About the authors

Rob J Hyndman Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Statistics in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University, Australia. Author of 6 books and over 250 research papers, and an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Academy for the Social Sciences in Australia, and the International Institute of Forecasters. For over 40 years, Rob has maintained an active consulting practice, assisting hundreds of companies and organisations on forecasting problems. He has won awards for his research, teaching, consulting and graduate supervision.

George Athanasopoulos Professor and Head of the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University, Australia. Previously President of the International Institute of Forecasters. George has received multiple awards and distinctions for his research and teaching. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Travel Research and the International Journal of Forecasting.

Azul Garza 🏳️‍⚧️ AI and machine learning leader with deep experience in econometrics and mathematical modelling. She co-founded TimeCopilot and is co-creator of the Nixtlaverse and TimeGPT, as well as former CTO and co-founder of Nixtla. Azul is a frequent live-coding speaker at ISF, Microsoft Build, AWS re:Invent, and PyCons, and is a published researcher and recipient of multiple forecasting and AI awards.

Cristian Challu Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Nixtla. Holds a PhD in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University. Renowned scholar with papers at top ML conferences and journals. His contributions are baselines in academia and used in industry. Over eight years of experience as a forecaster for Forbes 500 companies and top research teams like AWS AI Labs and the Auton Lab. Co-maintainer of Nixtlaverse libraries.

Max Mergenthaler Canseco CEO and Co-Founder of Nixtla. Seasoned practitioner with experience building and leading research AI teams. Notable contributions to forecasting and decision theory. Maintainer of the Nixtlaverse. Passionate about the intersection between business and technology. Academic background in philosophy and loves discussing it.

Kin G. Olivares Economist and mathematician with a PhD in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University. Over eight years of experience in forecasting modelling and time series analysis. Leads Deep Learning and Foundation model innovations within Amazon Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT), where demand forecast models support operations in more than 120 countries for hundreds of millions of products.