SECOND INTERNATIONAL SOBIGDATA SUMMER SCHOOL
EMPOWERING DATA FOR SOCIAL GOOD
16-22 June 2024
Resort Poggio all’Agnello
Baratti – TUSCANY (Italy)
About
The 2024 edition of the SoBigData summer school will focus on how data can be used for social good, and this topic will be explored around five different thematic areas: European Framework and Communities, Trustworthy and Ethical AI, Ecology and Green development, Health, Technology and AI.
Attendees will be given the possibility to work on personal projects with the support of tutors. These projects will then be evaluated by a dedicated panel at the end of the school. This organisational structure will allow attendees to benefit from broader key-note speeches, topic-based talks alongside sessions that will allow attendees to progress in a project of their own choosing by relying on tutors from different partners of the SoBigData Research Infrastructure.
The Summer School will also feature social events organised with the intent of promoting network creation among attendees and with speakers.
Where
Nested in the gulf of Baratti on the “Etruscan Coast” in Tuscany (Italy), Poggio all’Agnello (https://www.poggioallagnello.it/en/) is a fully equipped resort that will host the 2024 edition of the SoBigData Summer school.
Registration & Deadline
Early registration until Tuesday 30 April 2024.
Late registration between Wednesday 1 May 2024 and Friday 31 May 2024 will have an additional cost.
There are different fee options, please see the Registration page for details.
Aim of the school
Data science and artificial intelligence (AI) play an increasingly important role in our daily lives. AI and its applications are essential tools for the advancement of our multicultural and interconnected society. However, the utilization of these technologies necessitates a thoughtful examination of the ethical and legal dimensions governing data use. The “Empowering Data for Social Good” school is designed to acquaint participants with pivotal subjects, including data governance and trustworthy AI, with a particular focus on applications related to health and sustainable development. To give students the opportunity to actively participate, the school is organized in two sections: the morning sessions feature presentations by accomplished experts, each specializing in the varied topics covered. Concurrently, the afternoon sessions are dedicated to collaborative group projects, allowing students to actively engage in hands-on learning experiences. At the end of the week, a panel of experts in data mining and AI will evaluate the projects. The students will have the flexibility to self-organize their project work time, enabling interaction with tutors for guidance, inquiries, and discussions pertaining to project objectives. This approach ensures a comprehensive and interactive learning environment allowing the participants to explore the ethical, legal, and practical dimensions of leveraging data for societal well-being.
Topics
- Data Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Trustworthy AI
- Explainable AI
- Neural Networks
- Machine Learning
- Data Governance
- Health and Data
- Sustainable Development
Target attendees
Postgraduate Students, PhD Students, Researchers, Social Scientists
Keynote speakers
Maryam Mehrnezhad
Senior Lecturer at Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London.
Katharina Morik
Professor of Computer Science at Technische Universität Dortmund
Alexander Barth
Associate professor at Université de Liège and senior research fellow at Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – FNRS
Richard Rogers
University Professor at Universiteit van Amsterdam
Program
- 18:00 Welcome Cocktail
- 20:00 Hotel Dinner
- 9.00 – 9.30 Registration
- 9.30 – 10.00 Round presentations from Students
- 10.00 – 10.30 SoBigData RI & School Introduction – Roberto Trasarti (CNR-ISTI, Pisa)
- 10.30 – 11.00 Fostering Open Science Practices throughout the Research Lifecycle – Angeliki Tzouganatou (OpenAIRE)
- 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
- 11.30 – 12.30 Data Governance Act explained – Giovanni Comandè (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)
- 12.30 – 13.30 Data Altruism: Data for Public Good? – Mark Coté (King’s College London)
- 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch Break and free time
- 15.00 – 18.00 Project development with Tutors
- 20.00 – 21.00 Hotel Dinner
- 9.30 – 11.00 Keynote speaker: Algorithmic Auditing – Richard Rogers (University of Amsterdam)
- 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
- 11.30 – 12.30 Trustworthy AI – Roberto Pellungrini (Scuola Normale Superiore)
- 12.30 – 13.30 Bias in AI – Salvatore Ruggeri (University of Pisa)
- 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch Break
- 15.00 – 18.00 Projects development with Tutors
- 18.00 – 20.00 Social program: winery visit with light dinner
- 9.30 – 11.00 Keynote speaker: Multivariate convolutional neural networks with error estimates to reconstruct missing data in satellite observations – Alexandre Barth (University of Liege)
- 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
- 11.30 – 12.30 Territorial Planning of renewables and network analysis of CO2 – Angelo Facchini (IMT)
- 12.30 – 13.30 Green Sustainability – Giuseppe Manco (CNR-ICAR, Cosenza)
- 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch Break and free time
- 15.00 – 19.00 Social program: Visit to the marine protected and archaeological area of Baratti-Populonia
- 9.30 – 11.00 Keynote speaker: Cybersecurity, Privacy, Trust, and Bias in Female-oriented Data and Technologies – Maryam Mehrnezhad (University of London)
- 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
- 11.30 – 12.30 Health data analysis – Antinisca Di Marco (University of L’Aquila)
- 12.30 – 13.30 Tracking Women’s Health: A Method for Auditing Menopause App Infrastructures – Jennifer Pybus (York University)
- 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch Break and free time
- 15.00 – 18.00 Projects development with Tutors
- 18.00 – 20.00 Free time… or better… Italia – Spagna soccer match (Euro 2024) !!!
- 20.00 – 24.00 Social program: Pizza and Dj set
- 9.30 – 11.00 Keynote speaker: Resource Aware ML – Katharina Morik (Dortmund University)
- 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
- 11.30 – 13.30 Evaluation and presentation of student projects
- 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch
Venue
The Resort
Nested in the gulf of Baratti on the “Etruscan Coast” in Tuscany (Italy), Poggio all’Agnello (https://www.poggioallagnello.it/en/) is a fully equipped resort that will host the 2024 edition of the SoBigData Summer school. The gulf of Baratti hosts the Archaeological Park of Baratti and Populonia (https://www.parchivaldicornia.it/en/archaeological-parks/archaeological-park-of-baratti-and-populonia/), with a necropolis and acropolis across a site that is considered one of the most relevant Etruscan cities, the only one whose remains are on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The park’s protected area stretches over 80 hectares and comprises some of the most beautiful beaches and coves in Tuscany. Moreover, the venue is located on the “Road of Wine and Oil” (https://www.lastradadelvino.com/en/), an itinerary that comprises some of Tuscany’s most refined wineries and oil productors. The region also hosts numerous food festivals (https://www.costadeglietruschi.eu/en/experience-eng/food-festivals-a-journey-through-the-flavours-of-the-etruscan-coast/) comprising a variety of local products.
Facilities
- Fully equipped conference rooms
- Outside facilities for communal work in a 10 hectare-park
- An Olympic size swimming pool and two smaller swimming pools
- Facilities for children and families
- Services and activities such as bike rental, sport facilities and more (https://www.poggioallagnello.it/en/services-and-activities/)
- Access for those with impaired mobility
- An animal-friendly policy
- A restaurant that can accommodate menus for vegetarian, vegan, celiac and lactose-intolerant
- Free charge for electric vehicles and solar panel system
The surroundings
The summer school will be held in the Poggio’all’Agnello Resort on the beautiful and wild Tuscany coast.
General chairs
Mark Cotè
Kings College of London (UK)
Roberto Trasarti
ISTI – National Research Council of Italy
Organizing committee
Daniele Fadda
ISTI – National Research Council of Italy
Marco Braghieri
Kings College of London (UK)
Michela Natilli
ISTI – National Research Council of Italy
Valerio Grossi
ISTI – National Research Council of Italy
THIS SUMMER SCHOOL IS SUPPORTED AND ORGANIZED BY:
This event is supported by the European Union – Horizon 2020 Program under the scheme “INFRAIA-01-2018-2019 – Integrating Activities for Advanced Communities”, Grant Agreement n.871042, “SoBigData++: European Integrated Infrastructure for Social Mining and Big Data Analytics” (http://www.sobigdata.eu) and – NextGenerationEU – National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza, PNRR) – Project: “SoBigData.it – Strengthening the Italian RI for Social Mining and Big Data Analytics” – Prot. IR0000013 – Avviso n. 3264 del 28/12/2021
Contact us
marco.braghieri AT kcl.ac.uk