Management, Economics and Social Science

Adriana Uquillas has a PhD in Statistics from the University of São Paulo (Brazil). She is also a Mathematical Engineer from the Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador) and Bachelor in Classical Music from the Latin American Institute of Sacred Music (Ecuador). Adriana was Research and Development Manager, Manager of Credit Models and Credit Risk Manager and Senior Manager at Itaú Unibanco Bank, at Banco Múltiplo HSBC and at Banco Bradesco. Since 2016, she is co-founder and president of EstocasticAnalytics S.A company, which provides analytical services that contribute to business innovation. In the academic field, Adriana is a full professor in the Mathematics Department of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional. She has fourteen years of experience in the financial sector, dedicated to Research and Development in the banking sector. Also, she has collaborated in the Scientific Division of Energy Analysis and Development of the University of São Paulo and in the Machine Learning and Computer Vision research group of Escuela Politécnica Nacional. Currently, she is a member of the Integrative Ecology Research Group and collaborates in the Multidisciplinary Research Group for Public Policy of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional.

Mingxuan Mao received the Ph.D. degree in control theoryand control engineering at Chongqing University in 2017.From June 2016 to June 2017, he was a visiting scholar in University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., where he was engaged in research on advanced control theory and applications for renewable power generation and power electronics. His research interests include renewableenergy systems, power electronics converterand artificial intelligence algorithm.