Giuseppe Ciaburro holds a PhD in environmental technical physics and two master's degrees. His research is on machine learning applications in the study of urban sound environments. He works at Built Environment Control Laboratory, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (Italy). He has over 15 years' experience in programming Python, R, and MATLAB, first in the field of combustion, and then in acoustics and noise control. He has several publications to his credit.

V Kishore Ayyadevara has over 9 years' experience of using analytics to solve business problems and setting up analytical work streams through his work at American Express, Amazon, and, more recently, a retail analytics consulting startup. He has an MBA from IIM Calcutta and is also an electronics and communications engineer. He has worked in credit risk analytics, supply chain analytics, and consulting for multiple FMCG companies to identify ways to improve their profitability.

Alexis Perrier is a data science consultant with experience in signal processing and stochastic algorithms. He holds a master's in mathematics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI and a PhD in signal processing from Télécom ParisTech. He is actively involved in the DC data science community. He is also an avid book lover and proud owner of a real chalk blackboard, where he regularly shares his fascination of mathematical equations with his kids.