ECoST-DATA project is driven by a highly qualified and interdisciplinary team from the University of Salento. The team comprises professors and researchers with decades of academic teaching and research experience and specific expertise in space-time statistical analysis techniques, multivariate analysis, and machine learning.

Project Manager

• Prof. Sandra De Iaco – Full Professor of Statistics (STAT-01/A)

Academic Team: the project team includes professors and researchers from various departments at the University of Salento

• • Prof. Donato Posa – Full Professor of Statistics (STAT-01/A)

  • Prof. Federica De Leo – Associate Professor of Commodity Sciences (ECON-10/A)

  • Prof. Gianluca Elia – Associate Professor of Business and Management Engineering (IEGE-01/A)

  • Prof. Sabrina Maggio – Associate Professor of Statistics (STAT-01/A)

  • Prof. Leonardo Mariella – Associate Professor of Statistics (STAT-01/A)

  • Prof. Pier Paolo Miglietta – Associate Professor of Agricultural and Food Economics, Rural Appraisal (AGRI-01/A)

  • Prof. Monica Palma – Associate Professor of Statistics (STAT-01/A)

  • Prof. Claudia Cappello – Associate Professor of Statistics (STAT-01/A)

  • Prof. Valerio Elia – Associate Professor of Business and Management Engineering (IEGE-01/A)

  • Prof. Giuseppina Giungato – Researcher of Statistics (STAT-01/A)

Collaboration:

Prof. Veronica Distefano – Researcher of Statistics (STAT-01/A), Pegaso University

Support: beyond the core academic staff, the project benefits from the collaboration of technical-administrative personnel from the Department of Economics of Univerty of Salento

External specialist consultants: 

• • Dr. Christopher Rieser

  • Dr. Christoph Mühlmann 

  • Dr. Mika Sipilä

  • Prof. Abdollah Jalilian