Konrad Banachewicz holds a PhD in statistics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His academic work focused on extreme dependency modeling in credit risk. In addition to his research activities, he was a tutor and supervised master's students. He transitioned from classical statistics to data mining and machine learning before “data science” became a buzzword.Over the next decade, he tackled quantitative analysis problems in various financial institutions, becoming an expert in the full life cycle of a data product. His work spanned high-frequency trading to credit risk, predicting potato prices, and analyzing anomalies in the performance of large-scale industrial equipment. He is a believer in knowledge sharing and also competes on Kaggle. Luca Massaron is a data scientist with over a decade of experience in transforming data into high-impact, innovative artifacts, solving real-world problems, and generating value for businesses and stakeholders. He is the author of numerous bestselling books on AI, machine learning, and algorithms. Luca is also a 3x Kaggle Grandmaster who reached number 7 in the worldwide user rankings for his performance in data science competitions. Additionally, he is recognized as a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in AI, Kaggle, and the cloud.