Author of a book on Machine Learning, which received high praise from Tomaso Poggio (MIT), Yoshua Bengio (Université de Montréal), and Pierre Baldi (University of California Irvine).
Research Experience
He is driven by the principle that the emergence of cognition is rooted in natural laws of computation. He also enjoys discussions about new models of computation and their relationship to the human brain.
Background
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Siena and 3IA Chair at Université Côte d’Azur, Nice (MAASAI lab). Research interests lie in the field of artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on machine learning, vision, and game playing. Recently, he has been focusing on unifying reasoning and learning computational processes.
Miscellany
Quotes Richard Feynman: 'Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.'