Sébastien de Valeriola holds a PhD in mathematics, and master’s degrees in actuarial science and in history. He is lecturer of mathematics, statistics and data science at ICHEC Brussels management school and invited lecturer of information and communication science and technology at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Before reorienting his career in academics, he worked for several years in the private sector as a consultant in quantitative finance, machine learning, and data science. In 2017, he has initated a joint PhD in medieval history at Université catholique de Louvain and Universiteit Gent. In his research, focused on social and economic medieval history, he mainly uses quantitative methods, such as text and data mining, network analysis, and machine learning.