AI in Contemporary Research: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Dive into how AI’s shaking up research across fields at this in-person, interdisciplinary event!

AI in Contemporary Research: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Join us in person for a cool event diving into how AI is shaking up research across all kinds of fields. Whether you’re into tech, science, or the arts, get ready to explore fresh ideas and meet folks who are passionate about the future of AI. It’s all about connecting minds and sparking creativity in a relaxed, friendly setting. Don’t miss out on this unique chance to see AI through new lenses!

AI in Contemporary Research: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

29 June, 2026 – Room 8TM, Morselli Pavillion, Varese

9,30 Mauro Fasano and Davide Tosi, Opening

First session – Technology and law at the basis of AI (Chair: Mauro Fasano)

9,35 Davide Tosi, Foundations of artificial intelligence

10,00 Barbara Pozzo, The AI act

Short talks session I (Chairs: TBD, Sandro Recchia)

10,25 Paolo Pagnottoni, AI e ML applications in credit risk assessment, financial market forecasting and other economic and financial data

10,40 Federica Bertolotti, Artificial Intelligence and X-ray Scattering Techniques for Advanced Characterization of Materials and Nanomaterials

10,55 Giuseppe Porro, Text analysis procedures that integrate both closed- and fine tuned open-source LLMs, applied to the evaluation of subjective well-being dimensions using the Harvard CGA Geotweet Archive

11,10 Barbara Giussani, From Data to Discovery: Artificial Intelligence in Analytical and Process Chemistry

Short talks session II (Chairs: Sergio Cacciatori, Antonello Montagnoli)

11,25 Sebastiano Ariosto, A statistical mechanics framework for deep neural networks beyond the infinite-width limit.

11,40 Emanuele Giusti, Use of AI in disease risk stratification models: methodological challenges and applications in population-based longitudinal studies.

11,55 Heather Bondi, Speed up, scale up: BIOINF-farma for smarter vaccine candidate selection

12,10 Jenny G. Vitillo, Toward Autonomous Catalyst Discovery: How AI and High-Throughput Catalysis Are Transforming Catalyst Development

12,30 Light lunch

Short talks session III (Chairs: TBD, Marco Donatelli)

14,00 Samuele Tonati, Inside the Black Box: Counterfactual Explanations from Tabular Data to Text

14,15 Simone Donati, AI and Digital Platforms in Ophthalmology

14,30 Silvia Corchs, DermIA: development and applications of deep learning for dermatology

Lectio Magistralis (Chair: Davide Tosi)

15,00 David Sladek (University of Defence, Brno), TBA