Spotlight: Emanuele Bossi Aviation Week's 20 Twenties Winner 2026
Emanuele Bossi, a first-generation college student from Italy and 2026 20 Twenties winner, is an undergraduate at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University studying Data Science and Software Engineering. A varsity soccer athlete and founder of the university's Data Science Club, he plans to pursue a doctorate in resilient aerospace systems.
Bossi tackles a critical aerospace challenge: preventing localized failures from cascading into systemwide disruptions. As team lead for the EuroControl Performance Review Commission Data Challenge, he developed an artificial intelligence framework for estimating aircraft takeoff weight—a key variable affecting safety margins, fuel efficiency and emission modeling. His work placed in the top 25 among 132 international teams and earned acceptance for presentation at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' SciTech Forum 2026.
He is currently developing an information-theoretic framework for causal network discovery to predict disruption propagation in air traffic management systems.
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