Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu is a Full Professor at the Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. She is the Head of the Data Science Research Lab, specialising in applications for business and economics, and a senior researcher at the Department of Labour Market Policies of the National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection. With over 17 years of experience in socio-economic research, she has been deeply involved in various analytical pursuits.

For over 17 years, she has delved into informality issues at both national and international levels. She has led various national research projects and served as a senior expert for the European Commission, specifically for the European Platform that addresses Undeclared Work.

Prof. Davidescu possesses extensive expertise in the evaluation of public projects and programs. Her prowess in project team management is evident, having coordinated more than 14 national projects and played a pivotal role as a senior expert in over 50 national and international endeavours. She has showcased her expertise in counterfactual methods during the assessment process, especially in empirically testing causal chains in interventions related to the Operational Program Competitiveness 2014-2020 Evaluation Plan, the Human Capital Operational Program 2014-2020 Evaluation, and the Partnership Agreement Evaluation Plan. She held the esteemed position of a modelling key expert. She served as the team leader for the Operational Program Competitiveness 2014-2020 Evaluation Plan, focusing on evaluating POC interventions in research, development, and innovation. Additionally, she was a senior modelling expert, instrumental in assessing the impact of interventions for both the Human Capital Operational Program 2014-2020 Evaluation Plan and the Partnership Agreement Evaluation Plan, with an emphasis on economic, social, and territorial cohesion.

Vasile Alecsandru Strat is the Dean of the Bucharest Business School, the most important university-level business school in Romania, dedicated to the education of managers (executive education). Vasile Strat is also a PhD associate professor in the Department of Statistics and Econometrics within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Executive MPA from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. At the same time, Vasile Alecsandru Strat is vice-president of CNSPIS and director or team member of several national and international research projects financed either through the Horizon 2020 grant or through collaborations with local business organizations. He also has notable experience in technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and programs. His experience is focused in a number of key sectors, such as regional development, agriculture and rural development, competitiveness, human resource development, including employment, social inclusion and education.

Dr. Mouna Chebbah serves as an Assistant Professor in Business Computing at the Higher School of Digital Economy, University of Manouba, Tunisia. She earned her Business Computing diploma, M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the Higher Institute of Management, University of Tunis, Tunisia, in 2008, 2010, and 2014, respectively. Dr. Chebbah is currently affiliated with the LARODEC laboratory, where her research encompasses diverse areas such as belief functions theory, uncertain databases, machine learning, and social network analysis. Active in academia, she participates in various technical program committees for esteemed international conferences. Dr. Chebbah has contributed to approximately seventeen articles and papers published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.

Dr. Haïfa Nakouri is an Assistant Professor in Business Computing at the Higher School of Digital Economy, University of Manouba, Tunisia. She holds a Business computing diploma, a M.Sc. and PhD degrees from the Higher Institute of Management, University of Tunis, Tunisia in respectively 2007, 2009 and 2016. She is currently a member of the LARODEC laboratory and has worked on several research topics related to image enhancement and recognition, social media analytics and Explainable AI. She is a member of several technical program committees of reputable international conferences. She is involved in several international research projects and collaborations. She is the author of around twenty articles and papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences.