Andrea Asperti was born in Bergamo, Italy, in 1961. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pisa in 1989. Throughout his career, he has held various positions, including working at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and INRIA-Rocquencourt. Currently, he serves as a full professor of Machine Learning and Deep Learning at the University of Bologna.
From 2005 to 2007, he held the position of Director of the Department of Computer Science. From 2000 to 2007, he was a member of the Advisory Committee of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). He is authors of hundreds of publications in international peer reviewed journals and conferences; and a few books. Over time, he has coordinated several National and European projects.
His recent research interests revolve around Deep Learning, Generative Modeling, and Deep Reinforcement Learning. He presently represents the University of Bologna for the area of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence within the UnaEuropa Consortium
