Luigi Dadda received the degree in electrical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 1947. He was a libero docente in 1953, a full professor in 1962, a rector from 1972 to 1985, and a professor emeritus in 1998. He received a US National Science Foundation scholarship in 1954. In 1955, he taught the first annual course in electronic computers and other computer sciences courses. Since 1999, he has been the president of the Advanced Learning and Research Institute (ALaRI), University of Lugano, Switzerland. His research interests include electromagnetic fields, switching theory, and high-performance computing. He has been a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, currently IEEE) since 1954 and is currently a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the IEEE Computer Society.