Davide La Torre Editor

Davide La Torre, PhD, HDR, is a Mathematician, Researcher, and University Professor. Currently he holds the position of Full Professor and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Institute at SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis Campus, France. His research and teaching interests include Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Business Analytics, Mathematical and Statistical Modelling, and Operations Research.

Francesco Paolo Appio, PhD, HDR, is Full Professor of Innovation at Paris School of Business (Paris, France). His research is interdisciplinary in nature and mainly revolves around the impact of the digital transformation on innovation at multiple levels (ecosystems, city, organization, teams), taking into account different perspectives such as sustainability, socio-technical systems, technological change, and innovation capabilities.

Hatem Masri is professor of business analytics and dean of the college of business administration at the university of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. He received a PhD in management science in 2004 and Master in operations research in 1999 from the university of Tunis, Tunisia. His research interests include business analytics, supply chain management, financial engineering, and Islamic finance. Hatem is president of the African Federation of Operational Research Societies, founder of the INFORMS Bahrain International Group, general secretary of the Tunisian Decision Aid Society, member of INFORMS and IEEE and volunteer/mentor with the AACSB.

Francesca Lazzeri, PhD, is an experienced scientist and machine learning practitioner with over 12 years of both academic and industry experience. She is author of the book "Machine Learning for Time Series Forecasting with Python" (2020, Wiley) and many other publications, including technology journals and conferences. She is Principal Cloud Advocate Manager at Microsoft, where she leads an international team of cloud developer advocates and engineers, managing a large portfolio of customers in the research/academic/education sector and building intelligent automated solutions on the cloud. She also teaches Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python at Columbia University. Before joining Microsoft, she was a research fellow at Harvard University in the Technology and Operations Management Unit.

Francesco Schiavone is an associate professor at the Department of Management and Quantitative Sciences (DISAQ), Parthenope University of Naples. He is also adjunct professor at Catholic University of Sacred Hearth in Rome and affiliated professor at Paris School of Business (France). Francesco does research in Innovation and Technology Management, Marketing of Innovation, and Healthcare Management. He is currently work on the "patient innovation", "crowdfunding" and "sea-land logistics" projects.