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
Recurrent Neural Networks

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