Contact
Prof. Dr. Umberto Michelucci, PGCPSE (Open)
Email: umberto dot michelucci at toelt dot ai
Email: umberto dot michelucci at hslu dot ch
In the World's Top 2% Scientists Stanford List
Education
Master of Science in Theoretical Physics, University of Florence at LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy), Italy on Theoretical simulations of entrapment of atoms with lasers.
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (30 ECTS), Open University, UK
Doctorate (PhD) in Machine Learning and Physics, University of Portsmouth, School of Computing, Optical Oxygen and Temperature Sensing with Multi-Task Learning
Academic and Professional Appointments
Professor in Scientific Machine Learning, 2024-present, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Computer Science Department, Switzerland
Senior Lecturer, 2021-2024, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Computer Science Department, Switzerland
Associate Researcher, INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics), Italy, Milan, 2023-present
Head of Certificates of Advanced Studies in Machine Learning, 2021-present
Head of Certificates of Advanced Studies in Data Engeering and Applied Data Science, 2021-present
Head of Applied Data Intelligence Continuing Education, 2022-present
Founder and CEO of TOELT AI Lab, 2018-present
Founder and Head of AI Center of Excellence, Helsana Insurance, Switzerland, 2018-2021
Head of continuing Education, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Life Science Department, 2018-2019
Books
A Researcher’s Guide to Writing and Reading Papers, Springer Text Book in Computer Science, Springer Nature, 2024, (Available in Winter 2024)
Statistics for Scientists - A Primer for Researchers and Professionals, Springer Text Book in Computer Science, Springer Nature, 2024, (Available in Autumn 2024)
Fundamental Mathematical Concepts for Machine Learning in Science, Springer Nature 2024, Text Book in Computer Science (SPRINGERLINK)
Applied Deep Learning with TensorFlow 2, APRESS, Springer Nature, 2022 - 100’000 downloads and >180 citations in scientific papers (SPRINGERLINK)
Advanced Applied Deep Learning: Convolutional Neural Networks and Object Detection, APRESS, Springer Nature, 2019 - 50’000 downloads and >140 citations in scientific papers (SPRINGERLINK)
Applied Deep Learning - A Case-Based Approach to Understanding Deep Neural Networks, APRESS, Springer Nature, 2018 - 70’000 downloads, >180 citations in scientific papers
Publications
Professional Affiliations
IEEE
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Member
AAAI (The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence)
Awards
In the World's Top 2% Scientists Stanford List.
U. Michelucci, M. Sperti, D. Piga, F. Venturini, and M. A. Deriu, “A model-agnostic algorithm for bayes error determination in binary classification,” Algorithms, vol. 14, iss. 11, p. 301, 2021. - COVER STORY OF THE JOURNAL ALGORITHMS
AI Global Ambassador (2022) (https://swisscognitive.ch/person/dr-umberto-michelucci/)
TOP AI Influencer in Switzerland (https://analytics.dkv.global/AI-in-Switzerland-2021-Q4/Report.pdf)
Book aknowledged as one of the top 8 books on CNN by Analytics India Magazine (https://analyticsindiamag.com/top-8-books-to-learn-convolutional-neural-networks/)