Joseph Barr

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Joseph Barr, Ph.D., is the Chief Technology Officer of Cebron Group. Since 2017, Mr. Barr has served as the Chief Data Scientist and Managing Director of Barr Analytics LLC, where he engages with customers on projects relating to data science, cybersecurity, optimization, and econometrics. His clients span a wide range of industries, including software, entertainment, financial services, and manufacturing. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Barr was the Chief Analytics Officer of Home Union, an investment company specializing in an alternate class of assets, with annual revenue of $15 million. Mr. Barr reported directly to the CEO of Home Union and built the new data practices for the company, which included big data technologies, data science practices, and data science governance practices. Mr. Barr has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of New Mexico, an M.S. in Mathematics from Florida State University, and a B.A. in Mathematics & Statistics from the University of Haifa (Israel).

Vagelis Hristidis

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Vagelis Hristidis, PhD., is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Riverside. He is the president of SmartBot360. SmartBot 360 is a platform to easily create, manage, and share AI chatbots. It empowers customer agents to increase their user interactions by offloading routine tasks to the AI powered chatbots. In addition, Vagelis is the founder of PatentSearcher.com.

Peter Shaw

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Peter Shaw, Ph.D., is the chief advisor for Cebron Group in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and data science. He is also a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Nanjing University, a former Senior Lecturer at both Massey University and Charles Darwin University, and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Newcastle University.

Daniella D’Auria

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Daniella D’Auria, PhD, is a Scientist at Cebron Group. Since 2020, Dr. D’Auria has been an Assistant Professor of Medical Devices and Robotics at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Since 2011, Dr. D’Auria has been involved in the organization of a variety of conferences related to artificial intelligence, robotics, and engineering. She is the author of dozens of articles published or presented in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Dr. D’Auria holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Automation Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, and a Laurea degree (equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree) in Biomedical Engineering from the same university.

Fabio Persia

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Fabio Persia, Ph.D., is a Scientist at Cebron Group. Since 2015, Dr. Persia has been an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy. Dr. Persia is the author of dozens of articles published or presented in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Naples, Italy, as well as an M.S. and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the same institution.