Dario Piga received his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in 2012. He was Assistant Professorat the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy) and since March 2017 he has been Senior Researcher at the IDSIA Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Lugano (Switzerland) and Adjunct Professor at the SUPSI University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. His main research interests include system identification, deep learning, Bayesian filtering and non-convex optimization, with applications to process control and smart manufacturing.