Tomaso Aste is professor of complexity science at UCL Computer Science Department. A trained physicist, he has substantially contributed to research in complex structures analysis, financial systems modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. He is passionate in the investigation of the effect of technologies on socio-economic systems and currently, he focuses on machine learning and distributed systems. He is a co-founder and scientific director of the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, a founder and head of the Financial Computing and Analytics Group at UCL, member of the board of the ESRC LSE-UCL Systemic Risk Centre, and member of the Board of the Whitechapel Think Thank. He collaborates with the Financial Conduct Authority, The Bank of England, and HMRC. He contributes to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on FinTech. He is leading an initiative for training for FinTech central bankers and regulators.