Petros Xepapadeas is currently working on his PhD in Operations Research at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He received his B.Sc. in Informatics from the Athens University of Economics and Business, and his M.Sc. in Business Mathematics in a joint program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Athens University of Economics and Business. He has experience in risk analysis, and has worked on the Open AIRE and MERMAID project. At the moment he is part of the BRIGAID project doing cost-benefit analysis.