Research
Projects, collaborations and updates on FBK's research.
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October 9, 2024Michela Milano appointed Director of the Center for Digital Society at FBKMichela Milano, a full professor at the Department of Computer Science, Science and Engineering at the University of Bologna and director of the Interdepartmental Center “Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence,” will lead FBK's Center for Digital Society. -
October 1, 2024Preventing stress in women with breast cancer: virtual coach ALBA is hereFondazione Bruno Kessler, in collaboration with the Trento Province Healthcare System, is coordinating the ALBA research project to investigate the contribution of “digital therapies” in promoting mental well-being and preventing stress in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. -
September 27, 2024Trentino per la Ricerca: eight innovation awards to young FBK researchersThe award to enhance the research and innovation work of young people in the Trentino region -
September 18, 2024Heat islands in Trento: mapping them to design the city of the futureAn FBK project to create detailed temperature maps, helping the city make targeted decisions on climate change. -
September 6, 2024Summer learning loss: what is it and how to contrast itInteresting research insights emerge on the phenomenon from the quantitative and qualitative evaluation study conducted by FBK-IRVAPP -
August 8, 2024TREC MAMA celebrated its first anniversary: a year of support and innovation for expectant mothersTreC Mamma, the innovative App offered free of charge by the Healthcare System of the Autonomous Province of Trento and dedicated to the support of pregnant women, marks its first anniversary today. -
August 7, 2024In Trento the first superconducting qubit made in ItalyAt the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trento, the first superconducting quantum bit (qubit) built entirely in Italy was born. -
July 28, 2024Poverty, financial worries and parental investments in early childhoodParents living in or at risk of poverty face daily financial struggles, juggling expenses and trying constantly to make ends meet. This can shift attention away from other important but less urgent daily tasks such as engaging in educational activities with their children, with potential long lasting impacts on their human capital development. The article discusses recent scientific evidence on this topic and how public policies could better support vulnerable parents in improving the development of their children during a key period of childhood. -
July 25, 2024Robin Hood’s tree comes back to lifeThe Sycamore Gap Tree, a majestic 100-year-old tree, symbol of Hadrian's Wall in England's Northumberland, made famous by the film "Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves", had been felled due to an apparent act of vandalism. FBK has returned it to the community by creating a digital reconstruction of it, allowing the emotional experience of the Sycamore Gap Tree to be relived as before the event. -
July 23, 2024FBK and the University of Padua together for research and developmentFrom cybersecurity to neuroscience, agriculture and health emergencies -
July 12, 2024ELOQUENCE Project Advances Multilingual Conversational AI for Safety-Critical ApplicationsELOQUENCE, a Horizon Europe project, enhances conversational AI for safety-critical applications such as emergency response and healthcare. Supported by the European Commission, it boosts AI reliability across multiple languages and aligns with EU ethical standards to improve human-machine interactions. -
July 10, 2024Physics for planning citiesUn gruppo di ricerca di FBK e degli atenei di Trento e Padova ha sviluppato un modello computazionale che riproduce le strutture dei sistemi di trasporto urbano. -
July 10, 2024ENCORE project: An educational platform for customized and motivating training programs, thanks to generative AIThe project will develop an educational platform based on Open educational resources and, through generative AI, will model training programs Based on each student’s characteristics -
July 9, 2024Innovation in support services: FBK and Anffas Trentino are joining forces to bring technology into support servicesNew technologies and artificial intelligence at the heart, of the framework agreement to improve interaction and increase choice opportunities for guests of Anffas Trentino Centers -
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. -
July 8, 2024Regulating and learning about Artificial Intelligence through the challenges of deepfakesRegulating AI is a complex and multifaceted issue that requires a balanced approach. -
July 2, 2024The European MiSS project has kicked offCoordinated by FBK in Trento, Italy, it will aim to develop quantum devices beyond the state-of-the-art. -
July 1, 2024FBK and UniTN together again for researchJoint research projects and labs, shared doctoral programs: Fondazione Bruno Kessler and the University of Trento have renewed their strategic collaboration for another three years. -
June 10, 2024Discovering SPAD sensorsThe 2024 edition of the ISSW biennial conference and related school to understand how SPAD sensors work and how they can be used in modern technologies. -
June 7, 2024Trento, Italy, sees the first digitized atlas of the human brainThe neurosurgery international scientific community will gather in Trento for the “Connect brain” conference June 13 through 15. Neuroscientists from around the world will be participating in the event. An opportunity to learn about and test an innovative technology that reconstructs maps of brain connections. A useful tool against head tumors. -
May 23, 2024The delicate balance between economy, energy and the environmentToday, as part of the 19th Edition of the Trento Festival of Economics, Fondazione Caritro hosted the panel "Finding the balance between economy, energy and the environment". -
May 13, 2024Curtain down on SWITCH projectA novel flexible solution validated using a reversible Solid Oxide system: Smart Ways for In-Situ Totally integrated and Continuous Multisource Generation of Hydrogen (SWITCH project) -
April 30, 2024At the Frontiers of Digital IdentityTwo international conferences organized in Rome by Fondazione Bruno Kessler brought together experts from around the world to talk about security in electronic identification -
April 29, 2024Work-family balance: a study highlights the main effects of the 2007 parental reform in GermanyA new study highlights the opportunities for work-family balance, in connection with the 2007 parental leave reform in Germany -
April 24, 2024Female scientists and intellectuals, religious womenA journey through the latest bibliographic offerings of the Annali.Recensioni.Online -
April 23, 2024HatedemicsArtificial intelligence for countering online hate speech. European project coordinated by Trento's Fondazione Bruno Kessler to kick off -
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April 22, 2024Early diagnosis of vision disorders in children: the first trial in Trentino is now openA healthcare teleconsultation project for the prevention of eye disorders in children. This is the main objective of the experimental project launched last month in the Province of Trento. -
April 17, 2024Chips ACT: FBK among key players in Italian Pilot Line for advanced microchips15 million for silicon carbide research and new laboratories dedicated to semiconductors planned for FBK -
April 5, 2024Artificial intelligence and health dataWorld Health Day will be celebrated on Sunday, April 7. One of the issues debated in recent years is the importance of diagnosis: according to a 2016 University of Baltimore analysis, in the United States alone, medical errors cause more than 250 thousand deaths a year out of a total of about 2.6 million deaths. -
April 4, 2024The CLEANSE Lab – CLoud Native ApplicatioN Security is hereFBK and DEDAGROUP have created a new Co-Innovation Lab dedicated to Cybersecurity. -
March 29, 2024April 2 – World Autism Awareness DayOngoing research projects at Fondazione Bruno Kessler -
March 27, 2024A new frontier for anti-frosting systems.Researchers from Fondazione Bruno Kessler and the University of Trento have designed and fabricated surfaces that slow down the formation of ice by blasting away water droplets before they freeze. The findings open up a new way to design ultra-efficient frost and heat exchange surfaces. The paper has been published in the American journal Acs Nano. -
March 22, 2024Tourism, water and energy: three key elements for sustainabilityMarch 22 marks World Water Day, established by the United Nations in 1992. This year's theme is the link between water and climate change, an issue that deeply engages Fondazione Bruno Kessler's agenda. Let's see how. -
March 20, 2024Mpox: the rapidly decreasing 2022 epidemicAn FBK-coordinated study published in Nature Communications demonstrates the importance of correct information to limit transmission -
March 13, 2024HOLYLAB: a global economic organization in the early modern age. The Franciscan custody of the Holy Land through its accounting records.FBK's Italian-German Historical Institute is a partner in the ERC project Holylab - A global economic organization in the early modern period: The Custody of the Holy Land through its account books (1600-1800). Felicita Tramontana, principal investigator of the project, tells us about it. -
March 7, 2024Measuring inequalities with statistical modelsThe new study by Gian Maria Campedelli, a researcher in the MOBS unit at the FBK Center for Augmented Intelligence, was published in the official journal of the American Society of Criminology -
March 5, 2024Generative AI and disinformation: advances, challenges and opportunitiesFour European projects join forces against disinformation with advanced AI models. New white paper from European digital media observatory available online -
February 28, 2024New digital frontiers: the Interlink collaborative environment for increasingly citizen-centered public servicesPublic and private entities, organizations and citizens from six European countries participated in the project coordinated by Fondazione Bruno Kessler -
February 28, 2024The indelible faintness of tracesA new joint FBK-ISIG and 3DOM project that reveals the face of the city of Trento from the profound changes that have affected it over the years and the effects these have had on the community. -
February 27, 2024Virtual reality, physical well-beingVirtual reality now substantially shapes the collective imagination. On an imaginative level, it is perhaps the most futuristic of concepts: laser projections, holograms, simulations, augmented reality, and three-dimensional helmets are part of a baggage of images and concepts in which the boundaries between science and science fiction, between research dreams and established results, blur. -
February 23, 2024FBK for Human-Centered AI8 episodes, 8 experts, 8 stories: tangible examples of the big digital transformation of Artificial Intelligence, with profound technological and social impacts. Every Friday, starting Feb. 23, on FBK channels, immerse yourself in our stories for a human-centered AI -
February 22, 2024EU project SMHYLES develops novel salt- and water-based hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) on an industrial scaleThe SMHYLES project, coordinated by FBK is funded by the EU under Horizon Europe with around €6 million for a period of four years from January 2024 on. -
February 15, 2024One hundred years of Bruno KesslerIt's been one hundred years since Bruno Kessler was born. From an outlying valley he managed to reach the center of Trentino, never forgetting his roots. He was president of the province at the height of Trentino's modernization, to which he largely contributed. -
February 14, 2024Innovative solid oxide electrolyzers to produce hydrogen will be developed in the Hy-SPIRE projectThe kick-off meeting of the Horizon Europe project Hy-SPIRE “Hydrogen production by innovative solid oxide cell for flexible operation at intermediate temperature” was held in Warsaw on 8-9 February 2024, hosted by coordinator – the Institute of Power Engineering – National Research Institute (IPE-NRI). -
January 31, 2024AI@EDGEFBK-coordinated European project to build a secure, flexible and reusable artificial intelligence platform wrapping up -
January 30, 2024Virtual reality: the FBK-TS4.0 study published in the scientific journal “NATURE”"Use of personalized virtual environments in people with cognitive impairment": this is the title of the study published in the prestigious international high-impact journal Scientific Reports - Nature (Sci Rep - ed. Springer Nature) and conducted by FBK researcher Susanna Pardini, as part of TrentinoSalute4.0 activities. -
January 16, 2024Understanding Misinformation and Science in Societal DebatesIn a new research project, we explore the interaction between misinformation and science on social media during COVID-19. The UnMiSSeD project brings in not only computational social sciences but also media and communication studies and has clear connections to science communication. -
January 16, 2024AgrifoodTEF: the first field testsOne year after its launch, the European project coordinated by FBK is working for companies wishing to validate their innovative solutions under real-life conditions of use. -
January 9, 2024Mosquito-borne diseases: a study estimates possible risks including in ItalyResearchers from Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler Foundation participated in the work published in the scientific journal The Lancet Planetary Health -
January 5, 2024Val di Sole: a “health friendly” areaThe Department of Health and Social Policies of the Province, through TrentinoSalute4.0, officially launched a new territorial laboratory called “Vivere la Salute in Val di Sole” at the end of 2023. -
December 28, 2023INTO THE W-AI-LDThe FEROX project presents "The Tech + Wild Journey", a docufilm produced by FBK and directed by Andrea Franceschini which tells the story of the development of an advanced technological solution to support pickers of small wild berries in Finland. -
December 21, 2023USES4HEAT project launched to enable the decarbonisation of European heating and cooling through innovative seasonal Thermal Energy StorageThe USES4HEAT project kicked off in December 2023 to enable decarbonised and reliable heating supply through innovative large scale seasonal thermal energy storage solutions. -
December 21, 2023Air-Break, the project under the European Union’s Urban Innovative Actions program, is endingAir quality goes from acceptable to good thanks to the many initiatives put in place by the project partners: Fondazione Bruno Kessler, City of Ferrara, Deda Next, University of Ferrara, Politecnico di Milano, S.I.P.R.O. Provincial Agency for the Development of Ferrara, Hera Group, Lab Service Analytica. -
December 20, 2023First-year goals met. The challenge of new emerging infectious diseases.3 days to discuss the achievements of the PNRR INF-ACT Extended Partnership 5 research nodes to study current and future health emergencies with a One Health approach -
December 6, 2023The results of the SismaSens project for realtime earthquake monitoring.The results of the project involving four Trentino high schools presented at FBK in Povo -
December 4, 2023Excellence in research: featuring the scientific achievements of 13 FBK scholarsAmong the most cited researchers in the world (Top 2%) for their publications in science-technology are FBK scholars Binosi, Bovolo, Cimatti, Dapor, Dragoni, Ghulinyan, Magnini, Massa, Perini, Pistore, Remondino, Stock and Strapparava. The analysis, published in Elsevier Data Repository, is based on Scopus data updated to 2022 -
November 30, 2023The potential of incentivized savings programs in combating education povertyInterim findings of the FBK-IRVAPP evaluation presented at the final conference of WILL "Educating for the Future"
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November 29, 2023Gender-based violence: data, culture, contrastThe interview of FBK Magazine to the FBK-IRVAPP director on the hot topic of gender-based violence from the perspective of public policies. -
November 20, 2023The bibliographic collections of Claudio Cesa and Enzo Collotti, a mirror of a European Weltanschauung2023 was an important year for acquisitions at Fondazione Bruno Kessler's Library, which is increasingly being characterized as a specialized library with a significant presence of personal fonds. -
November 15, 2023Complexity Translation Exercises: a glossary for FBK’s research worldsScientific excellence feeds on knowledge challenges that find application in our daily lives: from the smartphones we use to the universe we explore. The FBK dictionary series offers close encounters with the disciplinary fields that shape Fondazione Bruno Kessler, one word at a time. -
November 15, 2023The interdisciplinarity of environmental historyWe open the FBK Dictionary column with this article on environmental history, an innovative line of research that is very active at FBK-ISIG. -
November 14, 2023The musical frontiers of researchFBK and the Conservatory of Trento strategic partners in knowledge production and dissemination -
October 12, 2023THE CALLS FOR THE SELECTION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE FBK DIGITAL SOCIETY AND AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE CENTERS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHEDFondazione Bruno Kessler has started the selection process for the positions of Director of its Digital Society research center, dedicated to the new challenges of the digital society of the future, and the Augmented Intelligence Center, focusing on the innovative sector of Augmented Intelligence. Application deadline: December 7, 2023 (12 p.m. GMT+2) -
October 11, 2023Observing the atmosphere from high altitude: the mystery of Terrestrial gamma raysFBK and the Società Alpinisti Tridentini (SAT), the Trentino mountaineers association, join to implement the PIZ-Gamma project, advancing a further exercise of the DomoSens model dedicated to high schools that will take them on a school-to-work experience in close contact with research. -
October 2, 2023North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley launches in PortorožThe North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley (NAHV), the first transnational initiative of this kind under the Horizon Europe programme, supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, was launched in Portorož-Portorose, Slovenia. Fondazione Bruno Kessler as partner in the project, will be in charge of several activities such as the safety plan, the modelling of the digital twin of H2 valley and definition for a certification scheme for the green H2 guarantees of origin. -
September 25, 2023Life Ecoempower projectECOsystems EMPOWERing at regional and local scale supporting energy communities - Empowering Energy Communities and their key role in the decarbonization of Europe and tackling climate change -
September 22, 2023Curbing recruitment by cartels is the main way to reduce violence in MexicoStudy to which FBK researcher Gian Maria Campedelli contributed published in "Science". -
September 11, 2023An historical perspective on mobility and interactions between travelers and local residentsThe latest issue of the Annali of ISIG takes an in-depth look at the concept of mobility in the early modern age and the relationships that were created between travelers and local inhabitants. -
September 8, 2023Artificial intelligence, Trentino unit of Ellis startedFondazione Bruno Kessler and University of Trento join the European Machine Learning Network. The Department of Engineering and Information Science and the Center for Digital Society are involved. The initiative will serve the purpose of creating new businesses and start-ups -
September 5, 2023Andrea Micheli wins ERC Starting grant for frontier research in AIThe news of the grant from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe's leading body that subsidizes excellent frontier research, came following a highly competitive selection -
September 4, 2023Artificial intelligence and discriminationAt the FBK-ISR international seminar held this summer, researcher Ilaria Valenzi presented the report "Bias in Algorithms - Artificial Intelligence and Discrimination" published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. We asked her some questions to understand when algorithms generate discrimination and what solutions can be put in place. -
August 31, 2023A benchtop electron microscopeResearch advancement also comes through the tools scientists use in their work. We visited the MNF labs at Fondazione Bruno Kessler and asked a few questions to learn more about the features of the benchtop electron microscope. -
August 21, 2023Tell me how you play and i’ll tell you who you areBest Paper Award for Antonio Bucchiarone at the 5th international conference on human-computer interactions in games, as part of the HCII 2023 held in Copenhagen on July 23-28 -
August 12, 2023FBK’s Sustainable Energy Center laboratories at the new Hydrogen Hub in RoveretoThe new Hydrogen Hub will be hosted in Rovereto at the Arcese area. This is provided for in the memorandum of understanding signed by Trentino Sviluppo with the industrial group. -
August 8, 2023“TreC Mamma” is here: the app for all expecting women developed in TrentinoVideos, images, podcasts, personal diary, visits, a chatbot that provides personalized information about pregnancy and baby growth. Here is TreC Mamma, the service that supports all pregnant women. -
July 25, 2023Climate change and misinformationA study of tweets about the Marmolada tragedy was presented this summer at the SETE Festival in Rovereto. To explore further, we asked Riccardo Gallotti, head of the CHuB Unit at FBK's Digital Society Center, and Veronica Orsanigo, a future doctoral student, a few questions -
July 17, 2023Research and innovation inside industry’s digital transitionA focus on digital technologies for the changing industry: FBK's applied research in manufacturing, aerospace, rail, automotive, energy and precision agriculture. -
July 3, 2023Abortion: cultural, political, medical choices comparedA contemporary analysis of the (non) right to abortion in Italy, Europe and the world from politics to law and medicine. -
June 29, 2023NEWELY PROJECT: Next Generation Alkaline Membrane Water Electrolysers with Improved Components and Materials have been created.The final public event of this European Project in which FBK participated, took place in Bad Zwischenahn (Germany) with the poster exhibition opening the EMEA Workshop 2023. -
June 27, 2023QUANTUM DAY @ FBKA day of discussion involving the national research and innovation ecosystem on quantum technologies was held at FBK on May 23, 2023. A whole new level for supercomputing, communication networks, and the competitiveness of the production system, particularly for SMEs that represent the vast majority of the Italian industrial structure -
June 19, 2023The effects of implicit stereotypes about immigrants on Italian schools studentsMichela Carlana, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, presented the results of a research work conducted in Italian schools in order to assess the impact of stereotypes on immigrant students in teacher-student interactions. -
June 15, 2023The ARO Forum devoted to the volume “Dangerous Books”An invitation to think about the cultural effects of media control. -
June 5, 2023The evolution of industrial maintenanceAs part of its collaboration with the Rovereto-based company PAMA, the Vision Technologies Research Unit at FBK's Digital Industry Center oversaw the development of computer vision modules for remote troubleshooting and industrial maintenance through an augmented reality-based application. The solution developed ensures data security, allows for user experience customization, enables predictive analytics, and facilitates the creation of maintenance ticket and intervention requests. -
May 30, 2023Evaluation in the service of public policiesInterview with FBK-IRVAPP director Mirco Tonin -
May 27, 2023“ChatGPT, when machines replace humans in processing thoughts”A Palazzo Geremia la tavola rotonda organizzata nell’ambito del Festival dell’Economia di Trento -
May 18, 2023The thousand pieces of the glassThe "CheEntropia!" project, promoted by ITT M. Buonarroti of Trento with FBK, has led not only to awareness and attention to an irreversible natural process such as entropy, but also to the creative creation of an ad hoc short film signed by the students of the schools involved, viewable at the end of this article. -
May 18, 2023Does financial literacy start at home?Giovanna Paladino addresses the topic of financial literacy by trying to understand whether money management models are part of parental educational content and how these are transferred generationally and are appropriated by children. -
May 8, 2023Artificial intelligence for urban securityFBK and the City of Trento are partners in three EU-funded international projects aimed at improving the protection of public spaces. -
May 6, 2023Wired Next Fest Trentino: the empathy of algorithmsTonight the talk by Paolo Traverso and Paolo Benanti in Piazza Malfatti at Rovereto -
May 6, 2023Algorithms against fake newsArtificial intelligence as a valuable ally for press and fact-checkers in promoting truthful and accurate information -
May 3, 2023Laser confinement fusion without waste emissionThe scientific achievement to which FBK contributed has been published in Nature's Communication Physics -
May 2, 2023Wage returns related to the use of e-skills and institutional factorsStarting with empirical evidence from major European labor markets, a study by FBK-IRVAPP and UniTN to analyze the role of institutional factors in moderating wage returns from the use of digital skills in European labor markets. -
April 28, 2023Ferruccio Resta has been appointed FBK presidentThe Trento Province Council has appointed the new president of Fondazione Bruno Kessler. He is Ferruccio Resta, full professor of Applied Mechanics of Machines at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Chancellor of the above university until December 2022 and current president of the Chancellors’ Conference. -
April 26, 2023HyCARE PROJECT: an innovative approach for renewable energy storage, now reality.The exhibition event of this European Project took place in Paris, on April 21st, 2023, with the presentation of the project activities and the demonstration of the prototype. -
April 26, 2023Memorandum of understanding between Fondazione Bruno Kessler-Sensors and Devices Center and ELI-ERIC (european research infrastructure consortium)A Memorandum of Understanding for science and technology cooperation between the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI ERIC) and Fondazione Bruno Kessler was officially signed in February 2023. -
April 19, 2023The AMETHyST project to develop local hydrogen ecosystems in the Alpine region kicks offThe Sustainable Energy Center as partner of the project funded by the European Interreg Alpine Space Program intended to promote energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen measures for energy sufficiency in the tourist areas of the Alpine region. -
April 12, 2023Artificial Intelligence to optimize CTThe Fondazione Bruno Kessler is collaborating on a model for automated analysis of CT images using artificial intelligence algorithms. -
April 6, 2023Trentino bombingsThere is little trace in Kessler's papers of the early part of his life, which remains in the background of an important political career: however, some of the experience of the bombings in World War II remains. -
March 31, 2023Artificial Intelligence: Tango guides the revolutionThe new EU-funded project that will kick off in autumn 2023, with 21 partner organisations from 9 countries across Europe, is set to develop a new generation of human-centric AI systems and to strengthen the leadership of Europe in this area -
March 23, 2023Reducing the spread of contagions with targeted hygiene in crowded environmentsFBK has collaborated on a scientific study published in Nature Communications -
March 20, 2023Archives and research: the conclusion of the Grenzakten 2.0 projectArchival study and the evolving concept of borders at the heart of the Grenzakten 2.0 project, thanks to which the large documentary collection on the borders of modern Europe preserved in the two State Archives of Innsbruck and Trento is now accessible. -
March 15, 2023The European (and Italian) road to a new artificial intelligenceThe European challenge for the artificial intelligence to come: being less muscular than the "made in the U.S.A." or "made in China" ones, more creative and above all capable of integrating skills and technologies to make people and machines work together. It is Integrative AI capable of creating solutions that will have an impact in many areas of our daily lives: health, cities, local areas, work. -
March 13, 2023WildDrone: autonomous drones to monitor and preserve wild animalsA new European project dedicated to environmental sustainability for the protection and study of wild animals using drones and artificial intelligence is to kick off. -
March 10, 2023The newly established “Fair” foundation will manage 114 million from the PNRR on artificial intelligence.FBK is leading the spoke dedicated to integrative AI. -
March 8, 2023AI4TRUST: Artificial intelligence to reduce online disinformationFake news is a big challenge for society, and artificial intelligence can help. The European project will improve factchecking by testing new methodologies and tools and automatically analyzing text, audio and video sources in 7 different languages -
March 8, 2023Countering summer learning loss is possibleAn innovative and novel study in Italy to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to counteract learning loss during the long summer school break. -
March 6, 2023The right to university education: where will the PNRR lead?Federica Laudisa discusses the right to university education in light of the funding and new actions envisaged by the PNRR. -
March 3, 2023Local stakeholders at the table of the Nevermore European project dedicated to climate changeThe Working Group of the NEVERMORE European project, a board of provincial stakeholders animated by the Tourism and Sports Service of the Autonomous Province of Trento and supported by Fondazione Bruno Kessler-FBK, was formed on March 2, 2023, at the Province Headquarters. -
February 28, 2023Micro and Nanotechnologies as pillars of 6G and Future NetworksLooking at 2030 and ahead, future generations of telecommunications and distributed services will be demanding for miniaturized hardware components conceptually closer to software. -
February 27, 2023FBK 3DOM Unit participates in the European project 5DCULTUREHigh-quality 3D digital content will be created for use in the cultural, tourism, and fashion sectors -
February 23, 2023February 17, 1924 – February 17, 2023 (for he time being)99 years after Kessler's birth, we are preparing to celebrate his centenary by trying to rediscover his figure. Reflecting on anniversaries and especially on the individuals who inspire them. -
February 22, 2023Testing and supporting the use of digital learning assessmentThe Institute for Evaluation Research on Public Policies at Fondazione Bruno Kessler has evaluated the impact of the Toolkit platform, which aims to help the dissemination of digital learning evaluation. -
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 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. -
February 9, 2023Destination: GanymedeThe European probe JUICE is set to be launched from Kourou Space Base in French Guiana in the second half of April. Mission goal: to reach Jupiter's orbit in seven years and study its icy moons. The Bruno Kessler Foundation (with the research group coordinated by Francesca Bovolo) is among the partners in the UniTrento-led project. -
February 3, 2023An innovative online platform based on virtual reality to facilitate training of rescue teamsFBK's 3DOM Unit is a technology partner in the European project TRACENET, led by the Trentino Civil Protection -
January 31, 2023THE AGRIFOODTEF EUROPEAN PROJECT IS KICKING OFFWith a total budget of 60 million euros and a time horizon of 5 years, AgrifoodTEF aims to develop testing and experimentation infrastructure to facilitate the adoption of services and products based on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the European agrifood sector. The project’s kick-off will take place in Trento on February 1 and 2, hosted by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, the project’s coordinator. -
January 27, 2023Let’s start at the end: the footage of Kessler’s funeralThanks to a VHS, we can review the original 1991 footage, which allows us to reflect on the fact that the images we see are always the product of someone's choice. -
January 24, 2023Luigi Crema is the new President of Hydrogen Europe ResearchThe appointment of 24 January 2023 concerns the most important European research organization in the field of hydrogen. -
January 18, 2023After the sixteenth century, also the seventeetnth century in ISIG’s Hidden Trento appISIG researchers worked together with the Museo Diocesano Tridentino to enhance the history of the city of Trento in the seventeenth century and museum collections -
December 29, 2022A journey through Bruno Kessler’s papersWith a new research project, we also begin a journey through the papers of Bruno Kessler, in the company of historian Camilla Tenaglia, from FBK-ISIG (Italian-German Historical Institute) -
December 20, 2022FBK will coordinate the FEROX European Project to support the work of wild berry pickersIt will be based on AI, data and robotics technologies and will be tested in Finnish forests. -
December 16, 2022Cybersecurity: the agreement between FBK, University of Trento and Confindustria Trento for an ecosystem of international standingHelp companies learn about, understand and address new cybersecurity threats. Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Confindustria Trento sign the Memorandum of Understanding. -
December 14, 2022The first center for computational social sciences in TrentoA new Center has stemmed from the collaboration between Fondaziione Bruno Kessler, the departments of Sociology and Social Research, and of Economics and Management at UniTrento. Smart cities, changing work, and strategic management of public data: the collaboration between information technology, statistics, and social sciences provides support for decision-making. -
December 13, 2022Seeing with new sensesFBK-IRVAPP is conducting the SENSES (Seeing with new senses) project to assess an experiential intervention aimed at raising awareness of visual impairments and against stereotypes in sxhools. In collaboration with the social cooperative Abilnova and with the support of Fondazione Caritro -
December 6, 2022Translating research. From complex to simple, from incomprehensible to clickable"Translation is not only about making research more understandable; it is also about presenting research in digestible, clickable formats that are likely to stand out" -
December 5, 2022Emerging infectious diseases – FBK joins INF-ACT, an integrated project supported by PNRR fundsThrough the Health Emergencies Center, directed by Stefano Merler, Trento based Fondazione Bruno Kessler will be the leader, together with Istituto Superiore di Sanità (the Italian National Institute of Health) and the Association of Experimental Zooprophylactic Institutes, of the epidemiology and statistical and mathematical modelling studies for INF-ACT, the new consortium of 25 universities, public and private entities dedicated to emerging infectious diseases. -
December 2, 2022Open Innovation for the Riedl Phasys automated warehouse systemTogether with FBK, University of Trento and Dolomiti Robotics, an innovative solution was created to make the GPI Group's Riedl Phasys warehouse system more globally competitive. -
November 25, 2022STOP ONLINE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENStandByMe european projects aim at countering online Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) via youth actions in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and the rest of Europe. -
November 7, 2022Mass screening is effective in containing Covid-19 infections. Published by the journal Scientific Reports The Study on the South Tyrol caseA research recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Scientific Reports shows that screening campaigns with rapid antigen tests to detect asymptomatic positives in the population are useful. Coordinated by FBK-Irvapp Director Mirco Tonin, together with fellow professors at the University of Bolzano, Davide Ferrari and Steven Stillman, the study, carried out using the data from the experiment conducted in South Tyrol in November 2020, indicates a significant lowering of infections (-45% in the infection growth rate) in the following weeks. -
October 18, 202210 new European projects for Fondazione Bruno Kessler’s Digital Industry CenterThe involvement of Trentino based businesses, the creation of demonstrator sites, and the development of solutions easily adaptable to the local area are being promoted -
October 6, 2022A brand new digital platform for fairsTOFANE is a research project funded by the autonomous Province of Trento whose aim is the creation of a state-of-the-art platform for providing services for fairs based on localisation of visitors and assets. With the double goal of enriching the visitor experience of a given event and providing added value services for the exhibitors and the fair organization. -
October 4, 2022Countering inequalities “by design”A recent FBK-IRVAPP study on assessing the distributional impact of policies in EU countries makes a key contribution to the development of the European Commission's work on addressing inequality. -
September 14, 2022AI for banks: new tools for business growth in the FBK and Dedagroup Business Solutions research projectAccelerating territorial development and business growth is the goal of the AIAAA project, which capitalizes on the experience and assets developed in the Co-Innovation Lab in which FBK and Dedagroup collaborate to develop Open Data and Open Services. -
August 23, 2022FBK and Extended PartnershipsThe results of the call on the Extended Partnerships of the MUR, based on the PNRR, have rewarded FBK, protagonist of 5 proposals among those that have passed the first selection, dedicated to 14 topics of national interest. -
August 11, 2022Four European projects for energy transition in TrentinoFBK obtains Horizon Europe funding for NEVERMORE, FLEXIndustries, InCUBE and COMUNITAS -
July 28, 2022A vision of future 6G from the point of view of Micro-Nano Hardware componentsWhat a potentially catastrophic failure in a passenger flight, back in 1982, has to do with future visions and prospects of 6G in 2030? This article will address the red wire linking these facts. -
July 22, 2022AUGMENTED REALITY AT MUSEO DEGLI ALPINIThanks to technologies developed by FBK researchers, 3D models of several archaeological finds on Doss Trento can now be viewed by the public -
July 20, 2022IPCEI funding of over 59 million euros to develop the batteries of the future in TrentinoThe project will be carried out by Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Green Energy Storage -
July 19, 2022Also FBK and UNITRENTO in the project of the supercomputing centerThe new National Research Center in High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, led by INFN has the participation of Fondazione Bruno Kessler and UniTrento among its 51 founding members spread across the country. -
July 13, 2022Designing innovative teaching: the ENCORE project is kicking offCoordinated by the University of Pisa, it involves European universities, institutions and companies. FBK is among the partners of the initiative thanks to the contribution of Antonio Bucchiarone (MoDiS) and Gianluca Schiavo (i3) -
July 12, 2022FBK-ISR’s YouTube new channel is online!FBK’s Centre for Religious Studies is now on YouTube with a specially dedicated channel -
July 7, 2022Cost and potential of green hydrogenFondazione Bruno Kessler contributed to the report by IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency -
July 6, 2022FBK participates in the Italy-Korea Forum on Technology and InnovationTwo days in Seoul for an expanded meeting between Italian and South Korean science and technology players. -
June 22, 20225G: connected autonomous and assisted driving vehicles on motorway between Italy-Austria and Austria-Germany5G-CARMEN European project tests innovative automotive functions and services across countries -
June 17, 2022Optics and photonics in TrentoFrontier research, technology applications, market trends, and societal spillovers addressed at Italian Icop2022 conference. -
June 8, 2022GRENZAKTEN 2.0: an investigation into the deeds relating to the borders kept in Trento and InnsbruckISIG historian Katia Occhi recounts the articulated project dedicated to documents on borders created between 1400 and 1800 -
May 27, 2022Luigi Crema elected as chair of the Hydrogen Europe Research BoardLuigi Crema, director of the Sustainable Energy Center at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, was elected a member of the board of Hydrogen Europe Research, an association that brings together 108 international research institutions dedicated to energy development in the field of hydrogen. In particular, Dr. Crema will be in charge of the hydrogen production Technical Committee. -
May 26, 2022The laboratoryConsiderations of a historian on the importance of team work and confronting during the writing of manuals. -
May 25, 2022“KIDS GO GREEN”, 4 and a half laps around the earth1,800 children participate in the initiative organized by Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Cooperativa Kaleidoscopio, in collaboration with local governments and with the support of ITAS Mutua and Casse Rurali Trentine. -
May 10, 2022In-work poverty in Italy: what it is and how to combat itBeginning with a discussion of the mechanisms that lead to situations of in-work poverty, Andrea Garnero, host of the FBK-IRVAPP research center, presented data on the extent and characteristics of the phenomenon in Italy and the five proposals developed for the Ministry of Labor to counter both the spread of low wages and the growth of poverty in households -
April 27, 2022AAAI 2022 @ FBKThe FBK scientist Luciano Serafini has become fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EURAI). Head of Data and Knowledge Management Research Unit at FBK, his reaserch interests include Knowledge representation, Artificial intelligence, Semantic Web, Applied Ontology and Neuro-Symbolic architectures. -
April 12, 2022The infinite lightness of explorationA journey inside the HERMES-SP project and the cross scientific return in the field of multi-messenger astrophysics -
April 8, 2022Responsible Artificial IntelligenceImages and privacy of citizens in a Smart City. FBK participates in the MARVEL European project -
March 30, 2022MIMEX testbed in Trento launched at FBKThe new shopping experience environment has been created to validate the actual effectiveness of the applicable solutions. A space with the basic configuration of a store that will facilitate the development of options to be used in different contexts. -
March 28, 2022Cryptography: a millennia-long historyWhat trends for the future of Cybersecurity? An introductory lesson with Prof. Silvio Ranise, director of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler's Cybersecurity Center -
March 25, 2022Nowcasting: Artificial intelligence-based short-term weather forecastsClimate change in Italy and Europe is leading to a progressive increase in extreme weather events, with repercussions on all social and economic activities: traffic circulation, tourism, agricultural and industrial production, renewable energy, people's health and safety. Always active in environmental modeling, in the past 5 years FBK has built a dense network of relationships with national and international organizations and companies for the research and development of weather models, in particular for extreme events. -
March 21, 2022An FBK sensor for the ultrasound scans of the futureThe device was found to be one of the best in Europe in the Horizon 2020 Position II project -
March 17, 2022Law and power in the era of Artificial IntelligenceRisks and benefits of the pervasive use of Artificial Intelligence technologies, especially in the medical field. -
March 10, 2022Interview with Mirco Tonin, FBK IRVAPP’s new DirectorStrengthening the culture of public policy evaluation is important. Only by paying attention to mistakes we can learn and also aim to improve our ability to understand reality in order to have a greater impact on society -
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February 18, 2022Be a scientist: from profession identity to gender equalityThe research profession told by two exceptional protagonists -
February 1, 2022AI made in Italy launches the international challenge against Covid: “Covid CXR Hackathon” promoted by IIT, FBK and UNIMORE presented at Expo 2020 DUBAIData scientists from all over the world united in a virtual challenge on Covid-19 data. The online hackathon is open to students, PhD students and teams of researchers called to solve a real and compelling problem in medical imaging. The goal: to support healthcare professionals with prognosis activities starting from chest radiographs and clinical data collected in hospital triage. -
January 27, 2022What is artificial intelligence?Oliviero Stock talks to Viviana Lupi on how AI has dramatically changed and will change human life. -
January 26, 2022Living in a pandemicA study conducted by researchers from Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Cnr-Isti, published in Scientific Reports, analyzed changes in daily routines and the ability to adapt to precautionary measures following the outbreak of COVID-19. -
January 18, 2022Prof. Ventura’s mandate as director of ISR ends with the publication of a new policy paperThe recently published policy paper has symbolically wrapped up Prof. Ventura's experience at the Foundation -
January 17, 2022(Non-)Religion, Big Data and AI Ethics: Is Bigger Necessarily Better?The complex relationship between Big Data, AI ethics, religion, and non-religion -
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January 3, 2022The importance of studying Bruno KesslerSome possible lines of development for the research on the history of autonomy in Trentino presented by researcher Maurizio Cau -
December 27, 2021How does the future look watched from above? Mountains after the pandemicThe story of a day of public meetings designed to highlight the kaleidoscopic character of the "High lands". -
December 27, 2021The “AI-TN” project – Artificial Intelligence at Trento is hereWith an additional act, the Province of Trento has allocated 1.2 million to FBK for the new "AI-TN" project aimed at carrying out activities in connection with artificial intelligence, including activities in collaboration with the University of Trento. -
December 17, 2021Three new Directors of FBK have been appointedRichard John Hall-Wilton, Massimo Leone and Mirco Tonin appointed today by the Board of Directors to lead the S&D, ISR and IRVAPP centers
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December 9, 20211st KID_ACTIONS EU Policy, Research and Practitioners ForumOn 29 and 30 November 2021, the Forum organized in the context of the European REC project KID_ACTIONS, took place in Trento, at the premises of the project coordinator FBK -
November 15, 2021New portal and new TREC + App: a revolution in accessing digital Provincial Health ServicesThe new platform TreC+, developed thanks to the contribution of doctors and citizens, is available free of charge to all members of the provincial health system as of today. It will be the single point of access to the digital services of the Trento Province healthcare system. -
November 12, 2021Deep Gravity: the algorithm that explains how people travelFondazione Bruno Kessler, with the CNR Institute of Science and Information Technologies and the Argonne National Laboratory in the U.S., has developed an artificial intelligence-based algorithm, capable of predicting and explaining mobility flows in detail. The study has been published in Nature Communications -
October 25, 2021When did the spread of the Sars-Cov-2 virus start?FBK's Center for Health Emergencies contributed to the new study published in Nature -
October 21, 2021PHOTONICS: FBK study reveals an innovative method for reading optical signalsThe study, published in the international journal "Optica" and funded by the joint laboratory Quantum @ Trento, is the result of FBK's proven experience in the production of photonic devices and integrated silicon detectors -
October 19, 2021Hidden Trento – the city of the Council within reach of an APPThe city of the Council in an app developed by the Italian-German Historical Institute at Fondazione Bruno Kessler as part of the PURE European research project -
September 28, 2021AUSTRIAN-ITALIAN COLLABORATION PROMOTES RESEARCH ON SMART ELECTRONIC BASED SYSTEMSThe Austrian research center Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) and the Italian research institute Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) are launching a bilateral research collaboration to develop methods and processes that increase the dependability of electronic based systems. -
September 27, 2021Mapping affinities: Towards an ethical approach to network visualizationOur personal and professional lives are deeply embedded in a complex web of interconnected and interrelated ties. These networks and our position within them can influence the way in which we live and think -
September 21, 2021Ghost footprints on the light to keep an eye on health and the environmentHigh-precision, low-cost systems for air quality and medical diagnostics are being built at the Q@TN laboratory. The Trento based quantum physics center is an organization of reference in Europe for the design and manufacture of cutting-edge prototypes. By developing integrated photonic chips, the road to the breakthrough allowed by the use of ghost imaging and undetected photon spectroscopy techniques is being paved thus moving from theory to practice, from the laboratory to everyday life. -
September 16, 2021What space will it be?An evening on the frontiers of research on space exploration. Among the guests, ASI's President Giorgio Saccoccia, FBK's president Francesco Profumo, the president of the University of Trento, Flavio Deflorian and professor and physicist of the University of Trento-EUSPA Roberto Battiston. -
September 16, 2021A (web)valley of ideasOn 27 August, the 2021 edition of WebValley ended, the summer school organized by FBK which gives Italian and international students the opportunity to confront themselves within the mare magnum of new technologies applied to scientific research. The enthusiasm of their testimonies is a certainty for our present and for the future. -
September 15, 2021FBK for interfaith dialogue and peaceSince 2016 FBK has been a partner of the G20 Interfaith Forum; September 11-14, 2021, it took part in the G20 Interfaith Forum which took place in Bologna, coordinating the working group on innovation in science and technology chaired by the director of the Center for Religious Studies, Marco Ventura -
August 19, 2021Forecasts, scenarios, projections: how do we anticipate the trend of the epidemicIn the focus, the issue explained by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and Fondazione Bruno Kessler -
August 13, 2021COVIBOT: the chatbot that provides answers on vaccinations, testing and isolationThe Trento Province Healthcare System (APSS) and Fondazione Bruno Kessler, as part of the TrentinoSalute4.0 digital health competence center, worked hard during the months of the pandemic to give life to Covibot, a chatbot visible from the APSS website that can answer questions about the vaccination campaign and respond to the many requests that are still being received on isolation, quarantine, case contacts and testing. -
July 7, 2021The role of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the Chinese vaccination campaignValentina Marziano (FBK) is the co-author of a new study recently published in Nature on the spread of COVID-19 in China, according to which non-pharmaceutical interventions will continue to be the number one weapon to curb infections -
July 6, 2021I is another meSilvio Ranise, director of the FBK Cybersecurity center, tells how the issue of digital identity is current and in constant evolution, between the duty to protect our privacy and the duty to facilitate our life. -
June 30, 2021FBK and Cassa Centrale Banca together for “Cyber Threat intelligence”Goal of the partnership: the development of an innovative program in Cyber Threat Intelligence to further consolidate the Group's IT security control. -
June 28, 2021The Seal of St. Wenceslas to Stefano MerlerOn Saturday, June 26, Saint Vigilius's day, the mayor of Trento Franco Ianeselli awarded the seal of San Wenceslas, the highest honor of the city, to Stefano Merler. -
June 23, 2021FBK IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTORS FOR 3 OF ITS RESEARCH CENTERSFBK HAS PUBLISHED THE CALLS FOR THE SELECTION OF 3 DIRECTORS FOR RESEARCH STUDY AND INNOVATION IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: SENSORS AND DEVICES (FBK-S&D); EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES (FBK-IRVAPP); RELIGIOUS STUDIES (FBK-ISR). NEW Application deadline: 10 September 2021, 12 pm. Further information available at jobs.fbk.eu -
June 15, 2021Language in the ‘human-machine era’: How will new forms of language technology change our communication, and language itself?The ‘human-machine era’ is coming soon: a time when technology is integrated with our senses, not confined to mobile devices. It means that the hardware will move from our hands into our eyes and ears. Intelligent eyewear and earwear will be able to translate another person’s words, and make it look and sound like they were talking to you in your language. But not only will technology mediate what we see, hear and say in real time – it will be having increasingly complex conversations with us. -
June 15, 2021More maps for everyoneThe "Trento Time Travel Maps" project of the FBK Digital Society Center provides citizens with a series of urban maps to understand how the city has changed from the 19th century to today -
June 15, 2021Supporting people experiencing higher levels of distressA proof-of-concept evaluation measuring the engagement and effectiveness of Atena, a psychoeducational chatbot supporting healthy coping with stress and anxiety, among a population of university students
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June 14, 2021Giving meaning to 3D pointsThey are able to represent the shape, size, position and orientation of objects and scenes in space for applications such as 3D city modeling, land monitoring, power line inspection, autonomous navigation in indoor and outdoor spaces, industrial monitoring, documentation and restoration of cultural heritage -
June 10, 2021Big data and non-religionA new paper authored by FBK researchers Dominik Balazka and Bruno Lepri, with the contribution of Prof. Dick Houtman (KU Leuven), sheds light on the possible impact of Big Data on the future development of non-religion studies -
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May 25, 2021The first bulletin on the distribution of variants in Italy is onlineThe report integrates the data on virus variants of public health interest circulating in Italy from the prevalence rapid survey conducted by the ISS in collaboration with Fondazione Bruno Kessler and the Ministry of Health, with those on the distribution of the same variants reported by the Regions and Autonomous Provinces (AP) and by the National Laboratory for SARS-CoV-2 of the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) in the COVID-19 Integrated Surveillance System -
May 20, 2021Energy: ENEA-Fondazione Bruno Kessler partnership on hydrogen, batteries and renewablesHydrogen, renewable energy, batteries and integration with energy networks. These are the main technological areas covered by the three-year agreement signed by ENEA and Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) for the development of innovative solutions to support the ecological transition of our country. -
May 14, 2021Tackling cyberbullying through innovative monitoring and educational technologiesCoordinated by Fondazione Bruno Kessler and funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) of the European Union, the KID_ACTIONS project is running from January 2021 to December 2022.
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May 13, 2021Reusable, secure and trustworthy AI solutions in the Network EdgeFondazione Bruno Kessler coordinates AI@EDGE, one of the 9 research projects retained from the 81 proposals submitted to the European Commission in response to the 5G-PPP ICT-52-2020 call: 5G-PPP Smart Connectivity beyond 5G. The project, started in January 2021, lasts 3 years and involves 19 partners among industries, universities and research institutes from 8 countries. -
May 13, 2021Quantum bits ignite the engine of innovationUniversity of Trento, Fondazione Bruno Kessler and National Institute of Nuclear Physics together to build an ecosystem of quantum sciences and technologies. Thus the Q@TN laboratory in Trento becomes an important node at national and European level for this sector and a unique setting where to design devices and create prototypes for supercomputing, secure communications and sensors -
May 5, 2021Suggestions for future research on artificial intelligence and religionThe two-year webinar series on Artificial Intelligence and Religion (AIR 2020/21) organized by the FBK-ISR Center for Religious Studies has wrapped up. A final assessment and a relaunch with new knowledge challenges -
May 3, 2021Attention to safety, high precision, low power: the first products from the Janus project are making it to the marketSocial distancing and workplace safety: these are the main applications for businesses and communities that the Janus “two-faced” system, created in the laboratories of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler and the University of Trento, provides. -
April 22, 2021A research group in FBK highlights the importance of demography and social structures facing pandemic transmissionBMC Medicine has published the open access research paper "Modeling the interplay between demography, social contact patterns, and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the South West Shewa Zone (SWSZ) of Oromia Region, Ethiopia" authored by Trentini, F. et al.
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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 -
April 16, 2021At the source of all types of energyThe scientific excellence and social impact of the FBK Sustainable Energy Center: for innovation in the hydrogen sector and for future-proof technologY development. -
April 8, 2021OLDER ADULTS AND COVID-19: A GREAT LESSON FOR THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTUREA webinar with Prof. Marco Trabucchi to talk about the critical issues related to the world of older adults that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic. -
April 8, 2021New horizons for the FBK Clean RoomThanks to newly purchased equipment, we are moving from micro-fabrication to nano-fabrication of devices, for innovative applications in companies and in the space industry -
March 31, 2021HIT joins EIT MANUFACTURINGThe Trentino system of research and innovation in the main initiative that promotes advanced manufacturing in Europe -
March 30, 2021PAST TO PRESENT: rediscovering history through augmented realityChiese Valley in Trentino combines tradition and innovation to rediscover the history of Fort Larino and the Great War -
March 26, 2021Dyslexia: the power of reading aloudReading aloud, assisted by a technology that "captures" the reader's attention on the written word, allows children with dyslexia to increase their comprehension of a text. This is what emerges from a study, the result of the collaboration between the Bruno Kessler Foundation and the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences of the University of Trento, which involved 40 boys and girls aged between 8 and 10 years, half diagnosed with dyslexia and the other half with typical reading skills. With “Gary,” an average 24% improvement in reading comprehension scores is possible -
March 17, 2021The COVID-19 symptomatic ratioAge-specific likelihood of developing symptoms and of progressing to critical disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection -
March 15, 2021ECT*-LISC researchers develop more precise models to describe DNA damage during radiotherapyThese advances have been recognized by two recent publications in the prestigious journals Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. The latter article has been also highlighted in the “2021 PCCP Hot Articles” list as well as in the journal’s back cover. -
March 15, 2021New study reveals the effects of digital tracing in combination with other non-pharmaceutical interventions on the control of the Covid-19 pandemicThe work, the result of a collaboration among the Bruno Kessler Foundation, the Isi Foundation - Turin, the University of Turin and other foreign research institutes, has been published in the authoritative journal Nature Communications. The results analyze in which cases isolation strategies and digital contact tracing via app can help contain re-emerging outbreaks -
March 9, 2021Surprise: Bots are less central than verified accounts during contentious political eventsThe new scientific paper by Manlio De Domenico (FBK) has been published on PNAS. Very different information ecosystems emerge in terms of prevailing news sources when comparing social media with the web -
March 2, 2021VCovid in Italy: 54% of infections are due to the English variant, 4.3% to the Brazilian variant and 0.4% to the South African variantThese numbers come from the new 'flash survey' conducted by ISS and the Ministry of Health in cooperation with regional laboratories and Fondazione Bruno Kessler -
March 1, 2021Researc-HER-s power: hard sciences told by the women who do themCycle of webinars organized by HIT - Trentino Innovation Hub to stimulate discussion on avant-garde research lines -
February 26, 2021Released the full version of COVID19 INFODEMIC OBSERVATORY by FBK CoMuNe LabWith many new features, a freely and user friendly platform to independently conduct a number of analysis for which at the moment there is no other online resource available -
February 19, 2021“MUM UP”, pregnancy care just a click awayThe innovative system that provides remote support to expectant mothers created within the TrentinoSalute4.0 digital health project is kicking off at Fatebenefratelli Isola-Tiberina
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February 5, 2021From code to market: Network of developers and correlated returns of cryptocurrenciesCode has become an important societal regulator that challenges traditional institutions, from national laws to financial markets. A new research paper, coauthored by FBK researchers Lorenzo Lucchini and Bruno Lepri, has been published on Science Advances -
February 5, 2021Support tools for the hydrogen industry. Priorities for the development of the hydrogen supply chain in ItalyThe Report by H2IT - Italian Association of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells has been presented: hydrogen is a key solution for the decarbonization of the energy system -
February 4, 2021Cystic Fibrosis: new image processing methods accelerate studies on drugsA research project on cystic fibrosis, halfway between medicine and computer science, appears promising in increasing the chances of fighting this genetic disease.
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February 2, 2021Dedagroup Public Services and Fondazione Bruno Kessler together for the development of INTERLINK — a European Open Innovation projectThe INTERLINK 3 - year project aims at creating and enabling new digital collaborative governance models centered on the citizen's needs. The international team is carrying out tests in three Administrations: the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance, the Latvian Ministry for Regional Development and the City of Zaragoza. -
February 2, 2021Digital society: FBK wins 7 European projects in 2021Thanks to the application of artificial intelligence and 5G technology, innovation will be pushed in various areas of society such as urban security, cyberbullying prevention, PA digitization, cultural heritage enhancement. The funding amounts to almost 3 million euros -
January 28, 2021Italy joins IPCEI with 12 companies and 2 research centers: ENEA and FBKGreen light from the EU for an investment of over 1 billion euros in the second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on batteries. Below is the comment by Luigi Crema, director of the FBK-Sustainable Energy Research Center -
January 28, 2021Identification of therapeutic targets and drug repurposing against Covid19 based on proteins, diseases, drugs, and symptoms network analysisNetwork medicine aims at using networks to uncover patterns in diseases and use them to understand their biology and propose new drugs. -
January 27, 2021Drug logistics, the GPI-HIT-FBK-UNITN project’s prototyping phaseThe collaboration started in February 2020 and the next step will be to improve the performance of the Riedl Phasys robotic cabinet -
January 22, 2021Unraveling the hidden organisation of urban systems and their mobility flowsPublished on EPJ Data Science the Open Access new scientific paper authored by the FBK - CoMuNe Lab researchers Riccardo Gallotti, Giulia Bertagnolli and Manlio De Domenico -
January 22, 2021“WildeHealth” kicks off: FBK to train researchers from EU countries in the process of expansionThe European project will boost the scientific development of digital technologies for health care in Slovenia, Portugal and the Republic of North Macedonia. -
January 21, 2021Artificial intelligence in the service of medicineThe AIMED project, with the support of Fondazione VRT, brings the technological and research results based on artificial intelligence developed at FBK to radiologists and neurosurgeons based in Trentino
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January 20, 20212021 at the FBK Center for Religious StudiesISR's research and cultural initiatives go on with the mission of the center always clearly defined in the background -
January 8, 2021FBK-ISS-INAIL study, reopening with high incidence is risky, even if Rt is lower than 1Relaxing restrictions when the incidence of Sars-CoV-2 infections is still high can lead to a rapid new spike in cases, and therefore in hospitalizations, even if the Rt number is below 1. These are the findings of a study, based on data from the epidemic's 'first wave', conducted by researchers from Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) and the National Institute for Accident Insurance (INAIL) published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States (PNAS). -
January 7, 2021Gender bias and human language technologySteps forward to resolving "gender bias" in machine translation systems -
January 4, 2021MiMEX, Micro-Market ExperienceMiMEX, the Micro-Market Experience project funded under the EIC Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) measure, is now underway. A consortium with roots in Italy, Spain and Turkey has been created to spread the smart retail experience at a European level over the next two years.
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December 30, 2020A new organization for the Bruno Kessler FoundationStarting from January 1, 2021, the statute of FBK has changed: there are now 6 new Research Centres and a Management dedicated to Marketing and business development will be soon inaugurated. -
December 15, 2020The pandemic and increased uncertainty: what effects on fertility?The FBK-IRVAPP research center hosted a seminar on this topic with Raffaele GUETTO, researcher at the University of Florence, who described how the narratives conveyed by the media significantly affect reproductive intentions, changing demographic scenarios
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December 15, 2020Augmented reality for industrial maintenancePAMA Rovereto adopted an FBK project thanks to HIT and Confindustria Trento Digital Innovation Hub -
December 15, 2020FBK researchers among the most cited in the worldWe highlighted the scientific results of Francesca Bovolo, Alessandro Cimatti, Manlio De Domenico, Paolo Massa, Fabio Remondino and Carlo Strapparava. The Scopus data analysis was published in the international journal Plos Biology -
December 9, 2020Seeing the invisible with the “FastGhost” quantum microscopeA new research project funded by the European Union, whose partners also include FBK, aims to create a cutting-edge microscopy technique that will lead to important applications -
December 3, 2020Active aging. More than 22 million and 575 thousand were the total steps counted by the participants of “Due passi in salute con le ACLI”The third edition of the TrentinoSalute 4.0 project with the FAPs of ACLI Trentine has wrapped up. -
December 3, 2020#IMPACTMATTERS HYDROGEN AND SUSTAINABILITY: FBK AND SOLIDPOWER’S RESEARCH ON DISPLAY AT MUSEAn installation dedicated to hydrogen and its role as an alternative to fossil fuels has recently been presented at MUSE in Trento
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November 25, 2020Towards Jupiter’s moons, the radar is readyESA (European Space Agency)'s instrument for the Juice mission, which sees the Trentino research system as a protagonist, has been delivered -
November 24, 2020FBK to coordinate the AIPLAN4EU project: artificial intelligence for European small and medium-sized enterprisesWith a total funding of 5 million euros, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, in partnership with 15 international partners, will bring "automated planning" to the AI4EU platform -
November 23, 2020Big data and diseases of the nervous system: APSS and FBK in the NEUROARTP3 projectSharing clinical data in a structured way so as to improve the ability to predict, prevent and treat conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis and brain tumors, reducing their impact on the national health system. -
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 -
November 17, 2020Covid-19: what can the Rt number tell us and why is it so important?As information that questioned the validity of the infection metrics used spread, the Ministry of Health held a press conference where FBK researcher Stefano Merler spoke to shed light on some concepts -
November 17, 2020In search of scents lost: new project explores Europe’s smelly heritageODEUROPA will find references to smells and scents in literature and historical paintings using cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques. -
October 29, 2020The infodemic wave was faster than the epidemic waveStudy by FBK researchers that assessed the COVID-19 related infodemic published today in Nature Human Behaviour -
October 27, 2020Diabetes and artificial intelligence: from citizens to researchA collaboration between a diabetic patient and the FBK eHealth research group stemmed from the "La bottega della Scienza" project, which gathers scientific research proposals advanced by citizens and involves schools. -
October 27, 2020A new effort not to leave idle prior results obtained in EU projectsA new effort not to leave idle prior results obtained worldwide. -
October 26, 2020Explainable AI for healthier lifestylesVirtual coaching systems can help people with chronic diseases improving their health day by day -
October 26, 2020TOTEM – 4D Trento Time MachineICT technologies, archive data, space-time analyses of the urban area, apps and Artificial Intelligence to enhance Trento, its history and its archives -
October 21, 2020How does the connectivity of the communication networks (mentions, replies) responds to certain banning (or dismantling) strategies?A recently published article by FBK researchers provides new insights about how the presence or absence of moderation in online interacting contexts shape the organization and the communicative functioning of the underlying systems. -
October 15, 2020Prevention and response to Covid19 in ITALYNew study published about strategy and planning evolution for the autumn and winter transition phase. With the contribution of FBK experts in mathematical models to describe scenarios and contain the spread of the infection, led by Stefano Merler -
October 15, 2020EDIT- ESPERIENZE DIDATTICHE INSIEME AL TERRITORIO: THE NEW PLATFORM IS NOW ONLINEA new tool to monitor School-to-Work activities -
October 12, 2020Matching family savings to increase college educationIRVAPP researchers describe the college savings accounts programs and present the promising results of a pilot project they have evaluated
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October 2, 2020FBK has chosen who will lead the new Research CentersCimatti will lead the digital industry center, Crema the one for sustainable energy, Pistore the one for the digital society and Ranise the one for cybersecurity. As for health, there will be three new centers: health and wellness services will be entrusted to Forti, health emergencies to Merler and artificial intelligence for health and well-being to Ghidini. -
October 2, 2020New research paper on Autonomous Shuttles has been published on IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems journalFBK contributes to the research with the proposition of the Autonomous Shuttles-as-a service (ASaaS) concept as a pillar for the realization of innovative and sustainable proximity mobility -
September 28, 2020COVID-19 and digital communication in healthcareThe pandemic has pinned down both the pros and the cons of a revolution that involves relational aspects. -
September 21, 2020Big data, big faith? About beliefs and biases in algorithmic decision-makingWith the arrival of Big Data analytics, data rapidly became the petroleum of the 21st century and a new social contract came into existence. -
September 21, 2020Trento e Rovereto Play&Go, oltre 240 mila km sostenibiliIniziata il 26 ottobre scorso, la sfida per una mobilità amica dell'ambiente; si avvale dell'App Viaggia Play&Go messa a punto da Fbk. -
September 16, 2020“PRINCIPIA”, a new peer-review platform is hereA group of Italian researchers has advanced a chainblock-based platform, which aims to reform the scientific publications system, restoring the centrality of academia over journal publishers -
September 15, 2020FAMILIES_SHARE: technology research to best balance family and workThe FBK experience within the European Families_Share project wraps up with the last activity dedicated to children. An open lab that lasted 3 years in which people, organizations and new technologies have created synergies to co-design community welfare solutions and improve families' private life-work balances -
September 13, 2020Generating Counter Narratives against Online Hate Speech: Data and StrategiesHow big is the hatespeech phenomenon online? What effects does it produce? How can we tackle it? What is the contribution of artificial intelligence? Marco Guerini and other researchers at FBK are pushing forward this knowledge frontier -
September 8, 2020Combating hate speech, preserving freedom of expressionNovel techniques against hate speech are ready to be exploited to generate counter narratives about the many dimensions of hate speech: right-wing extremism, islamophobia, racism, cyber hate against LGBTI+ community, ecc. Interview with Marco Guerini -
September 3, 2020Crime in large cities: different cities, different causesThe new study led by researchers Marco De Nadai and Bruno Lepri with FBK's Mobile and Social Computing Lab that explores the correlation between crime, socioeconomic conditions, environment features and mobility in 4 megacities has been published in "Nature Scientific Reports". Findings show how the variability of the dynamics and the history of each city make it very difficult to suggest universal recommendations to reduce crime -
September 2, 2020What’s the weather like in Trentino today? Ask the chatbot!The last Trento Film Festival science café focused on the work in progress between Meteotrentino and FBK to make the short-term forecasts ever more accurate and on the new ways to learn about them -
September 1, 2020Religious nones around the worldThe category of non-affiliates, the so-called religious nones, includes all those who declare that they do not belong to any religious denomination. The highest concentrations are among men, among people under the age of fifty, among highly educated individuals and among those who reside in urban areas. -
August 26, 2020Tessa si aggiudica il premio sostenibilità della Banca Monte dei Paschi di SienaLa startup di FBK specializzata in sensoristica per l'agricoltura sta seguendo il programma Trentino Startup Valley -
August 11, 2020COVID-19 and death rates. A study coordinated by Trento based FBKThe research led by epidemiologist Stefano Merler was published in the scientific journal Eurosurveillance -
August 7, 2020Sempre più facile gestire la nostra salute grazie alla App TreC_FSEI trentini che accedono a TreC sono oltre 110mila. Con l’applicazione TreC_FSE si punta ad aumentare il numero di utilizzatori -
August 6, 2020More transparent water in the Venice lagoon after lockdown. A study with satellite imagesThe research coordinated by the Fondazione Bruno Kessler of Trento was published in the international scientific journal "Remote Sensing" -
August 5, 2020EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF TRANSLATED, FBK AND PERVOICE FOR REAL-TIME TRANSLATION OF DEBATESA contract was signed to transcribe and translate the speeches of parliamentarians with an innovative system. The new technology preserves human sensitivity towards the nuances of language incomprehensible to machines
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July 30, 2020The Webvalley 2020 team is ready to startThe FBK summer school this year will be in online edition from 17 to 28 August -
July 22, 2020Luigi Crema elected as chair of the Hydrogen Europe Research BoardA particularly critical position at European level that comes just as the European Commission publishes its hydrogen strategy -
July 3, 2020Tecnologia made in FBK per il telescopio dell’osservatorio VERITAS in ArizonaFBK è un leader mondiale nel campo dei fotomoltiplicatori al silicio SiPM che sviluppa da oltre 10 anni per grandi esperimenti di fisica di frontiera e per applicazioni industriali
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July 3, 2020S2HOES – from Trentino to Switzerland for safe and sustainable mobility of childrenThe FBK KidsGoGreen and PedibusSmart projects will be tested in two elementary schools in Canton of Ticino -
July 1, 2020The 2020 edition of “Scienza ad ore sei” has wrapped upThe five events of the science café series can still be viewed on Youtube -
June 30, 2020FBK PARTNERS WITH WHO ON NEW INITIATIVE TO MONITOR COVID-19 INFODEMICS FROM AROUND THE WORLDFBK team of researchers led by Manlio De Domenico will develop a computational platform for interactive monitoring and visualization of COVID-19 infodemic on social media and a report on the global state of COVID-19 infodemic. -
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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June 24, 2020FBK contributes to the valorization of the hidden heritage on Mount CalisioThanks to the European VirtualArch project, FBK has valorized 8 archaeological heritage sites through 3D renderings, virtual reality, visualizations and Apps. -
June 22, 2020SECURITY LANDSCAPE: a 3D exhibition within “BESec” Jean Monnet projectThe visual investigation that TerraProject has carried out concerns the relationship between threats to security in contemporary European society and changes in the urban landscape. What does the landscape we have built express? What message will we leave to future generations through it?
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June 22, 2020R0 and Rt: FBK’s contribution to the analysis of data on the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virusFondazione Bruno Kessler has played an important role during this health emergency. In fact, its contribution was critical in analyzing the data on the spread of the pandemic in close connection with ISS, the Italian National Institute of Health. -
June 19, 2020FBK study calculates the probability of developing symptoms following SARS-COV-2 infectionThe analysis conducted by the researchers from Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler, in cooperation with colleagues from Lombardy Region health institutions and universities in Milan and in the US, has been published online in the arXiv archive pending publication in a scientific journal -
June 18, 2020Digital, agri-food, manufacturing: a possible synergyDigital, agri-food, manufacturing: a possible synergy Hub Innovazione Trentino and Fondazione Bruno Kessler win the European cross-sector project "Cross KIC" -
June 15, 2020Irrefutable uncertaintiesA study published in "Nature", with two FBK researchers involved, investigated the extent to which different research groups can reach different conclusions by analyzing the same data -
June 15, 2020FROM FBK THE QUANTUM SIMULATOR OF THE FUTUREThe Bruno Kessler Foundation coordinates EPIQUS, a project funded by the European Commission that aims to develop a new generation "quantum simulator" -
June 12, 2020WebValley 2020Applications for the FBK summer school are open, that this year is at its 20th anniversary and in an international online edition -
June 12, 2020Law, medicine and new technologies: artificial intelligence supporting human beings.Risks and benefits of using artificial intelligence in medicine: the perspectives of law and technology. -
June 10, 2020NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTUREFondazione Bruno Kessler coordinates the SAPIENCE project. The first experimental installations on the pilot sites, dedicated to the production of grapes in Trentino and agricultural produce in Emilia Romagna, are ready. -
June 4, 2020NEW PHD SCHOLARSHIPS AT FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLERThis year again, Fondazione Bruno Kessler renews its commitment to the researchers of the future and offers over 30 scholarships for doctoral students who can start already at the end of 2020 and work at FBK for the next three years. -
May 26, 2020TrentinoSalute 4.0: the activities for the next three years have been financedTrentinoSalute4.0 will carry on its activities for the three-year period 2020-2022: the Province Government decided today, on the advice of the councilor for health Stefania Segnana, to allocate to the Competence Center on Digital Health, jointly managed by the Province, the Trento Province Healthcare System and Fondazione Bruno Kessler, one and a half million euros for the next three years -
May 20, 2020OnePlace: the new online platform to improve energy efficiency of our citiesThe restoration of existing buildings and the improvement of energy management are among the targets required by the European Union. These goals led FBK to coordinate the BOOSTEE-CE project in collaboration with 13 other partners from 7 European countries -
May 13, 2020EU-funded project “SUPERTWIN” success storyOur researchers have employed quantum physics to develop a novel optical microscope that opens up the potential to view the tiniest of objects - including many viruses - directly for the first time -
April 30, 2020Prisoner’s Dilemma experiments published on Nature – Scientific ReportsThe paper authored by our researcher Riccardo Gallotti and Jelena Grujić reveals new insight that can be achieved thanks to a quantitative modelling of human behavior -
April 30, 2020COVID-19 – Stefano Merler illustrated today at the ISS press conference how the previsional model was builtThe epidemiologist of the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) Stefano Merler participated today, in video call from Trento, in the press conference of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS). -
April 30, 2020COVID-19. Social distancing measures have allowed China to stop the spreadThe study of an international team led by the Bruno Kessler Foundation of Trento and the Fudan University of Shanghai has been published in the journal Science -
April 24, 2020SARS-CoV-2: Stefano Merler today’s speech about the updated data on virus transmissibilityThe FBK epidemiologist spoke at today's press conference of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità illustrating the Rt value of the Italian regions. For the province of Trento the average value is 0.44 -
April 21, 2020Covid19 Infodemics Observatory follow upManlio De Domenico and Pierluigi Sacco participated to the World Health Organization ad-hoc technical consultation on managing the COVID-19 infodemic, held on 7–8 April 2020 -
April 16, 2020FBK laboratories available for research on the CoronavirusThe European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC) has set up a project that will facilitate the study of COVID-19 thanks to the cutting edge tools provided. Some of these are inside the Foundation's laboratories -
April 15, 2020Fighting fake news on Covid-19: unity is strengthThe FBK research group CoMuNe Lab, which recently created a platform for monitoring tweets about coronavirus, has launched an open call to scientists and experts for support in data analysis. This is sheer "open science" -
April 14, 2020COVID19: ISS-FBK study finds that the measures taken in Italy were effectiveA few days after the application of the measures to contrast Sars-Cov-2, the reproducibility index of the virus decreased both in Lombardy and in other regions -
April 7, 2020COVID-19, Religion and Belief Webinar SeriesCoronavirus has impacted many domains of our lives. This webinar series aims at exploring the strategies and initiatives of governments and religious groups to deal with the crisis -
March 26, 2020A new study on the spread of the COVID-19 virus in LombardyThe outbreak in Italy started long before February 20 and aggressive containment strategies are needed to control the spread of Covid-19 and avoid catastrophic outcomes for the national health system. -
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, -
March 26, 2020TreCovid19. The Web app for citizens to stay updated on the Coronavirus emergency in TrentinoThe collaboration between the Province Government, the Trento Province Healthcare System and FBK was developed by TrentinoSalute4.0 -
March 25, 2020CherryChain, simplifying and strengthening digital trustEven though we are all at home, the digital innovation ecosystem does not stop. We talk about it with Carlo Rizzi, CEO of an FBK co-located startup -
March 24, 2020FBK Live – Fake news and coronavirus: from the epidemic to the infodemicThe first appointment of "FBK Live - La ricerca live" was broadcasted live on Facebook and Youtube. Guests are FBK researcher Manlio De Domenico and visual thinker Jacopo Sacquegno -
March 24, 2020Measuring fake news about Covid-19Too many countries are exposed to fake news: the CoMuNe Lab research unit (FBK) has analyzed conversations on twitter on a global level, discovering that the behavior of users and bots on social media produced faults in the correct information, especially in Italy before the arrival of the first cases of contagion -
March 18, 2020Meno virus, più conoscenzaLe attività della Fondazione Bruno Kessler in questi giorni di emergenza proseguono in modalità smart working. Nasce il portale #menoviruspiùconoscenza con contenuti digitali a disposizione di tutti -
March 16, 2020We are fragile but not defenceless: changing is possibleConsiderations on morality and human fragility in the time of the coronavirus, by the philosopher of FBK-ISR Paolo Costa. The good news is that we can do our part and change. -
March 10, 2020Of plague and passionTogether with Enrico Piergiacomi, we reconstruct a history of the relationship between emotion and reaction to epidemics / pandemics -
March 3, 20205G brings doctors closer to peopleLong distance surgeries, connected ambulances, faster and more precise apps are some of the innovations brought by this upcoming network technology
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February 18, 2020ECT * hosted a remembrance ceremony for Professor Renzo Leonardi, the “father” of Trentino physics and of the Proton Therapy CenterProfessor Renzo Leonardi, one of the "fathers" of physics in Trento and of the Povo department of the University, as well as of ECT *, the European Center for Theoretical Nuclear Physics at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, passed away on July 6, at the age of 79 -
February 17, 2020Inside the software used in scientific applications: SciPyA scientific paper listing our researcher Emanuele Olivetti and describing the "SciPy" Free/Open Source software, which reached version 1.0 after more than a decade worth of upgrades, has been published in Nature Methods -
February 11, 2020AN INNOVATIVE SMART ENERGY PLATFORMFondazione Bruno Kessler and Trentino Sviluppo have chosen Madonna di Campiglio to test a software system aimed at improving energy efficiency in Alpine ski resorts -
January 23, 2020New coronavirus, what science can and cannot tell usThere is no scientifically valid information on the epidemic, now global, to help fight its spread, which could also soon affect our country -
January 22, 2020HATEMETER: how to stop online islamophobia and hate speechThe Hatemeter (Tool for monitoring, analyzing and tackling Anti-Muslim Hate speech online) project aims to systematize, increase and share knowledge about anti-Muslim hatred online and increase the effectiveness of NGOs in preventing and combating Islamophobia at European level -
January 16, 2020How computational linguistics can help in creative tasksWhat do the art of headlines in journalism have in common with wit, persuasion and exaggerations? Carlo Strapparava helps us explore the wonders of language connotations between the recent past and the near future in which the creativity incorporated in NLP technologies plays an increasingly important role -
December 20, 2019New platform to help SMEs get started with cyber-physical systemsSmall and medium-sized enterprises need better opportunities to exploit the benefits of computer-based models for cyber-physical systems; this is the objective of a new, large-scale, pan-European development project headed by Aarhus University. FBK is part of the consortium
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December 13, 2019What influences the selection of a Nobel laureate?The study by FBK researchers Riccardo Gallotti and Manlio De Domenico examined the data of 17,000 nominees between 1901 and 1965 and was published in Nature's "Scientific Reports" journal
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December 8, 2019The first functional atlas of the human brain based on intra-operative mapping data has been publishedThe amount and complexity of information processed by the human brain at any given moment is huge and varies extremely from one individual to another. Understanding the anatomical structure and functional mechanisms of information processing that occur between the different brain circuits is one of the greatest challenges for research in clinical neuroscience of the third millennium
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December 4, 2019Gianni Lazzari Award – the third edition finalThe winner of the "Energy and environment" category is the startup INDIV with FBK as scientific partner. The Agrishelter emergency housing modules receive the recognition for "Quality of life and interior environments". Special mention for design objects made of wood by Vaia Wood. -
November 29, 2019FBK research at EIT Digital Italy’s Innovation Day 2019The Innovation Village featured also digital products and services developed by Fondazione Bruno Kessler for industry, cities, wellbeing and finance -
November 22, 2019Weimar, a hundred years laterFondazione Bruno Kessler is hosting the Siscalt conference dedicated to the complexity of the German republican experience one hundred years after its birth -
November 20, 2019One million servings donated with BringTheFoodThe system, based on a computer application developed at Trento-based FBK, makes it possible for those having excess food to connect with those who need them, and avoid waste. Since the beginning of 2019, restaurants, catering companies, corporate and school cafeterias have allowed the collection and redistribution within 24 hours of fresh and cooked products to charitable organizations for a total of 150 tons of food
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November 20, 2019Increasing competitiveness in the digital health systems of the European countriesThe European project DigitalLIFE4CE, included in the Interreg Central Europe territorial cooperation program and which saw among FBK and the Autonomous Province of Trento, with TrentinoSalute4.0, the Competence Center for the development of digital health among its main partners has ended -
November 4, 2019The Tokyo Institute of Technology visited FBKThe meeting with the Japanese delegation was an opportunity for an exchange of views on research areas and projects and to identify common topics for possible collaborations
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October 30, 2019SurvEthi for schoolsThe new project of the FBK School-to-Work Program that will involve five high schools in applied research in health has ebeen launched -
October 28, 2019Artificial intelligence to mitigate the effects of climate changeFondazione Bruno Kessler's researchers talked about how technology can be used to protect the environment at Trentino Clima 2019
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October 11, 2019AGRIOT: artificial intelligence applied to agricultureOn SKY TG 24, within the NOW show, the story on the FBK project aimed at water saving in agriculture -
October 9, 2019Inside the game engineWith the help of our researcher Antonio Bucchiarone, we look into the model on which the gamification of many FBK projects on smart communities are based. The study was presented during the Models Conference 2019 which was held in Munich in September
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October 2, 2019ICIAP 2019 conference proceedingsThe conference traditionally covers both classic and the most recent trends in image processing, computer vision, and pattern recognition, addressing both theoretical and applicative aspects, promoting connections and synergies among senior scholars and students, universities, research institutes, and companies. -
September 20, 2019La mobilità degli individui nella storiaSi è conclusa la 61^ settimana di studi organizzata dell’Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico / FBK in cui si è discusso dell’impatto delle migrazioni sulle città europee
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September 20, 2019The architects of the future at the Trento Smart City WeekIn a “smart” version of Piazza Duomo, the children of the 5th grade of the Vela elementary school (TN) met with FBK researchers to imagine how the city of tomorrow could be -
September 12, 2019Amazon gives FBK the AWS Machine Learning Research AwardAn advanced AI-based solution studied by Fondazione Bruno Kessler has received the award given by Amazon
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September 5, 2019Identity and performance in the web societyYoung people, adolescents, digital natives, millennials seem to prefer the connection to the relationship, protecting themselves from the risks that derive from it
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September 5, 2019Human-centered artificial intelligenceFondaziobe Bruno Kessler in the "Humane AI" consortium that should outline the European strategy for human-centered artificial intelligence
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September 3, 2019Parents, adults and vaccinatedAccording to a study to which also FBK researchers contributed, parental vaccination can help contain the spread of measles in Italy
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September 2, 2019This year the SERIE A champions will be…Our scientist Giuseppe Jurman, who has always been a soccer fan, has applied predictive models to soccer and found that...
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August 12, 2019Follow the leaderSome examples to present the "religion of innovation". The research by Matteo Corsalini (Unisi/FBK-ISR PhD student) starts from a central question: can profit maximization be read as a new option of faith?
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August 2, 2019Artificial intelligence for a smart harvestFondazione Bruno Kessler helps Cavit and Trentino based farmers with an artificial intelligence predictive system that indicates the optimal ripening degree of the grape bunch
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July 31, 2019A year out of Earth: how a human body can changeScott Kelly spent 340-day in space for NASA's investigation that studied identical twin astronauts. In the meanwhile, his brother Mark stayed on Earth. Christopher Mason, guest of FBK at 2019 MAQC conference, took part in the research by studying the change in genes expression -
July 26, 2019Hatemeter, a counter-narrative to fight cyberhateAn artificial intelligence platform to help NGOs monitor and curb the phenomenon of online Islamophobia -
July 16, 2019Religion for a better innovationThree reasons why religious freedom matters and is key to sustainable development -
July 9, 2019DEBORA TONELLI AT “SENTI CHI RICERCA”The researcher from the Center for Religious Studies is being featured in the third episode of the radio format where FBK researchers talk about themselves -
July 8, 2019When the media make historyThe ISIG 2019 summer school has involved modern and contemporary history scholars in an intense debate on ongoing research projects and scientific investigation methods
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July 3, 2019A leap into complexityHuman brain, highway systems, social networks designed as systems to understand their dynamics and evolutions. CCS/Italy 2019, the first Italian conference in the industry, was held at FBK in Trento
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June 20, 2019Brain cancer: patient-friendly technology for a better quality of lifeThe top international experts in neuroscience and neuro-oncology surgery will be in Trento June 20 to 22 for "Connect Brain - Vol 2"
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June 19, 2019Smart Altitude: on the slopes for an ever more sustainable winter tourismFBK, Trentino Sviluppo and Funivie Madonna di Campiglio SpA present the first results of the experimentation of new solutions for energy efficiency and sustainability in alpine ski resorts
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June 18, 2019Will the 21st century be the century of complexity?The attention to the study of complex systems is growing in the world and also in Italy. We asked Manlio De Domenico to describe the meaning of this emergent science from his point of view, being part of one of the most vibrant academic network focused on these approaches and topics
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June 18, 2019School closures as a possible solution to the spread of the fluResearch conducted on 450 individuals in Tomsk (Russia) revealed how interrupting school activities affect limiting influenza cases
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May 29, 2019Future drones for emergency managementThe first flight tests have already been carried out this spring in Trentino
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May 29, 2019Krithik Ramesh, from the Intel prize to Webvalley 2019The student from Cherry Creek High School in Colorado (USA), awarded at INTEL ISEF, will be in Trentino for the FBK summer camp -
May 20, 2019FBK unveils and tests in Venice the latest technologies against floods, fires and extreme weatherI-REACT project marks the end of the research and implementation phase, funded by the European Commission, and inaugurates the breakthrough of the technologies into the market
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May 17, 2019Eight FBK projects have won the ATTRACT call for proposals for sensors of the futureThe opening on May 20 and 21 at the CERN in Geneva
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May 16, 2019Pervasive digital technologies for health careThey are being discussed at Trento-based FBK May 20 through 23, 2019
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May 14, 2019AI Open Innovation Lab: students bring artificial intelligence to pharmaciesThe 2019 edition of the laboratory organized by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Istituto Artigianelli and the University of Trento has wrapped up. Prizes were awarded to students who have created an artificial intelligence solution for the pharmaceutical industry -
May 7, 2019Pregnancy and diabetes, safety in an appDeveloped by Fondazione Bruno Kessler and TrentinoSalute4.0, the App, designed for the constant monitoring of diabetic mothers, has been tested in Trentino for some years -
April 30, 20192018 Financial Statements Approved: FBK Is GrowingFondazione Bruno Kessler closes its balance with a profit. The production value goes up thanks to projects funded by grants and companies -
April 8, 2019FBK brings the letters of Alcide de Gasperi onlineWith a work of over two years, still ongoing, the Digital Humanities Unit has created a large digital archive of letters written and received by the statesman from Trentino. -
March 29, 2019FBK paper awarded with honorable mention at the International Conference on Human-Computer InteractionThe study on the use of technology in the Piedibus Smart project by the FBK researchers will be awarded in May at the CHI (Computer Human Interaction) 2019 international conference -
March 28, 2019Claudio Ferlan wins a grant at Boston CollegeThe FBK-ISIG researcher was selected with a writing project that investigates the relationship between religion and food
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March 15, 2019STRONG-2020: the new European project at the forefront of strong interaction studiesThe results will have a significant impact on medicine, industry and may also lead to advances in computing/machine learning
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March 13, 2019FBK-TrentinoSalute4.0 researchers winners of “Milan Critical Care Unit Datathon” 2019From 1st to 3rd February, the first Italian datathon was held at Humanitas Research Hospital in Milan, organised by the European Society of Intensive Medicine (ESICM). The competition was on challenges related to the processing of Electronic Health Records of patients from Intensive Care Units (ICU), published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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February 15, 2019A Research Unit to fight mosquitoes and invasive species has been createdFondazione Bruno Kessler and Fondazione Edmund Mach against the spread of alien species
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February 13, 2019Online dating: curiosities, strategies and social impactSome think that online dating is not just a starting point to meet new people but mark the end of relationships and love. Data in hand, how much have we changed?
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February 11, 2019The Trentino Research System in Russia for the construction of the futureFBK is part of the IsolMAX project that will build and monitor for five years a building designed to withstand extreme weather conditions in Siberia -
February 1, 2019Ranking pages’ impact and users’ engagement on FacebookIntroduction to PopRank, an algorithm to assess both the Impact of Facebook pages as well as users’ Engagement on the basis of their mutual interactions
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January 28, 2019Hydrogen to store renewable energy: FBK in the HyCARE projectFondazione Bruno Kessler's ARES Unit together with the University of Turin is participating in the program funded by the European Commission
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January 22, 2019Riplaid, the first plastic-to-fuel plant is made in TrentinoFrom non-recyclable plastic to Eco Fuel, a fuel oil that meets transportation standards, can be used in existing engines or in industrial plants
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January 16, 2019Mission Report. FBK’s results and their impact on societyThe mission of Fondazione Bruno Kessler is to build a concrete and effective relationship between research of excellence and the demand for innovation that comes from the most diverse sectors of society. The final balance depicts the results achieved and offers all stakeholders an opportunity for discussion based on data -
January 14, 2019What is a mobile money service? Why is it needed?Mobile Money: Understanding and Predicting its Adoption and Use in a Developing Economy - our recent case study computed 77 features to investigate whether and how past mobile phone behavior is related to the future usage of M-Pesa
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January 7, 2019FBK and Ferrara together for the development of Smart CitiesSigned a memorandum of understanding with the Municipality of Ferrara and the Provincial Development Agency Sipro Spa -
December 21, 2018From the future of Artificial Intelligence to the future of people: youths"Future is Built on Knowledge" is FBK's motto, that has always aimed at disseminating knowledge. In order to make it more tangible, the Foundation will dedicate 2019 to the new generations, with teaching activities, workshops, school-work projects and conferences for lay audiences -
December 18, 2018European funding of over one million euros for the “pure” humanities studies project in which fbk participatesThe research dedicated to rediscovering public spaces will be launched in 2019 and will be conducted in partnership with a consortium of European companies. The creation of theme-based routes apps to discover the signs of the past in contemporary cities is also planned
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December 13, 2018Training health professionals in the use of digital technologiesFBK and TrentinoSalute4.0 are the coordinators of the EU project dedicated to strengthening the skills of the digital era
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December 12, 2018Understanding is good for healthA declaration of intent to build a project of Public Health Literacy
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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 27, 2018Citizens and health: is a “border” keeping them apart?TrentinoSalute4.0 is meeting health workers and citizens in Florence at the 13th Risk Management in Health Forum -
November 23, 2018The 5G-CARMEN. A digital corridor for the mobility of the future is kicking offFunded with € 18.5 million, the mobility project based on 5G technology concerns the "Bologna to Munich corridor" and is coordinated by Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler. The kick-off meeting was held on November 21st and 22nd in Innsbruck, Austria.
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November 20, 2018Pandemic: prevention and early intervention strategiesThe prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has published the article "Measurability of the epidemic reproduction number in data-driven contact networks". FBK researchers Stefano Merler and Marco Ajelli are among the authors
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November 7, 2018DECENTER, a joint EU-South Korea research and innovation projectThe goal is to build advanced cloud platforms to enhance Artificial Intelligence applications -
November 7, 2018The Data and Life of Great Future CitiesThe Roca London Gallery is hosting an exhibition, based on Marco De Nadai and MOBS @ FBK research activities. It proposes that, used responsibly, personal data could be the key to better urban design
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November 6, 2018WORKING WITH A NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATEAntonino Picciotto deals with developing silicon devices for industrial and research applications at Povo-based FBK. He signed one of his studies with Gérard Mourou, the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics
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October 29, 2018Selfie di Stato. Come si auto-rappresenta oggi il potere?La rappresentazione per immmagini delle più alte cariche dello Stato ha sempre avuto un impatto rilevante, soprattutto in termini storiografici. Maurizio Cau, ricercatore di FBK-ISIG, ci spiega il perché.
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October 29, 2018Commonfare: an Approach to Welfare for the 21st Century?"Rethinking the economy of digital platforms in social innovation": a Conversation with Maurizio Teli, Reserch & Innovation coordinator of Commonfare.net, recently invited by Eit Digital for an Innovation Talk about the co-op platform and paradigm
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October 18, 2018Esploratori della Fotonica | Photonics ExplorersThe project designed to bring students closer to the scientific world of light has been completed -
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" -
October 15, 2018FBK is “HR Excellence in Research”From the European Commission the certification for excellence in human resources services -
October 13, 2018The first European app to empower citizens against floods, fires and extreme weatherThanks to the I-REACT app, citizens can warn other citizens of natural risks by sharing geolocalised photos and information on floods, fires and extreme weather; the app also notifies users of their risk to suffer natural hazards based on their location and provides information to improve their safety; its launch coincides with the International Day for Disaster Reduction
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October 9, 20183D Reconstruction: the Algorithm of 3D Optical Metrology (3DOM) Unit AwardedThe Best Paper Award went to the work co-authored by Fabio Remondino (FBK-3DOM) presented at the ECCV 2018's International Workshop on Recovering 6D Object Pose in Munich -
October 9, 2018More efficient chips with UV lightThe study by FBK researcher Mher Ghulinyan was published in Optica, a scientific journal.
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September 24, 2018Report on the freedom of belief and religious tolerance of the European ParliamentThe report investigating violations of the right to religious freedom in non-European countries and the influence that the EU can have on them was presented in Brussels on September 4. The FBK-ISR research centre is among the authors of the document
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September 19, 2018Complex Networks: what are and why we need themHow can we understand real systems? How can we predict what will happen next? Network science gives some answers to that and can help researchers to find a new way to gain insights into different domains.
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September 14, 2018The history of the media between the modern and the contemporary agesTrento is hosting the FBK-ISIG Study Week September 19-21 -
September 5, 20185G-CARMEN: a digital corridor for the mobility of the futureThe mobility project based on 5G technology has received funding for 18.5 million euros. It will concern the "Munich-Bologna corridor" and will be coordinated by Trento based Fondazione Bruno Kessler -
August 2, 2018Being parents in the summer: where to leave the children?An open topic discussed even before the end of the school as well as under the beach umbrellas in August. The "Families Share" project, of which FBK is a partner, has among its goals solving this problem too
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August 1, 2018Download your medical records with the new TreC_FSE appTreC users are over 87 thousand. The new application aims to increase the number of users -
July 25, 2018Renewal of the Foundations Contract: Pre-Contractual Agreement SignedThe collective labour pre-contract agreement for the staff of Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Fondazione Edmund Mach has been signed
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July 23, 2018How dengue fever spreadsThe prestigious scientific journal Nature Communications published the paper "Quantifying the spatial spread of dengue in a non-endemic Brazilian metropolis via transmission chain reconstruction". Among the authors, the FBK researchers Giorgio Guzzetta and Stefano Merler
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July 5, 2018QUANTUM @ TRENTO: nuovo laboratorio congiunto fra Università, CNR e FBKObiettivo: conquistare la leadership italiana nelle scienze e tecnologie quantistiche. Aziende e istituzioni di ricerca insieme per attrarre di investimenti e sviluppare nuova tecnologia nell’ambito della flagship europea da 10 miliardi in 10 anni. Il presidente Cnr Inguscio: «Trento da sempre all’avanguardia nel finanziare scienza di frontiera e alta formazione» -
July 3, 2018600 Researchers together for the new CINI National Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent SystemsThe National Inter-University Consortium for Computer Science, CINI, to present the new National Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems, AIIS on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Rome
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June 29, 2018Impronte nella ScuolaRagazzi e anziani insieme in una sfida a colpi di passi e indovinelli -
June 22, 2018Webvalley 2018: Looking for new solutions in the fight against pediatric cancerThere are eighteen of them. They come from all over Italy and the US: the young budding researchers who together with FBK experts are developing a new solution of Artificial Intelligence for the neuro-oncological patients of the Bambino Gesù of Rome. -
June 22, 2018Alien mosquitoes, control strategies under the LEXEM lensThe study on alien mosquitoes financed by the Autonomous Province of Trento as part of the LEXEM project
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June 19, 2018Artificial intelligence in the treatment of chronic conditionsThe conference organized by the International Health Mattone Program - ProMIS and hosted at the Palazzo della Provincia di Trento in Piazza Dante opened in Trento -
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 5, 2018Trentino Salute+, the app that encourages healthy lifestylesTrentino Salute+, the new application that promotes health and healthy lifestyles through a system of social and personal incentives -
May 31, 2018Conclusions: tomatoes at 99 centsThe conclusions of the end of the HEADING "The European Migration Government" curated by Osvaldo Costantini, associate researcher at the Center for Religious Sciences of FBK. Co-author of the article: Daniela Galiè
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May 30, 2018The first experiment in Italy of networked Clean Rooms has been started"It-Fab" is here: a consortium of research INFRASTRUCTURES in the micro and nanotechnology field connected to the EuroNanoLab project, which will significantly increase the chances of accessing projects on a European scale. FBK is part of it together with CNR and PoliMi -
May 24, 2018Families_share at the 2018 Festival of EconomicsSANTA MARIA MAGGIORE square in Trento to be TRANSFORED for three days IN "A SQUARE THAT GROWS...TOWARDS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT FOSTERS BALANCE"
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May 16, 2018FBK and Microsoft together for precision medicineFBK presented a major new machine learning project for Precision Medicine that leverages Azure cloud computing capability and a $ 20,000 grant support under the Azure for Research program at the Microsoft Edu Day2018
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April 23, 2018Here is the high sensitivity sensor to “find” ionsTwo papers signed by researchers from the FBK Center for Materials and Microsystems have been published in Nature -circuit journals
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April 18, 2018FBK joins AIR in quest for better air qualityAIR (Allow Independent Road-testing), the independent alliance set up to improve air quality by promoting independent, on-road vehicle emissions testing, has welcomed the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) as its founding member
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April 13, 2018The city of hospitality. Urban culture and public space in Trento at the time of the CouncilA historical research project aims to shed light on the tourist vocation and the evolution of the social fabric in Trento in 1500 -
April 12, 2018“Clean” nuclear fusion to fight tumorsFBK participates in experiments on the application of boron-proton fusion in a potential new proton-therapeutic technique. The results have been published in Scientific Reports
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April 9, 2018The app that makes access to the citizen’s medical records easier is hereIts name is TreC_FSE and it is a new App (both for iOS and Android), developed by the APSS/FBK joint laboratory of TrentinoSalute4.0 in agreement with the Health Department and the General Director Support and ICT Service
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March 27, 2018From the hotspot to the street. The story of two women from ComorosLast episode of the column by Osvaldo Costantini on the European migration government
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March 26, 2018CrowdInsights – how, when and where people move within a cityFBK participates with the I3 Research Unit to help the consortium investigating how people manage urban data in order to design effective and efficient tools -
March 21, 2018Toward 5G for Aircraft CommunicationsThe EIT Digital Innovation project ICARO-EU addresses a new integrated high capacity direct-air-to ground communications system. FBK research center CREATE-NET contributed to the system prototype design and implementation -
March 12, 2018Preventing cyberbullying with artificial intelligence: the CREEP European project kicks off in TrentinoCyberbullying, i.e. the systematic and repeated aggression carried out on digital media through technological means, is a growing phenomenon
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March 12, 2018“Science at six o’clock”: happy hours and chats between researchers and citizensThe science popularization events promoted by the Autonomous Province of Trento are back. Six meetings scheduled at MUSE-Museum of Sciences starting from Wednesday, March 21 at 6 pm to talk about current issues with researchers from the University of Trento, MUSE, Edmund Mach Foundation and Fondazione Bruno Kessler
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March 8, 2018RELIGION TO GO! Religion in the virtual worldFrom the discovery of fire to the printing of the Bible, technology has never stopped involving religion. FBK's ICT and Humanities Centers work in synergy on the implications of an app that can virtualize objects and places of worship. -
March 6, 2018FBK-ISR | 14th Action against racism Week | Riva del GardaValeria Fabretti and Sara Hejazi, researchers with the Center for Religious Studies, are at the 14th Action against Racism Week (Riva del Garda) to present the book "The mad dream of Neve Shalom Wahat Al-Salam", curated by Brunetto Salvarani -
February 23, 2018Stories of (induced) marginalityThe dynamics of reception produce illegality and vulnerability that push people to accept to be exploited
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February 22, 2018FBK’s mission Russia: agreement signed with Moscow-based SkoltechInnovative solutions for 3D city modeling and energy are the first areas on which the Trentino based research center and the Russian university will collaborate -
February 16, 2018Thirty Years of Commitment to Responsible Research and InnovationFBK research on artificial intelligence as a demanding and patient practice to keep together technological progress and human development
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February 6, 2018LIMADOU PROJECT: FBK clean room’s detectors in the Chinese space missionThe data collected by the satellite launched today as part of the Chinese space mission focusing on the study of earthquakes will be analyzed at INFN/TIFPA, the national scientific center of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics set up in collaboration with the University of Trento, Fondazione Bruno Kessler and the Province Agency for health services
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February 2, 2018PhD Day at FBK todayLed by director Paolo Tonella, the program for PhD students is run in collaboration with a wide network of Italian and international universities and involves over one hundred students from all over the world. -
January 26, 2018VIRTUAL ARCH – Visualize to ValorizeFor a better use of hidden archaeological heritage in Central Europe -
January 25, 20182018 events at the FBK Center for Religious StudiesThe program, illustrated by director Marco Ventura, provides monthly meetings on the multiple interactions between religion and innovation, a theme around which all the activities of the Center revolve. Along with the scientific seminars in English, there are also events dedicated to citizens, in Italian, on current topics such as "Religion, human enhancement and artificial intelligence".
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January 17, 2018BOOSTEE-CE – Boosting energy efficiency in central European cities through smart energy managementGeospatial data, smart energy management tools, energy audit and innovative financial schema to facilitate efficiency of existing buildings -
January 10, 2018Ventimiglia between official reception and informal waysThe stakes in the dialectic between surveillance and resistance
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December 20, 20172018: FBK dedicates the year to Artificial IntelligencePresident Profumo presented the new strategic and business plans, dedicated to Artificial Intelligence. A tight 2018 calendar of events, starting with the sixth Bruno Kessler Lecture with Piero Angela
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November 29, 2017God’s will for a better lifeFrom Ventimiglia to Taranto together with Biniam: the fourth appointment with the headline on the European governance of migration. -
November 23, 2017Underwater 3D SurveyingDocumenting, mapping and monitoring the underwater world with photogrammetry -
November 16, 2017Replicate: 3D rendering and augmented reality with a smartphoneThe project, which makes 3D rendering of objects and environments easy through a simple smartphone, is undergoing experimentation in a number of local settings, including Muse and the Buonconsiglio Castle -
November 10, 2017VirtualArch: un progetto europeo per il Monte CalisioFrequentato fin dai tempi più antichi e noto per la sua ricchezza geologica e naturalistica, il Monte Calisio si erge a nord est di Trento, tra l’alta Valsugana e la Val di Cembra. Conosciuto anche come Monte Argentario, il Calisio è al centro di un progetto europeo denominato VirtualArch al quale partecipa anche l’Ufficio beni archeologici della Soprintendenza per i beni culturali. -
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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November 3, 2017The Maritime AlpsStories of rejection and "spaces of exception" at the Italo-French Border
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November 2, 2017Archivi digitali per la storia della ShoahLaura Brazzo della Fondazione CDEC ha illustrato le potenzialità offerte dalle nuove tecnologie per l'integrazione delle informazioni
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October 31, 2017Reconstructing the Steps of the Italian ShoahThe FBK Digital Humanities Unit has created an interactive tool that describes in detail the movements of Italian deportees during the Holocaust. The system can be downloaded for free
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October 25, 2017Rethinking Public HealthWhat remedies to the many problems of public health: ideas and proposals from Ivan Cavicchi's Lecture and the final report of the Bioethics Committee of the Trento Medical Association | The event is being held on Saturday, October 28, at FBK
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October 24, 2017Big Data in Health. What it is. What it is not. What it is used for.Who generates it? How can it be used in healthcare? What applications are already in place in Trentino, Italy and abroad? Can real-time and predictive analysis really save lives? What are the legal aspects, strengths, needs, future prospects? Friday, October 27, at the FBK Povo location, starting at 2:30 pm, a conference for Healthcare prociders based in Trentino, organized by TrentinoSalute 4.0.
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October 17, 2017A web platform for the climate in TrentinoPresented on October 5 the ClimAtlas platform, a "web dashboard" for the study of climate change in our Province
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October 16, 2017A “new” Quantum Mechanics?A team that involves FBK researchers has tested in an experiment a modified version of the theory, with promising results. The research paper received a special mention from "Physical Review Letters", the journal that published it
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October 12, 2017HIT | Tecnologie e imprese si incontrano al Graphene Composite Innovation DayTrento diventa per un giorno centro di negoziazione tra imprese innovative e studiosi del grafene -
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 6, 2017The FBK JUNIOR Program students protagonists at Researchers’ Night 2017The FBK Junior students' project entitled "ORION - arduinO Raspberry pi rOtating table for image based 3D recostructioN" was presented in Trento on September 29 -
October 4, 2017How Is Europe Governing MigrationDeported, rejected, detained migrants. On the Road survey to get to know the migratory paths that lead to Italy and the open challenges
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October 2, 2017Italy and Germany. Dialogue between historiographiesFBK's Italian-German Historical Institute is hosting the Study Week November 22 through 24, 2017. Young researchers and PhD students will have the opportunity to present their research projects.
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September 29, 2017ASviS 2017 Report PresentedThe research on sustainable development in Italy was conducted thanks also to the contribution of Trento-based IRVAPP (FBK)
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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 21, 2017The second edition of the School of Advanced Technologies for Translators (SATT) sold outA huge success of the school dedicated to professional translators organized by the HLT-Machine Translation Research Unit of the FBK ICT Center -
September 19, 2017Countdown to the Researchers’ NightThe appointment in Trento, in parallel with the other 52 Italian cities that join the initiative, is for Friday September 29. FBK Demo & Hands-on -
September 14, 2017Women and science: a look beyond stereotypesFBK-Povo hosted researchers, experts, and journalists for a cultural debate on the presence of women in the world of work and language
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September 12, 2017Open Data 200 Italia: the first “census” on Italian companies is outThe first findings on Italian companies using open data are out. The project is being conducted by FBK in collaboration with New York University's GovLab -
September 12, 2017Online daycare enrollment with the “Simpatico” project coordinated by FBKNew opportunity for families in Trento. Intelligent tools that reduce bureaucracy.
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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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September 8, 2017Move. Play. WinOn September 9, 2017, the game "Travel Trento and Rovereto Play & Go" starts and that will last until Friday, March 2, 2018 for a total of 25 weeks -
September 5, 2017Safety and reliability in software-controlled systemsTrento is hosting three international conferences in September
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August 22, 2017Also Adults at Risk for Measles. 3 Million between 15 and 40 Years Old Unprotected in ItalyIt has been shown by the study conducted by Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Bocconi University published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Since the early 1980s, the vaccine has added to Italians a total of about one million years of life.
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August 11, 2017THE DIAMOND COLORIMETER MADE IN TRENTINOHow do you determine the color of a thing that the more colorless it is the more it is worth?
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August 9, 2017HEALTH AND IT IN THE SERVICE OF CITIZENSFBK research will be aired on RAI3 on Sunday, August 13, in the "VivinTrentino" show -
August 4, 2017COLLABORATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN FBK AND FONDAZIONE MUSEO STORICO DEL TRENTINO SIGNED TODAYThe long-standing relationship between the two institutions has been strengthened -
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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July 18, 20173D Buildings for Monitoring and Forecasting Energy UseThe SENECA project (Smart and sustaiNablE City from Above), funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto (CARITRO) and led by Fondazione Bruno Kessler's 3D Optical Metrology Research Unit in collaboration with TRILOGIS, an IT company based at the Polo Meccatronica, the mechatronics hub, has been completed. -
July 11, 2017Better, Faster Detection of AFM1 Contamination in MilkA breakthrough in the dairy industry has been achieved with the development of new high-tech devices for improving quality control, particularly regarding contamination by the fungal toxicant aflatoxin M1 (AFM1)
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July 7, 2017WebValley 2017: the Data Science School Dedicated to Digital Agriculture Wrapped UpFrom June 18, in Val di Non (Trentino), the young participants worked alongside experts and researchers with the aim of creating a new Artificial Intelligence solution to anticipate fruit ripening and quality. -
July 6, 2017SenSAT – Fire Sensors Designed by Students in the Trentino Mountain LodgesThe project coordinated by Fondazione Bruno Kessler was presented at the Bindesi - "P. Prati" mountain lodge this morning -
July 4, 2017Agreement between FBK, UniTN and the National Institute of Higher Mathematics for Trento Based Cirm SignedThe Center has so far promoted 300 international conferences attended by over 18,000 mathematicians from around the world.
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July 3, 2017AUDIENCES, FRUITION, IDENTITIES. SOCIAL HISTORY OF TV IN ITALYThrough diaries, letters, illustrated magazines and oral memories, the historical reconstruction of television audience through the changes of the 1950s and 60s
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June 30, 2017PROM FACILITY, OPEN HOUSE FOR THE MOST ADVANCED RAPID PROTOTYPING LABORATORY IN ITALYOver 200 companies and researchers on Friday, June 30 at Polo Meccatronica, the Mechatronics Hub, to exchange views on the challenges of Industria 4.0 and learn about the Trentino model that combines training, innovation and enterprises. -
June 28, 2017CREATE-NET, A RESEARCH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF THE FUTUREThe Center is part of Fondazione Bruno Kessler since January 1.
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June 22, 2017FABIO REMONDINO, FBK RESEARCHER, FEATURED IN THE NEW SEASON OF THE “SUPERQUARK” TV SHOWOn Wednesday June 21, the new "Superquark" season started on Italy's national public broadcasting network. "A pixel world" is a story about new technological challenges focusing on "photogrammetry" -
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 16, 2017Ready to start? Here’s the Webvalley 2017 team12 Italians, of which 6 from Trentino, and 6 Americans are the protagonists of the 17th edition of WebValley, which will open the lab on Sunday, June 18, in Casez, Valle di Non (Trentino). -
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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June 12, 2017FIEMME, FROM WOOD TO DIAMONDS. WHAT FUTURE FOR THE TALENT OF A BORDER AREA INVESTING IN INNOVATION AND RESEARCH?From the forests of the Fiemme Valley come innovations, products and projects able to conquer international markets also in a sector - such as diamonds - very different from what mountains and forested woods conjure up in our minds when we think about them.
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June 7, 2017FBK IN THE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR A MORE EQUITABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOCIETY"We need a change of mindset". Those were the words of Enrico Giovannini, spokesman for ASviS, who on May 25 closed the event at the Trento Science Museum dedicated to the spread of the culture of sustainable development. In the video, interviews with Giovannini and IRVAPP director Antonio Schizzerotto. -
June 1, 2017AWARD-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE “IMPRONTE” (FOOTPRINTS) PROJECT AIMED AT FAVORING ACTIVE AGING AND INCLUSIONA treasure hunt with pedometer bracelets and a geolocation app to hide or find real or virtual objects -
June 1, 2017Double recognition for the Software Engineering Unit at the Buenos Aires International Conference on Program Comprehension.Best Paper Award and ACM Sigsoft Distinguished Paper Award. The FBK Software Engineering Unit led by Paolo Tonella came back with two prestigious awards from Buenos Aires, where they participated in the twenty-fifth International Conference on Program Comprehension on May 22 and 23. -
June 1, 2017WeLive project: the winners of the idea contest for a smarter Trento have been awardedThe nine winners of the idea contest linked to the WeLive European project have been awarded.
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May 25, 2017Side by side in research and education challengesThe framework agreement between Fondazione Bruno Kessler and University of Trento was signed today -
May 23, 2017Festival della Sostenibilità. Festival of Sustainibility. Towards a more equitable and environmentally friendly societyNext Thursday, May 25, 2017, at the Trento Science Museum, two debates, at 4 pm and 8 pm dedicated to spreading the culture of sustainable development. -
May 18, 2017Digital invasion: mission accomplished!Art and technology may seem opposites, two worlds characterized by different languages. On the contrary, The dialogue is open, the opportunities for synergy are multiple.
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May 17, 2017È Anna Perini la nuova Consigliera eletta dal personale della Fondazione Bruno KesslerLa nomina è stata formalizzata durante la seduta del CdA di oggi, mercoledì 17 maggio, in seguito all’esito delle elezioni che si sono svolte presso le sedi della Fondazione il 12 e il 15 maggio scorsi, durante le quali hanno votato complessivamente 276 persone su 523 aventi diritto. -
May 16, 2017Can smart materials and neural cells communicate?Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler is hosting an international meeting on the new frontiers in neuroscience -
May 12, 2017On the frontline of fight against child cancerTwo meetings: one with Ospedale Bambino Gesù in Rome, and one with the Proton therapy Center in Trento
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May 9, 2017The smart “Piedibus” (walking bus) becomes a game to walk across the worldThanks to the collaboration of Fondazione Bruno Kessler, technology supports sustainable mobility -
May 8, 2017Aldo Moro: thought and politics. The National Edition of his works.The project for the national online and open access edition of Moro's works, to which Fondazione Bruno Kessler is collaborating through their Italian-German Historical Institute (FBK-ISIG) and Digital Humanities team with the Center for Information and Communication Technologies (FBK-ICT), will be presented next Wednesday, May 10, at the Historical Archive of the President of the Republic's Office, in Rome. -
April 27, 2017Alessandro Cimatti wins ETAPS “Test of Time Award”In an ever-changing and fast-moving field like software is, not everybody gets to make an internationally ground-breaking and far-reaching scientific work that will influence the industry for years to come. Alessandro Cimatti, with Fondazione Bruno Kessler's ICT Center, has succeeded: he received the "Test of Time Award" from ETAPS in Uppsala, Sweden.
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April 26, 2017An FBK study on the Zika virus has been published in the international journal PNASThe paper shows that the epidemic trend was mainly determined by climatic and human mobility-related factors
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April 19, 2017Technology and healthy lives“Key to Health” is the joint project of PAT, APSS, INAIL and FBK that promotes healthy lifestyles in the workplace
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April 14, 2017What fuels for the mobility of the future?On the occasion of the Trento edition of “Greenweek – Festival della Green Economy” in March, we collected the voices of three experts who testify how increrasingly urgent it is to invest in alternative fuels.
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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 12, 2017The Research institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) is seeking a new DirectorThe search for candidates for the position of new director for the humanities center of Fondazione Kessler, who will replace Antonio Schizzerotto, IRVAPP’s Chief officer since its creation in September 2008, started yesterday.
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April 11, 2017Internet of things to engage museums’ audiencesThe meSch European project, in collaboration with museums, has just ended; FBK coordinated the work package on visit personalization. -
April 4, 2017Augmented reality: the “Replicate” and “Spark” projects at FBKWhat if we could simply pick up our cell phones, capture the interesting stuff around us and bring take it into our future 3D virtual lives? To find out more about it, we interviewed two experts in this kind of technology: Paul Chippendale, from FBK, and Gaetano Cascini, from the Polytechnic University of Milan. -
March 31, 2017A Researcher from Trentino awarded at the most important world conference on voice recognitionThe reward of $ 1,500 was awarded to Mirco Ravanelli, first author of the paper by FBK and University of Montreal (Canada). -
March 27, 2017Software Security: excellent results for the ASPIRE projectThe ASPIRE (Advanced Software Protection: Integration, Research and Exploitation) scientific project, in which FBK participated, was rated excellent.
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March 22, 2017Is Artificial Intelligence stealing our jobs? FBK tries to answer the big question at G20Paolo Traverso, ICT Center Director was the co-chair of the panel “Digitising Manufacturing” dealing with AI application in future industries. Outcomes of the panel will be officially transmitted to G20 ministers and discussed during the G20 Summit in Berlin April 6-7th '17. -
March 13, 2017Sunset Time and the Economic Effects of Social Jetlag. Evidence from US Time Zone BordersFBK-IRVAPP organizes a seminar with Fabrizio Mazzonna (Università della Svizzera Italiana) next March, 23 2017
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March 10, 2017Learning to climbThe winner of the 2017 ICT Days PhD Competion (whose prizes are offered by Vodafone Italia and Trentino Sviluppo), tells us about her intense mobility experience in Sheffield, UK. -
March 8, 2017SUPERSEDE – for the software of the futureThose of you who lose your patience in front of your PC or your smartphone because its software does not work properly will certainly be glad to learn that in the near future complaints and suggestions will not fall on deaf ears, but will be collected and forwarded directly to the engineers who developed the application, so that they can make any necessary changes. -
March 2, 2017Hydrogen and electric power for the supply of the futureThe CH2P European project coordinated by Trento-based FBK
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March 2, 2017What if data is all we have?Studying machine learning and deep learning techniques to develop a novel and original approach for the integration of phenotypic and genotypic data in Autism Spectrum Disorder. -
February 22, 2017FBK ranks 1st in Italy for scientific excellence in three areasExtraordinary primacy in ICT; 1st place in History and Sociology as well. Mr. Profumo: "FBK is a unique case in Italy combining excellence at the top for scientific production and economic return".
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February 17, 2017A pilot project at Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trento promotes a healthy lifestyleAT, APSS, INAIL and FBK experiment the "Key to Health" project that aims to promote healthy lifestyles in the workplace and to prevent some of the most common chronic issues.
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February 9, 2017Quantum science and technologies: the Trentino-based research organizations team up for the European callThe University, FBK and CNR invite local institutions to participate along with the flagship launched by the European Commission for 2018. Objective: to set the stage for the second quantum revolution through an alliance between academia and industry will that promote European leadership in this area. Friday at 5:30 pm in Povo the launch of the Q @ TN Project. Quantum science and technologies: the opportunities for development in a talk by Tommaso Calarco
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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, 2017Dedagroup and Fondazione Bruno Kessler create the co-innovation labTechnology, new standards and best practices for the interoperability of data and services to support digital transformation. -
January 9, 2017The geothermal map of Trentino is onlineThe geothermal map of Trentino is online. The work, presented during a technical conference at Trento-based Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), is the result of the GEOTERM project and is now available. -
January 9, 2017FESTA: the european project to promote women’s scientific careers closesThe "FESTA - GARCIA" final conference takes place in Brussels today and tomorrow. The event was jointly organized by FBK (FESTA project) and Université Catholique de Louvain (GARCIA project) which has 135 members including academics from all over Europe, and also from the US and several European Commission officials as well as businesses representatives.
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December 19, 2016RF-MEMS technology for 5G applications at CMM-FBKThe upcoming 5G mobile standards will pose challenging demands on hardware components, requiring very boosted performances in terms of high-frequency and wideband operability, low-losses, high-linearity, and so on. The RF-MEMS technology developed at the MST unit of CMM-FBK was recently demonstrated up to 110 GHz, and is a promising candidate to meet the 5G challenges.
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May 30, 2016FBK presents TreC (Cartella Clinica del Cittadino, Citizen’s Medical Records) at ECDESS 2016The first European conference on digital ecosystems for social services (ECDESS 2016) was held in Rome on May 20. FBK was present, among the nearly 400 scholars and field experts, with Enrico Maria Piras, a researcher with the eHealth group.
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May 15, 2016FBK-BOEING CollaborationA joint scientific study by the Trentino based Research Center and the aerospace giant has been presented in San Francisco during the most important world conference in the area of formal verification and validation.
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April 4, 2016FBK was awarded one of the “Digital Humanities” prizes for humanities computingThe “PAGANS” software came in first in the “Best use of DH for leisure” category, the best use of Digital Humanities for entertainment.