Rosaria Silipo has been working in data analytics since 1992. Currently, she is a principal data scientist at KNIME. In the past, she has held senior positions with Siemens, Viseca AG, and Nuance Communications, and worked as a consultant in a number of data science projects. She holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the Politecnico di Milano and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florence (Italy). She is the author of more than 50 scientific publications, many scientific white papers, and a number of books for data science practitioners.