Andrea Cavallini, an IEEE member, has been an associate professor at Bologna University since 1998. He worked as a researcher at Ferrara University the previous three years. He received his master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Bologna in 1990 and 1995. His research interests are diagnosis of insulation systems by partial discharge analysis, reliability of electrical systems and artificial intelligence. He is a member of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society's AdCom and chair of the educational committee. He is co-founder of the startup TechImp.