Professors
Davide LA TORRE
Professor
Mathématiques Appliquées, Artificial Intelligence, Optimisation et Contrôle, Modélisation Mathématique, Machine Learning
Academy
DigitalizationResearch center
SKEMA Centre for Analytics and Management ScienceLocation
Sophia AntipolisDiscipline
Analytics Information & OperationsDavide La Torre, PhD, HDR, is a Full Professor of Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Analytics Research Centre at SKEMA Business School, Université Côte d’Azur in Sophia Antipolis, France. In addition, he holds part-time, adjunct, and visiting positions at several international institutions, including the University of Bologna and the European Institute of Oncology, among others.
He earned two doctoral degrees: a PhD in Computer Science from Université Côte d’Azur (France) and a PhD in Computational Mathematics and Operations Research from the University of Milan (Italy). He also obtained the HDR (Habilitation to Direct Research) in Applied Mathematics from Université Côte d’Azur and completed professional certification programs in Analytics at MIT (USA). Furthermore, he holds the French and Italian national qualifications for Full Professor in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Economics.
His academic and research activities focus on applied mathematics, artificial intelligence, radiomics, image analysis, mathematical economics, mathematical finance, mathematical medicine, environmental sustainability, optimization, and control theory. Over the course of his career, he has held permanent and visiting academic appointments across Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Australia. He has also served in several academic leadership roles, including Associate Dean, Department Chair, and Program Head. Professor La Torre has authored more than 270 Scopus-indexed publications and has a Google Scholar h-index of 34.