Michael Graber is a Professor at the Institute for Data Science of the University for Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). He studied and completed his PhD in Neuroinformatics at ETH Zurich before he spent a few years in the industry. He now leads a group involved in applied research projects with topics ranging from Deep Learning-based digital signatures to hydro power plant optimisation, partly with industry partners, and teaches courses in Machine Learning and Data Science.