Mauro Sozio is a Professor of Computer Science at Luiss University of Rome (since 2025). He is currently on leave from Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Télécom Paris, where he joined in 2011 as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 2020. Before joining Telecom Paris University, he held a postdoc/visiting scientist position at IBM Almaden (USA) and a senior researcher position at the Max-Planck Institute of Computer Science in Germany in the group of Gerhard Weikum. Mauro Sozio received his PhD in computer science from "Sapienza" university of Rome in 2007 where he also received a master in computer science. His PhD advisor was Alessandro Panconesi. During his studies as a PhD student he visited the computer science department of Cornell university, USA under the supervision of David Shmoys. His research interests include data mining and database problems with a focus on algorithm design and scalability issues. More detailed CV .