OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS - AI AREA WORKSHOPS

Mario Caserta

Marco Caserta received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Illinois (USA), after earning a MSc in Management Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano (Italy). Prior to joining IE, Marco has held faculty positions at Hamburg University, Germany, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, and the University of Illinois, USA. He teaches statistics at IE University and optimization related courses at IE Business School. His main research interest is focused on the design and development of metaheuristic-based algorithms for very large scale real-world optimization problems, with a special focus on data mining, logistics, telecommunication, and transportation related problems. He has published a number of papers in international journals in the area of operations research/management science.

Antonio García Romero

Antonio is a full-time assistant professor in the Area of Operations and Business Analytics at IE Business School. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from U. Autónoma de Madrid, an MSc. in Applied Economics from U. Carlos III, and a BSc. in Theoretical Physics from U. Granada.Throughout his career, Antonio has been involved in academic activities, advisory roles in public administration, and consulting. Before joining IE Business School, he worked in the healthcare sector for ten years. During this time, he served as Head of Innovation Policy in the Madrid Healthcare system, where he led projects focused on developing KPIs to measure hospital innovation, measuring the societal returns of medical research, or improving the health-related start-up ecosystem in the Region of Madrid.