Donato Malerba è Direttore del Dipartimento di Informatica dell’Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro e del Laboratorio Nazionale CINI su Big Data. È stato coordinatore del dottorato di ricerca in Informatica e membro sia del Board of Directors della Big Data Value Association e sia del Board della EU Public-Private Partnership Big Data Value. Ha avuto una intensa attività didattica e di ricerca, svolgendo un ruolo attivo, anche di coordinamento, in diversi progetti di ricerca europei e nazionali. La sua attività scientifica riguarda principalmente la data science (machine learning, data mining e big data analytics) e sue molteplici applicazioni. Guida il gruppo di ricerca KDDE (Knowledge Discovery and Data Engineering, kdde.di.uniba.it). Ha pubblicato oltre 300 articoli su riviste e atti di convegno nazionali e internazionali. È stato general chair e PC-Cochir di diverse conferenze internazionali e della Winter School on Big Data 2017. Fa parte di numerosi comitati di programma di conferenze su machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, big data. Fa parter dell'editorial board di diverse riviste internazionali, incluso Machine Learning Journal, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, e Journal of Intelligent Information Systems.

Donato Malerba is Director of the Computer Science Department of the University of Bari Aldo Moro and of the CINI National Laboratory on Big Data. He was coordinator of the PhD in Computer Science and a member of both the Board of Directors of the Big Data Value Association and the Board of the EU Public-Private Partnership Big Data Value. He has had an intense didactic and research activity, playing an active role in various European and national research projects, some of which he coordinated. His chief research interests include data science (machine learning, data mining and big data analytics) and its multiple applications. He chairs the KDDE research group (Knowledge Discovery and Data Engineering, kdde.di.uniba.it). He has published over 300 articles in national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has been general chair and PC-Cochir of several international conferences, and directed the Winter School on Big Data 2017. He is part of several conference program committees on machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, big data. He is part of the editorial board of several international magazines, including Machine Learning Journal, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, and Journal of Intelligent Information Systems.