Deep Learning for Search

Acknowledgments

First and foremost I would like to thank my lovely wife Michela for encouraging and supporting me throughout this long journey: thanks for the love, energy, and dedication during long days, nights, and weekends of writing!

Thanks go to Giacomo and Mattia for helping me choose the coolest cover illustration possible and for all the playing and laughs while I was trying to write.

I would like to thank my father for his pride and his confidence in me.

Big thanks go to my friend Federico for his tireless effort in reviewing all the book material (book, code, images, and so on) and for the enjoyable discussions and ideas shared. More huge thanks go to my friends and colleagues Antonio, Francesco, and Simone for their support, laughs, ...