Dr. Mimmo Parisi is a longtime professor at Mississippi State University, where he currently serves as Executive Director of the Data Science Academic Institute and Executive Director of the newly established MSU Rome Center. Dr. Parisi has been a pioneer in bringing big data to the forefront of research and economic development. Through the founding of the National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center (NSPARC), he helped place data and digital technology at the center of the national conversation on how these resources can drive human progress. At both the national and international levels, his work has transformed the understanding of data and digital technology as essential tools for creating economic and social value.  In 2021, with the support of the Provost’s Office, he led the effort to establish one of the nation’s first and now highly respected university-wide programs in data science to support an AI-driven world. In addition to his academic and scholarly contributions, Dr. Parisi has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to service and to using his skills in support of causes that make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. For more than twenty-five years, he has devoted his personal life to helping children in need around the world. In recognition of this lifelong commitment, he was elected Chair of SOS Children’s Villages International in 2025, an organization that operates in 135 countries and territories to support children without parental care. Over the past twenty-five years, Dr. Parisi has also gained extensive leadership and institutional experience in higher education, government, and nonprofit at both the national and international levels, serving his state of Mississippi in multiple capacities, and serving as Italy’s Secretary of Labor (President of ANPAL).

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