Massimiliano Ferrara is a full professor of mathematical economics and business analytics at the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria. He has been a research affiliate with the ICRIOS - Invernizzi Center for Research on Innovation, Organization, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship, University Bocconi of Milan, since 2013, the President of the Scientific Committee of the MEDAlics Research Center, and the Scientific Director of the DECISIONS Lab. He was a visiting professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Western Michigan University, USA, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, and the Center for Dynamics of the Dresden University of Technology, Germany. He is the author of more than 220 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. He received the “Hepites Award” from the Romanian Academy of Science in 2010, and the silver medal from Universiti PUTRA Malaysia in 2016. He was included in the top 2% of scientists list released by Stanford University--Elsevier in 2022. He serves as an editor and associate editor for several journals, such as NATURE-Scientific Reports (Editorial Board Member), Mathematics--MDPI Section Financial Mathematics (Editor in Chief), Applied Sciences (Editor), Soft Computing, Dynamic Games and Applications, and Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Associate Editor). He serves as a referee for over 200 international scientific journals.