SSIE 2025: Technical Program

Shaping the Evolution of Machine Learning in the Fields of Information Engineering and Security: From Theory to Practice

School dates: Monday 07 - Friday 11 July, 2025

SSIE is jointly organized by the IEEE Italy and the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) at the University of PadovaIn line with the school tradition, SSIE 2025 will cover very timely and cutting edge research areas, covering theory, systems and applications within the broad ICT domain.

Monday, July 7

09:00 – 13:30

Free morning

13:30 – 14:00

Marco Giordani University of Padova

Welcome address and logistics

14:00 – 15:30

Francesco Pase – NEWTWEN

Deep Learning’s New Frontier: Advancements in Scientific ML for Information Engineering

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30

Giovanni Apruzzese – University of Liechtenstein

Friend or Foe? On the Interplay between Machine Learning and Cybersecurity

Tuesday, July 8

09:30 – 11:00

Michele Rossi – University of Padova

Spiking Neural Networks: a mathematical perspective

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Gianmaria Silvello University of Padova

 Current (and future) Trends on Large Language Models

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

PANEL

Ali G. Hessami, Hrvoje Novak, Sneha Hegde

Moderator: Tiziana Tambosso

Climate/humanitarian challenge: is Machine Learning a way to go?

15:30 – 17:30

Free Afternoon

Wednesday, July 9

08:45 – 17:30

NETWORKING EVENT (HIKING)

With lunch on the mountain chalet


Angela Condello – University of Messina

Legislation and regulations about the use of AI in science


Meeting point at 08.45 (sharp): Hotel Grüner Baum

Thursday, July 10

09:30 – 11:00

Mauro Conti and Simone Soderi – University of Padova

Brave New Threat: The Rise of Covert and Side Channels

Semantic Communications and Cooperative Jamming for Robust Sixth-Generation Sensor Security

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Michela Meo Polytechnic University of Turin

Energy efficiency in information engineering and dimensioning of machine learning applications

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 17:30


STUDENT WORKSHOP


Friday, July 11

09:30 – 11:00

Andrea Tonello – University of Klagenfurt

An Information Theoretic Approach to Generative AI for Communication Challenges

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Gian Antonio Susto – University of Padova

From Lab to Factory: Overcoming Real-World Challenges in Industrial AI Applications

13:00 – 13:30

CLOSING CEREMONY

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch

Registrations are open!

Sponsor

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