Riccardo Zecchina

Riccardo Zecchina

Riccardo Zecchina is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Bocconi University in Milan, where he holds a Chair in Machine Learning. His current research interests lie at the intersection of statistical physics, computer science, and artificial intelligence. He obtained his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Turin, working under the supervision of Tullio Regge. He then served as a researcher and head of the Statistical Physics group at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste (1997–2007), and subsequently as a Full Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Polytechnic University of Turin (2007–2017). In 2017, he moved to Bocconi University in Milan, establishing the Department of Computer Science and creating degree programs in mathematical and computational methods for Artificial Intelligence. He has been a long-term visiting scientist multiple times at Microsoft Research (in Redmond and Cambridge, MA) and at the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and Statistical Models (LPTMS) of the University of Paris-Sud. In 2016, he was awarded the Lars Onsager Prize in Theoretical Statistical Physics by the American Physical Society, together with M. Mézard and G. Parisi. Previously, he received an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (2011–2015). 

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