interaction between humans and robots.