Piotr Wójcik is an associate professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw (Poland) and a head of the Department of Data Science and the Data Science Lab research group. Head and lecturer of the postgraduate studies: “Data Science in business applications – practical workshops”. His research interests are focused on two areas: regional science, spatial analyses and quantitative finance. Both areas of interest involve the use of machine learning and deep learning algorithms together with explainable artificial intelligence (XAI).

Contractor and principal investigator of research and R&D projects financed by the Polish National Science Center, Polish Ministry of Regional Development, European Commission, Polish National Center for Research and Development, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. Thematic editor in two journals: Miscellanea Geographica – Regional Studies on Development and Digital Finance. Expert in data processing and advanced statistical and econometric modeling with many years of professional experience as a quantitative analyst in the financial, telecommunications and marketing research industries.