Giuseppe F. Italiano is Professor of Computer Science at Luiss University, where is also Director of the Master in Data Science and Management, the Master in Cybersecurity and the Master in Big Data and Management at Luiss Business School. He has been Visiting Professor at Columbia University, Université Paris-Sud, Max–Planck–Institut fur Informatik, Saarbrücken, and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. He was also Visiting Scientist at AT&T Research Labs and Microsoft Research. Most of his research is centered around algorithms, and in 2016 he was nominated Fellow of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science for “fundamental contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms for solving theoretical and applied problems in graphs and massive data sets, and for his role in establishing the field of algorithm engineering“. He has published over 300 scientific articles, has been consulting with big international companies and co-founded several tech startups.