Technical Program
SSIE 2021
School dates: 12-16 July, 2021. Online event.
TRACK 1
Machine learning: theory and applications
Monday 12/7 | Online |
8:00 – 8:30 | Michele Rossi, Matteo Meneghini, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova: Welcome, program and logistics |
8:30 – 10:30 | Plenary. Antonio Manzalini, Telecom Italia S.p.A (TIM), Quantum Optical Communication and Computing |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:45 | Stefano Melacci, Università degli Studi di Siena, Continuous Learning from video streams: a virtual agent perspective |
Tuesday 13/7 | Online |
8:30 – 10:30 | Manuel Roveri, Politecnico di Milano, Learning in non-stationary environments |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:45 | Manuel Roveri, Politecnico di Milano, Artificial intelligence for embedded and edge computing systems |
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 16:00 | Claudio Gallicchio, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Reservoir |
Wednesday 14/7 | Online |
8:30 – 10:30 | Juan Jose Alcaraz Espin, University of Cartagena, Spain, Reinforcement learning: a primer |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:45 | Giovanni Neglia, NEO Team@INRIA, France, Distributed machine learning on networks: design of accelerated learning schemes |
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 16:00 | Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Machine Learning, network automation and 5G |
Thursday 15/7 | Online |
8:30 – 10:30 | Guido Maier, Politecnico di Milano, Machine-learning defined networking: applications for the 5G metro-core |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:45 | Stefano Tomasin, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Physical Layer Authentication and Location Verification: a Machine-Learning Perspective |
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 16:00 | Student workshops: talks from students and best PhD presentation award |
Friday 16/7 | Online |
8:30 – 10:30 | Plenary. Danilo Pietro Pau, Technical Director of System Research and Applications, ST Microelectronics, Artificial neural networks and tools for ultra-constrained embedded deployability |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:45 | Massimo Walter Rivolta, Dept. of Informatics, University of Milano, At the heart of AI: a short journey on the “explainability” of Machine Learning models in the context of health applications |
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 16:00 | Egidio Falotico, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa, Machine learning algorithms for robots: from perception to control |
TRACK 2:
Next generation electronics and photonics: from quantum devices to the internet of energy
Monday 12/7 | SESSION 1: Next-generation Internet & Energy Management (Online event) |
8:00 – 8:30 | Michele Rossi, Matteo Meneghini, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova: Welcome, program and logistics |
8:30 – 10:30 | Plenary. Antonio Manzalini, Telecom Italia S.p.A (TIM), Quantum Optical Communications and Computing |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Stefano Leonori, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Machine learning for energy systems |
12:15 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 15:30 | P. Tenti, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Internet of Energy: challenges and perspectives |
Tuesday 13/7 | SESSION 2: Energy generation: renewable energies and photovoltaics (Online event) |
8:30 – 10:30 | David Moser, EURAC RESEARCH, The future of renewable energy |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:30 | Nicola Trivellin, University of Padova, Advanced photovoltaic technologies |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 16:00 | Antonio Agresti, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Ultra high-efficiency energy generation: Perovskites and beyond |
Wednesday 14/7 | SESSION 3: Strategies for high energy efficiency (Online event) |
8:30 – 10:30 | Matteo Meneghini, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Towards 99.9 % efficiency: living in a GaN-based world |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:30 | Alfio Dario Grasso, University of Catania, Energy harvesting and communication for implanted medical devices |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 16:00 | Ettore Napoli, University of Naples “Federico II”, Low power smart circuits |
Thursday 15/7 | SESSION 4: Next generation communications (Online event) |
8:30 – 09:45 | G. Vallone, University of Padova, Quantum communications: from theory to experiments |
09:45 – 11:00 | Carlo De Santi, M. Buffolo, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Silicon photonics: from ultrafast communications to LIDARs |
11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
11:50 – 12:30 | Luca Palmieri, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Next generation optical communications |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
14:00 – 18:00 | Student workshops: talks from students and best PhD presentation award |
Friday 16/7 | Online event |
8:30 – 10:30 | Plenary. Danilo Pietro Pau, Technical Director of System Research and Applications, ST Microelectronics, Artificial Neural Networks and tools for ultra-constrained embedded deployability |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:45 | Giovanni Breglio, University of Naples Federico II, Characterization and models for power electronic reliability |
Technical endorsement
