Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), also known as the University of Lugano is one of the 12 certified public universities in Switzerland and member of swissuniversities. Established in 1996, USI is in constant evolution, always taking on new challenges while remaining true to its three guiding principles: quality, openness and responsibility. The Swiss AI Lab IDSIA, which is affiliated with both USI and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), has developed state-of-the-art algorithms for artificial neural networks, sequence learning, evolutionary computation, control and robotics, data mining, complexity and generalization issues, swarm intelligence, operations research, mathematically optimal universal artificial intelligence and optimal rational agents. IDSIA was the smallest of the world's top ten AI labs listed in the 1997 "X-Lab Survey" by Business Week magazine.