) is a computer scientist

Computer scientist

A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....

 and Professor of Computer Science at the "Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione" of the University of Milan

University of Milan

The University of Milan is a higher education institution in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 62,801 students, a teaching and research staff of 2,455 and a non-teaching staff of 2,200....

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He is a researcher in the field of Machine Learning

Machine learning

Machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, is a scientific discipline concerned with the design and development of algorithms that allow computers to evolve behaviors based on empirical data, such as from sensor data or databases...

, and the co-author of the book "Prediction, learning, and games" with Gabor Lugosi.

Research

His research contributions focus on the following areas: Prediction with Expert Advice and Game-Theoretic Learning, Pattern Classification and Regression, Statistical Learning Theory, Boolean Learning and Learning with Queries, Bandit Problems.

Education

1988 MS, Computer Science, Universit`a degli Studi di Milano.
1993 Ph.D. in Computer Science, Universit`a degli Studi di Milano.
1991–1993 Visiting scholar, University of California at Santa Cruz.
1993–1994 Postdoctoral student, Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Graz University, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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