#DoTellBocconi. Riccardo Zecchina

Protagonist of #DoTellBocconi for the new graduate program in Data Science and Business Analytics is Riccardo Zecchina, who answered a burst of 32 questions in front of the camera. You can read are all his answers here below.

1. What adjective describes you?

Unsatisfiable

1. If you were an animal, what would you be?

I think that Sapiens is a good match

1. The best quality for a student

To be open-minded

1. As a teacher, what adjective fits you?

According to students, inspirational

1. If your program was a cult movie?

"The Matrix"

1. Create a motto for your program

We will see things that you human wouldn't believe

1. The phrase you like best to say in class

Abandon hope all you that enter here, if you have followed classical studies

1. Three things you would take to a desert island

A sailing boat, a solar panel and a computer

1. The book that your students should absolutely read

"Homo Deus" by Yuval Harari

1. If your course was a dish, what would it be?

I cannot answer this question

1. What do you like to sing in the shower (or car)?

"Chosen", because my daughter sings it in the car and I actually like it

1. Any obsessions?

Learning something new every day

1. The most beautiful gift you ever received?

Very difficult to tell

1. And the most useless one?

Almost all gifts

1. What kind of student were you?

Quite self-critical

1. The exam you found most difficult (as a student)

More than difficult I would say that some exams were boring

1. Where did you / would you do your Erasmus?

I think Paris

1. What superpower would you like to have?

To be a good father with teenagers. It is very difficult

1. What superpower does your program provide?

Intelligence

1. Your hero?

Galileo, because he invented the scientific method that changed our society

1. As a child you dreamed of becoming ...

I don't really remember, perhaps a fireman

1. You cannot live without ...

Oxygen

1. If you could meet a figure from the past, who would it be?

Mozart. A genius

1. In which country would you like to live?

I've chosen to live in Italy

1. If your program was a sport, what would it be?

Basketball, because it's quick and smart

1. Something you think needs to be invented

Artificial intelligence

1. Your most unbridled passion...

To have some spare time to think and to fill with interests

1. Something you just cannot stand in the classroom

Students that look like mummies

1. If you were the protagonist of a novel, who would you be?

Mr. Walter White

1. In the future, where will lessons take place?

I think still in classroom with teachers, but with A.I. support

1. The work of art that most represents your course

Deepart. Google it.

1. What would you ask from the genie of the lamp?

For the society, to find a trade-off between climate change, energy and sustainable development. While, on a personal level, I'd love to understand the mechanism of brain functions