Valerio Maggio has a Ph.D. in Computational Science from the University of Naples “Federico II” and he is currently a Postdoc researcher in the FBK – MPBA team in Trento, Italy. His research interests are focused on Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Big Data Analysis. Valerio is very much involved in the scientific Python community, and he is an active speaker at many Python conference including EuroPython and EuroScipy. He uses Python as the mainstream language for his deep/machine learning code, making an intensive use of (especially) Numpy-based packages (e.g. scikit-learn) to crunch, munge, and analyse data. Valerio is a member of the Italian Python community, and the lead organiser of the PyData Italy conferences, held in Florence since 2015. He also enjoys playing basketball and drinking tea.