Who am I?

I am a very curious person that loves all kind of intellectual pursuits and I want to have a positive impact to society. My main goal is to leave this place a better place than it was when I arrived.

I studied Theoretical Physics in Florence, Italy. My research concentrated on theoretical simulations of entrapment of atoms with lasers and on high-temperature superconductors, a field where I was lucky enough to publish 7 papers on the subject in a few years. I have a PhD in Computer Science and Machine Learning from the University of Portsmouth (UK) where I developed multi-task learning neural networks for Optics and sensor science. I really loves teaching and he also got a postgraduate certificate in higher education.

I have 20 years of experience in industry and in applied and fundamental research. I publishes regularly on peer reviewed journals, and I am the author of many books: three on deep learning, one graduate textbook on machine learning and one textbook on statistics. One on writing coming out in 2027. I am the founder of the company TOELT LLC, that focuses on advanced research in AI in large European funded projects in various topics as medicine, smart agriculture, sensor science and more.

I am interested in many research topics, technical and non. I am also a Professor at the lucerne university of applied sciences and arts (HSLU) and the head of the further education topic of machine learning.

I was for many years a Google Developer Expert (the only one in Switzerland), recognized for my work in Machine Learning and with the TensorFlow library from Google.