Speakers
Our program features an international panel of researchers, academics, and industry professionals. During the morning sessions, these experts will guide attendees through state-of-the-art methodologies, addressing the intersection of AI, human-centric design, and privacy.
Day 1: SoBigData RI and Project Challenges
Roberto Trasarti
Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Roberto Trasarti is a Senior Researcher at ISTI-CNR and the Coordinator of the SoBigData Research Infrastructure. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pisa. His research focuses on Data Mining, Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, and Automatic Reasoning. He leads the Knowledge Discovery and Delivery Laboratory's efforts in mobility analysis and social mining.
Valerio Grossi
Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Valerio Grossi is a Senior Researcher at ISTI-CNR. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pisa. His research interests focus on machine learning and the analysis of massive and complex data, including data stream mining, ontology-driven mining, business intelligence, and automatic knowledge extraction systems. He is a member of SoBigData's management team.
Day 2: Health and Wellbeing
Sara Colantonio
Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Senior researcher from the "Signals and Images" Laboratory in Pisa. Her research interests include machine learning, assistive technologies, personal informatics, and trustworthy AI. Co-authored over 120 scientific papers and coordinated FP7 projects on smart health systems. Recognized as one of the 40 Top Transformers in health (2016). Member of the international expert group AI4HI, contributing to FUTURE-AI guidelines on trustworthy AI in medical applications.
Salvo Rinzivillo
Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Salvatore Rinzivillo is a computer scientist, specialized in AI and machine learning, particularly focusing on enhancing explainability within these fields to foster trust and reliability. With a keen interest in visual representations of data, he bridges the gap between technology and understanding, making complex concepts accessible to all audiences. Beyond his professional pursuits, his background as a maker drives him to continually explore new possibilities and push boundaries in creative problem-solving.
Vasiliki Voukelatou
UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Vasiliki is a Data Scientist at the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome, where she develops machine learning models for nutrition and food security monitoring. Her work leverages data science techniques for humanitarian impact, ranging from field missions to applied research and collaborations with academia. She holds a Ph.D. in Data Science from Scuola Normale Superiore, with research on wellbeing and peace at the intersection of AI and social good
Day 3: Sport Analytics and Agentic AI
Alessio Rossi
Olympique de Marseille
Alessio Rossi is a sport performance data scientist with a strong background in sport science and biomedical research. He holds a PhD focused on predictive modelling in sport science. He currently works in professional football, applying data analysis, machine learning, and statistical modelling to transform datasets into actionable insights.
Maurizio Napolitano
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
Maurizio Napolitano is a technologist and head of the Digital Commons Lab unit at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, working on data governance, geospatial technologies, and artificial intelligence applied to public data. He has been a volleyball coach for over 30 years and is also a coach educator for the Italian Volleyball Federation.
Elizabeth Black
King’s College London
Elizabeth Black is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at King’s College London and a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. She is Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted AI. Her research focuses on computational models of argumentation, trustworthy AI, and the development of AI systems that uphold human values.
Day 4: Privacy, Fairness and Security
Jose Such
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Prof Jose Such is Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), where he leads the Human-centred AI Security, Ethics and Privacy (HASP) Lab. Previously, he was Full Professor of Computer Science at King’s College London. His research interests are at the intersection between Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, and Cyber Security.
Francesca Naretto
University of Pisa / Scuola Normale Superiore
Francesca Naretto is a Researcher at the University of Pisa. She has a Ph.D. in Data Science from Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, with a thesis on the synergies and tensions between Data Privacy and Explainability, awarded as Best Phd thesis at the ITADATA 2024 conference. Her research interests are in explainable artificial intelligence, data privacy, fairness and federated learning.
Awais Rashid
University of Bristol
Awais Rashid is Professor of Cyber Security at University of Bristol where he heads the Cyber Security Group. He is Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security and Director of the National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN). His research focuses on security and privacy of large connected infrastructures.