Dr. Ionuț Nica is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Informatics and Economic Cybernetics at Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He holds a PhD in cybernetics and economic statistics from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. With a prolific academic career, he has published over 30 articles in prestigious journals and has authored five books published by national and international publishers. His latest book is titled “Bazele Analizei Afacerii, 2022” (Fundamentals of Business Analysis, 2022). He is a member of the editorial team for the International Conference on Economic Informatics, organized by the Department of Informatics and Economic Cybernetics. From 2021 to 2022, he served as the chairman of the sections on big data management, processing and analytics, machine learning theory and applications, and quantitative economics at the conference. Beyond academia, he has applied his expertise in the industry. From 2019 to 2021, he was an expert in credit risk and validation methodology at Raiffeisen Bank Romania. Currently, he is a senior internal auditor—modeling specialist at Banca Transilvania Romania. His research interests are financial systems, performance measurement of economic systems, business analysis, analysis and diagnosis of economic systems, cybernetics, operational research, economic dynamics, applied mathematics, big data, machine learning, risk management, agent-based modeling, and intelligence systems.