IIEC ADVISORY BOARD
Antonio Simeone
Director LUISS Quantum AI Lab
Adjunct Professor at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, teaching courses on ‘Data-Driven Models for Investment’, ‘Blockchain Technology & Fintech’, and ‘Fintech e Criptovalute’.
Founder of EUKLID LTD, CEO of Stoneprime US, a startup based in San Diego, California, utilizing Artificial Intelligence to invest in American biotech companies.
Founder and Director of the LUISS Quantum AI lab, a research laboratory dedicated to the application of Artificial Intelligence in financial analysis.
Founder since 2012 of the Luiss Bitcoin Lab - Discover Bitcoin, the first University observatory in Europe focused on the study of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies from a monetarist and financial perspective, utilizing AI (Genetic Algorithms and swarm intelligence).
Gianluca Teza
Distinguished PKS Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
in Dresden (Germany).
PhD in Physics from the University of Padova.
Formerly, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Areas of expertise: Complex Systems, Statistical Mechanics, Anomalous Relaxation
Phenomena, Econophysics, Quantum Simulations.
Roberto Di Pietro
KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
He is Full Professor in Computer Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, living in the ME (Saudi, Qatar) since 2017. Prior to this, Dr. Di Pietro was the Global Head of Cybersecurity Research at Bell Labs (Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia), with a focus on strategic alignment between innovation, business, and research. His professional journey began in 1995 in the military sector as a senior technical officer within the Italian Ministry of Defense, where he served for a decade. His expertise has also been recognized through long-term consulting and institutional roles at international organizations, including the United Nations (New York – UN HQ), EUROJUST (The Hague), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, Vienna), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, Geneva) and visiting renowned research institutions, such as: EURECOM, University of California Irvine, George Mason University.
He holds two master’s degrees—one in Computer Science and another in Informatics—from the University of Pisa. He also completed a two-year post-master’s specialization diploma in Operations Research and Strategic Decisions (focus on economics and game theory), followed by a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Roma “La Sapienza.”
He was elevated IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Scientist as well as foreign member of Academia Europaea. He has founded a start-up (exited) and he is a board member of research organizations and start-ups. His research interests other than cybersecurity for critical infrastructures include Data Science and AI, with applications to On-line Social Networks, distributed ledger technologies, and cryptocurrencies.
James Hodson
Co-Founder and CEO of AI for Good Foundation (Affiliated ONU).
Manager, Founder of AI Research Group, 2010–2015 at Bloomberg Labs.
Scientific Consultant and CSO of Cognism.
Financial Data Science Association, Board of Directors.
Researcher, leader and entrepreneur in the fields of AI and Economics, with specific
focus on Sustainable Development, Global Information Flows, NLP and modelling
interactions in highly complex dynamic systems.
Paolo Sironi
Global Research Leader in Banking and Financial Markets at IBM, Institute for Business Value.
Founder of the German start-up Capitects, later acquired by IBM.
Headed the Quantitative Risk Management department at Banca Intesa Sanpaolo.
Author of books on digital transformation, quantitative finance and economics and keynote speaker at major international events.
Roberto Di Pietro
Monika Poettinger
PhD in Economic and Social History at Bocconi University, Milan.
Professor of economics, economic history and business administration at Bocconi University, the State University of Milan-Bicocca, the University of Florence and now Polimoda in Florence.
Manages the cultural association Opificio Toscano di Economia, Politica e Stor
Roberto Maiolino
Professor of Experimental Astrophysics at the Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory and at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge.
Honorary Professor at University College London.
Royal Society Research Professor.
Researcher in the area of galaxy formation and evolution and supermassive black holes.
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Marco D'Ambra
PhD in Mathematics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Senior AI Advisor and consultant with extensive experience in AI strategy, AI governance, product development, and leading teams in mathematical and AI-driven projects.
Member of the Quantum & AI Lab at LUISS University.
Former Head of Products at Moxoff and Chief Innovation Officer at Volocom.
Career at the intersection of Mathematics, AI, and Data Science, using advanced modeling and AI techniques - such as AI agents, LLM fine-tuning, machine learning, statistical modeling, time-series forecasting, and quantitative analytics - to solve real-world problems.
Kamran Usmani
35 years Trading & Leadership in Financial Markets.
Former CEO of UK FCA regulated Brokerage House.
Extensive business expertise and global network.
Founder of MODELOMNI Technology Lab: Managing a Team of in-house Artificial Intelligence (AI) developers, mathematicians, engineers, UX experts.
Developed a blueprint for present and future Financial Market technologies.
Delivered to market a range of scalable Alpha Enhancing & Risk Management AI technologies.
Guest Speaker at LUISS University and Cambridge University.
