Michele "Ubik" De Simoni

Ever Tried. Ever Failed. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. (Beckett)

Lover of 🐧🐧. Pythonista 🐍. Machine Learning Engineer 🤖. Mad Scientist. Evil Mastermind. Walking Beard. Tinkerer. Nerd. Tech junkie.

Programming turned the tide of a crippling, panic-attacks inducing deep unsatisfaction with my choice of academic career. During 2016 and 2017 I developed a burning passion for Python, robotics, Linux, Open Source/Hardware/Data/Science, and all things Machine Learning, I devoted myself day and night to learn the craft. My passion never waned and my drive toward knowing more grows each day.

Currently employed as a Machine Learning Engineer at zuru.tech, there I lead the research effort on GANs (and everything else relating to either the generative or the adversarial world of Deep Learning), help with Computer Vision and act as the Supreme Overlord of the Data Pipeline that feeds our AIs.

I love Open Source, Open Data, Open Science and the tech communities and conferences surrounding these topics. I am a prolific teacher/speaker/writer focused on spreading the Python and (Open) Data_*/AI Gospel.

This specimen can be found around local hacker/maker-spaces, libraries and tearooms with good WiFi in the following locations in descending order of likelihood: Bologna, La Spezia, Milan, Florence.