Isabella Morlini is Associate Professor of Statistics in the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She took the Ph.D in Statistics at the University of Trento. Her research interests include Neural Networks, Fuzzy Methods and Non Parametric Multivariate Models. She edited one international book of statistics published by Springer and co-authored about 30 scientific publications, most of which have appeared in international peer reviewed Journals of Statistics. She has participated in many international scientific conferences and has worked on four projects financed by the Italian Ministry of Education.