Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi () is a

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...

and Professor of Computer Science at the Department of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

of the University of Milan. Personal webpage
/ref> He is a researcher in the field of

machine learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence. Machine ...

, and co-author of the book
"Prediction, Learning, and Games"
with Gabor Lugosi an
"Regret analysis of stochastic and nonstochastic multi-armed bandit problems"

Research

His research contributions focus on the following areas: * design and analysis of machine learning algorithms, especially in

online machine learning In computer science, online machine learning is a method of machine learning in which data becomes available in a sequential order and is used to update the best predictor for future data at each step, as opposed to batch learning techniques whic ...

* algorithms for multi-armed bandit problems, with applications to recommender systems and

online auctions An online auction (also electronic auction, e-auction, virtual auction, or eAuction) is an auction held over the internet and accessed by internet connected devices. Similar to in-person auctions, online auctions come in a variety of types, with d ...

* graph analytics, with applications to social networks and

bioinformatics Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combi ...

Education

* 1988: MS in Computer Science, University of Milan. * 1993:

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

in Computer Science, University of Milan.

References

Living people 1963 births Italian computer scientists {{Compu-scientist-stub