Prof. Mikhail Kanevski is currently Professor at the institute of Geomatics and Analysis of Risk (IGAR) at the University of Lausanne. Current reserch interest include the development and applications of machine learning algorithms for spatio-temporal data analysis, modelling and visualization; geostatistics and geosimulations; natural hazards and environmental risks assesments; environmental, socio-economic and and financial time series analysis and prediction.