Hall Of Fame
Interviews, articles and contributions by outstanding personalities who have collaborated in various ways with FBK.
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October 28, 2024Mirco Tonin joins the Scientific Panel of the Edufin CommitteeFBK-IRVAPP Director Mirco Tonin, full professor of Economic Policy at the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, was recently appointed to the Scientific Panel of the Edufin Committee. We asked him a few questions to better understand how crucial this prestigious appointment is. -
July 15, 2024Elena Crespi from FBK among the 100 successful women according to FORBES ItaliaThe researcher from the Center for Sustainable Energy selected among the 100 female personalities who have contributed to the growth of our country. -
July 9, 2024AgrifoodTEF among the European Commission’s DIGITAL success storiesThe European project - coordinated by FBK and involving 34 partners to develop service infrastructures for the validation of AI- and robotics-based products for agrifood - is among the success stories cited by the European Commission. -
June 13, 2024Luigi Crema has been re-elected president of Hydrogen Europe ResearchThis is Europe's leading hydrogen research organization. -
April 16, 2024Glimpses of artificial intelligence “against the tide”A discussion between leading representatives of AI and Augmented Intelligence research was held on March 25 at FBK. We collected the video testimony of Alessandro Sperduti, Marco Gori and Oliviero Stock, guests of "Some Pills of AI Against the Tide." -
July 5, 2023Paolo Traverso’s interview with Nello CristianiniA novel and original video dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and its disruptive applications -
July 3, 2023Thoralf Skolem Award 2023There is also Alessandro Cimatti (FBK) among the signatories of the most influential field study over the period 2002-2022, which won the Thoralf Skolem 2023 award, presented yesterday in Rome at the CADE-29 conference. -
June 29, 2023Understanding AI – An interview with Tomaso Poggio, Professor at MIT BostonTomaso Poggio is the Head of the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines and is an international pioneer in the field of Artificial Intelligence. On occasion of the workshop "DEEP LEARNING: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications" which took place in Povo - where he had worked at the time of Prof. Luigi Stringa - we asked him some questions to better understand AI and what we have to expect in the near future. -
May 6, 2023Wired Next Fest Trentino: the empathy of algorithmsTonight the talk by Paolo Traverso and Paolo Benanti in Piazza Malfatti at Rovereto -
February 17, 2023Inheritances and social justiceSalvatore Morelli presented the findings of his latest study: "The Influence of Intergenerational Transfers on Wealth Inequality in Rich Countries: Size Matters" at FBK-IRVAPP -
February 16, 2023Oliviero Stock is honorary member of AIXIAThe Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence bestowed the title of Honorary Member on senior fellow FBK, a pioneer in AI research. -
February 14, 2023History changesMassimo Rospocher is the new director of the Italian-German Historical Institute FBK. We asked him about his plans for the coming years, how history is changing and how his own history has changed. -
May 13, 2022The visit of the German Ambassador Viktor Elbling to FBKViktor Elbling, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Italy, visited the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento, accompanied by the Honorary Consul of the German Federal Republic for the Trentino-Alto Adige Region, the lawyer Gerhard Brandstätter. They were welcomed by Francesco Profumo, the President of the Foundation, the Secretary General Andrea Simoni and the Director of the Italian-German Historical Institute (FBK-ISIG) Christoph Cornelißen -
June 23, 2021The role of information during the pandemicA face-to-face meeting with Ferruccio de Bortoli, a journalist with proven experience and professionalism who reflected with the public on the role of correct information in contrast to the rampant wave of misinformation and infodemic -
April 22, 2021SARS-COV-2 VACCINES: TOWARDS THE END OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?The FBK for Health webinar presented the current situation on vaccines and the vaccination campaign -
March 16, 2021TRANSFORMING NUMBERS IN LIFE STORIES: THE NEED FOR MOURNING THE DEATHS OCCURRED DURING THE PANDEMICA reflection to restore dignity to the lonely deaths of the pandemic -
November 20, 2020Handmaids coming out of the shadows? The professional dimension of women over the centuriesConsiderations on the female professional dimension with Anna Bellavitis and Melania Mazzucco -
September 1, 2020“Artificial intelligence changes the way we do all things”Interview with the expert in technology ethics Paolo Benanti -
June 25, 2020What do we know and what not about Covid-19?A final master class to take stock of the medical and scientific acquisitions currently available on SARS-CoV2
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March 26, 2020Taking care of your mind in an emergency contextConsiderations by prof. Fabio Sbattella, expert in Emergency Psychology from the Cattolica University of Milan, -
October 24, 2019Roberto Battiston in the firmament of AstronauticsThe FBK board member was awarded the Hall of Fame Award by the International Astronautics Federation for contributing to the progress of space science and technology and to the impacts of space for humanity
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August 9, 2019Medical tourism in Europe, yesterday, today, tomorrowWho are "medical tourists"? And why do they decide not to seek treatment at home? What is medical tourism? How to become an attractive destination in the medical tourism market? To answer these questions we met Enric Mayolas, a Spanish physician, former director of international relations at the Health Department of the Regional Government of Cataluña (Spain), one of the leading experts on the subject.
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March 25, 2019Five tips for generation ZDavide Dattoli was the invited speaker of the seventh Bruno Kessler Lecture, on March 19, 2019 in Trento: in front of hundreds of students, he recounted his success story with Talent Garden -
March 4, 2019FBK technology in space: the TG2 DOSSIER storyAired on RAI 2, Giorgio Pacifici's story showed the best Italian research and technology for the study and exploration of Space. Among the major innovations, the story mentioned also the LOFT device made in the laboratories of the Foundation
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December 3, 2018TrentinoSalute 4.0 on the national RAI TV networkA great opportunity to disseminate our activities: we were guests of the "Memex: Galileo" show -
November 7, 2018Rare diseases and patients without diagnosis. Geneticist Bruno Dallapiccola in TrentoCoordinator of Orphanet Italia and scientific director of the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome, Dallapiccola will be the host of CiBio, at Povo, on Thursday, November 8, at 3.00 pm
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October 17, 2018In praise of imperfectionIRVAPP seminar with prof. Massimo Buscema, expert in Artificial Intelligence and deep learning faced with a perspective that is "different from the mainstream" -
July 6, 2018Evgeny Morozov on global fight for AI supremacyAt Economics Festival 2018, the Belarusian sociologist, journalist and writer, expert in media and technology, spoke of the ongoing global war between American and Chinese companies for the global hegemony of artificial intelligence, and appealed to EU politics -
July 4, 2018“When the cost of artificial intelligence goes down, extraordinary things will happen”. Interview with Avi GoldfarbPredictive systems, those that with AI allow to anticipate answers about the future, will cost less and will be more and more effective. Avi Goldfarb, professor of Marketing at the University of Toronto, tells us why during the 2018 Festival of Economics. -
June 19, 2018Ron Brachman: AI is what you make of itWe met the prof. Ronald J. Brachman at the FBK headquarters during the conference "The pleasure of research in AI", here is his perspective on AI as a long run researcher
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June 12, 2018Innovation flows where there are innovative peopleIdeas are important, but the people who stimulate them are even more so. We talked about this with Alessandro Garofalo, former president of Trentino Sviluppo and professional innovator.
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June 7, 2018When art changes societyHow can pleasure be a principle for innovation? What is the key motivational factor? How important is impact measurement? Why do we need crazyness? - A conversation with Doris Sommer from Harvard
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June 7, 2018Exclusive interview with Piero Angela: “Our future? It’s like a chess game”Technology is revolutionizing our society profoundly, with discoveries that would once have been considered science fiction. According to Piero Angela, the ongoing revolution also entails many risks, especially for young people
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June 3, 2018Happiness Tastes of Health: Interview with Luigi Fontana"Eating well means telling our body how long and how we want to live" -
May 29, 2018Lifestyles and nutrition: the challenges of the futureProfessor Luigi Fontana illustrated, at FBK, the most effective strategy to keep physical and mental well-being. The ingredients are three: healthy nutrition, physical activity and cognitive training
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May 21, 2018Zero-emission? Let us bring factories back to the citiesIt sounds like a paradox, but according to Wolfgang Wahlster, CEO and scientific director of DFKI, it makes no sense to build future zero-emission production centers if the commuting of workers remains highly polluting
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May 21, 2018Piero Angela in Trento for the 2018 Bruno Kessler LecturePeople of all ages have crowded the Teatro Sociale theater in Trento to follow the talk by Piero Angela, protagonist of the Bruno Kessler Lecture, the institutional appointment par excellence of the Foundation -
March 30, 2018How can the web and social media help medicineInterview with Eugenio Santoro, Head of the Health Informatics Laboratory at the "Mario Negri" Institute of Pharmacological Research in Milan
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March 7, 2018Is space curiosity or business?At the opening of the Co.Scienza festival, the president of the Italian Space Agency Roberto Battiston and the science popularizer Adrian Fartrade were the protagonists of a lively debate about the ultimate goal of space exploration -
February 15, 2018The Software for Multitouch Screens that Helps the Public Administration Save Time and Money is Being Experimented in TrentoPractix, a company based at the Mechatronics Hub, has started with the province gevernment the experimentation of DraftTrade, a system that enables multiple remote users to manage building projects. Cutting the costs for prints and trips -
February 5, 2018Creating an ecosystem for innovation entrepreneurshipWhat are the main challenges to face to translate research excellence into a succssessful innovation ecosystem? Paolo Taticchi from Imperial College shows us his point of view
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November 29, 2017Francesca Bria: How to build digital inclusionThe digital initiatives of the city of Barcelona and an interview on the role of digital and social innovation at the present stage
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November 9, 2017Conversation with Simone Aliprandi: from Open Access to Open Science DataWhat progress has been made? What are the legal (licensing) and technological (standards and repository) tools for profitable dissemination of research data?
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October 11, 2017THE WORK OF WOMEN IN THE MODERN EUROPE CITIESWhat has changed and what has remained unchanged for today's female workers? We asked Anna Bellavitis, professor of Modern History at Rouen Normandie University, and speaker at the FBK-ISIG "Oval Table" meeting series.
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October 11, 2017Cybersecurity. The Internet of Things.Suggestions from the Future: live innovations from the coming decade. This was discussed at FBK by Riccardo Meggiato, a writer and cybersecurity expert.
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September 21, 2017THE FBK STUDY ON THE SPREAD OF MEASLES FEATURED ON THE BBCStefano Merler, author of a paper published in the journal "The Lancet Infectious Diseases", was interviewed -
September 11, 2017Jeff Kramer at the SEFM conference organized by FBKThe fifteenth edition is being held in Trento from September 6 to 10, and aims to bring together leading researchers and professionals from academia, industry and administration to advance the state of the art in Formal Methods.
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July 31, 2017Eating little and healthy helps you live longerLuigi Fontana, one of the top world experts in the field of nutrition and longevity, hosted by FBK in May, confirms it.
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June 30, 2017How we would like the internet of the future to be. ROBERTO VIOLA AT THE BRUNO KESSLER LECTUREWhat great opportunities does the Internet offer? What concerns does it raise? How can Europe contribute to the development of a more human being-centered Internet? -
June 19, 2017FBK AMBASSADOR OF INNOVATION AT CAGLIARI ‘S G7 ON TRANSPORTATION WITH THE “CLIMB” PROJECT ON CHILDREN’S INDIPENDENT MOBILITYIt is one of the seven good practices, selected by a scientific committee of more than 400, that will be representing Italy in Cagliari, during the "Transportation G7" -
June 14, 2017Why “traditional values” are today at the core of national and international law and politics debates?Video interviews to some of the protagonists of the Workshop “Tradition and Traditionalisms Compared. A Joint Program of the Tradition Project and the Postsecular Conflicts Project” co-organized by the Centre for Religious Studies at the FBK Foundation.
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May 26, 2017Race and TheologyA VIDEO-message from prof. Leo D. Lefebure on "The Conflict of Social Innovations: Christian Theologies, Empires, and Modern Constructions of Race"
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April 13, 2017What are the effects of sleep deprivation on people’s health and productivity?A study conducted by researchers at the University of Lugano and the University of Pittsburgh (U.S.A.) reveals interesting implications. Fabrizio Mazzonna, professor of health economics, tells us more.
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April 11, 2017Alfio Gliozzo: a success story in international researchOn February 20, 2017, during the meeting for the presentation of the PhD program, the researcher from Sicily, FBK doctorate program alumnus, told us about his adventure in the world of artificial intelligence. -
March 3, 2017Il presidente CNR Massimo Inguscio alla Fondazione Kessler di TrentoLo scorso mercoledì 8 febbraio 2017 Massimo Inguscio, presidente del CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, in visita alla FBK accompagnato dall'assessore PAT Sara Ferrari e dalla dirigente del Dipartimento della conoscenza Livia Ferrario.
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February 1, 2017William Storrar’s point of view about fundraising humanistic research activitiesStorrar is part of a leading international group of theologians, social scientists and other scholars, on issues facing public theology for the 21st century.
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January 30, 2017FBK in “The Economist”Technology of language and religions. Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler mentioned twice this month in the worldwide reknown weekly magazine. -
January 20, 2017Bill Gates quotes an FBK study at WEF 2017For his speech at the World Economic Forum, Bill Gates used data from a study on the Ebola virus conducted by researchers at FBK of Trento in collaboration with Northeastern University in Boston, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Florida University and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. -
January 9, 2017The provocative potential of religious freedom. Experiences of a UN rapporteurUN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion Heiner Bielefeldt was the protagonist of the Bruno Kessler Lecture, the conference organized annually by the Trentino based research center with internationally renowned scholars.
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September 20, 2016Alex “Sandy” PentlandAlex “Sandy” Pentland tells us about the cornerstones of the partnership between the Trentino research center and one of the most important international research universities, the Massachussets Institute of Technology in Boston.
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July 22, 2016FBK hosts one of the most cited scientists worldwide in the field of process miningWil van der Aalst, Professor of Information Systems at the University of Technology in Eindhoven (the Netherlands), will hold a seminar on new technologies to help companies and organizations automatically extract workflows from computer systems.