Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi
Also known as Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi
Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi is a computer scientist at the University of Milan whose work includes multi-armed bandit algorithms. The paper 'Gambling in a Rigged Casino', which he co-writes with Auer, Freund and Schapire, is presented at FOCS in 1995. FOCS names that paper among its Test of Time honorees, and Google, Xerox, Criteo and IBM give him research awards between 2010 and 2021. He is a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei since 2023. As of October 2026, he is a professor at the University of Milan and an ELLIS board member.
- Now at
- National Academy of the Lincei, University of Milan and European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems
- Works
- 267
- Citations
- 19,769
- h-index
- 44
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1988–1993
Computer science studies in Milan
He graduates in computer science from the University of Milan in 1988 and completes a PhD there in 1993 under Alberto Bertoni.
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1995
Gambling in a rigged casino
He co-writes 'Gambling in a Rigged Casino' with Auer, Freund and Schapire, a bandit paper presented at FOCS in 1995.
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2010–2021
Research awards from four companies
He receives awards from Google in 2010 and 2018, from Xerox in 2011, from Criteo in 2017, and from IBM in 2021.
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2012
A monograph on multi-armed bandits
He co-writes with Sébastien Bubeck a monograph on multi-armed bandits, published in Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning in 2012.
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Since 2023
Corresponding member of the Lincei
He is a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
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2025
A FOCS Test of Time Award
FOCS names 'Gambling in a Rigged Casino', a paper he co-writes, among its Test of Time honorees.
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As of October 2026
Professor and ELLIS board member
He is a professor of computer science at the University of Milan and an ELLIS board member, and he co-directs an ELLIS program on interactive learning.
Sources and credits
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- Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi - Wikipedia
- Gambling in a Rigged Casino: The Adversarial Multi-Armed Bandit Problem - Montanuniversität Leoben
- Test of Time Awards – FOCS 2025
- Regret Analysis of Stochastic and Nonstochastic Multi-Armed Bandit Problems | ML Anthology
- Meet the Board: Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems
- Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi - Fondazione Elicsir