Davide Fiacconi is completing his PhD in theoretical astrophysics from the Institute for Computational Science at the University of Zurich. He did his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Milan-Bicocca, studying the evolution of collisional ring galaxies using hydrodynamic numerical simulations. Davide's research now focuses on the formation and coevolution of supermassive black holes and galaxies, using both massively parallel simulations and analytical techniques. In particular, his interests include the formation of the first supermassive black hole seeds, the dynamics of binary black holes, and the evolution of high-redshift galaxies.

Ardo Illaste is a data scientist. He wants to provide everyone with easy access to data for making major life and career decisions. He completed his PhD in computational biophysics, prior to fully delving into data mining and machine learning. Ardo has worked and studied in Estonia, the USA, and Switzerland.