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October 30, 2025What a Brain-Simulating Model Revealed About the Hidden Rules of Human CooperationKey findings from “AI@TN: study of Cooperative AI frameworks” - funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento and authored by Bruno Lepri and Laura Ferrarotti (from MobS @ FBK), and Riccardo Gallotti and Lucila Alvarez-Zuzek (from CHuB Lab @ FBK). -
October 29, 2025FBK hosted the Trentino meeting with the Consul General of Austria in MilanIt was an opportunity to discuss Artificial Intelligence, as well as sustainable energy and the Hydrogen Valley. Trento Province Vice President Spinelli said: "It is an honor to welcome the Austrian delegation to such a highly specialized center as Fondazione Bruno Kessler." The Consul General of Austria, Wolfgang Strohmayer, added: "An important opportunity to highlight the broad prospects for collaboration between Austria and Trentino in the field of innovation." -
October 29, 2025FBK participates in Synergy Days 2025 in RotterdamRotterdam hosted the fourth edition of Synergy Days, a major European event for digital innovators that brings together policymakers, researchers, farmers, and industry leaders to foster collaboration and drive innovation in the agri-food production sector through technology. The event, which brought together 33 EU projects and more than 300 participants, also featured FBK, whose goal was to share the results of the AgrifoodTEF project and represent CEADS, the initiative focused on data spaces for agriculture. -
October 29, 2025LT@FBK 2025: new voices for language technologiesSixteen talks, thirteen posters and an exceptional keynote to explore topics of language, speech, translation and misinformation. -
October 27, 2025TreC Mamma, the digital platform supporting the first thousand days: the conferenceSince August 2023, more than 5,000 women have used the TreC Mamma app, which promotes maternal and child health through new digital technologies. Saturday, October 25, Fondazione Bruno Kessler hosted the conference “FSE – TreC Mamma: A Digital Platform Supporting the First Thousand Days” to review the results achieved and discuss future prospects. -
October 27, 2025A forest of knowledge to explore and shareThe FoReSt event, which took place at the end of October at the FBK-ISR headquarters in Trento, was dedicated to young researchers to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and the sharing of their academic work. In addition to seminar sessions and workshops, it included in its programs spaces for discussion and growth, as well as opportunities for dissemination, such as the event open to the public "Resonance Boxes", dedicated to the ways in which academic knowledge can be communicated in the contemporary digital ecosystem. On this occasion, we met with doctoral student Accursio Graffeo, who is conducting research on so-called “new religious movements” associated with artificial intelligence. We interviewed him to find out more and to inspire other young people through his journey -
October 27, 2025Neutron’s secret faces that are shaping the worldOn October 8, 2025, the meetings of the Journal Club series resumed, promoted by Jacopo Dalmasson, FBK Science Ambassador. The session featured applied physics researcher Stephanie Cancelli, who shared insights from her international experience. -
October 24, 2025FBK and FEM: An even more synergistic collaborationOn Friday, October 24, a framework agreement was signed, formalizing areas of joint collaboration -
October 23, 2025QR code and Artificial Intelligence: a label to combat counterfeitingThe collaboration between FBK and IPZS makes it possible for everyone to verify the authenticity of products -
October 21, 2025AI in Act-ion o Inaction?From the AI Act to Apply AI: the EU between Industry, Research and Policies -
October 20, 2025Educational poverty in Italy. How to counter a silent issue that prevents girls and boys from freely blossoming talents and aspirationsThe risk of dropping out of school is fifteen times higher for students from families with low educational attainment than for those from graduate families, while their likelihood of earning a degree is five times lower. On the occasion of "Didacta Italia - Trentino Edition" 2025, we interviewed FBK-IRVAPP researcher Davide Azzolini -
October 20, 2025In conversation with the worldThe new issue of A.R.O. features a rich selection of reviews, including volumes on the Red Brigades, the legacy of fascism, the mobility paradigm, and bibliophile stories. There is more: the magazine covers many other books, spanning different places and eras. We invite you to discover how reading history can create proximity and maintain a constant dialogue with the world, despite distances. -
October 16, 2025Time, skills and the power of language at the heart of the Inspirational talk with Stefano PaleariAs part of the series of inspirational dialogues for the FBK research community, Stefano Paleari took part in an open conversation on universities, innovation, and future perspectives. -
October 16, 2025The InCUBE General Assembly in TrentoFrom October 7 to 9, the sixth General Assembly of the European project InCUBE was held in Trento. The event provided a valuable opportunity for exchange among the 23 international partners involved in the initiative. Hosted at the FBK Humanities hub on Via Santa Croce, the three-day meeting included focused discussions, site visits, and workshops. -
October 16, 2025X-TEF: the annual meeting in MilanThe delegates involved in the Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) projects promoted by the European Commission, together with other stakeholders of the European Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem, met for the annual meeting, held for the first time in Italy on October 1. Together, they had the opportunity to discuss how the large-scale operation of TEFs accelerates the adoption of AI and robotics in Europe. -
October 14, 2025FBK and FiemmePER have created Fiemme SostenibileThe kick-off meeting was held on October 15 at the Municipal Library – La Stazione in Predazzo, where researchers and project partners presented the initiative in a plenary session. They introduced the participating school classes to the project’s objectives, outlined key sustainability issues, and placed the work within its scientific context. -
October 14, 2025History to plan for the future"Today more than ever, in an era marked by fake news and fears for the present and the future, the work of historians entails a strong civic responsibility. We must feel prompted to engage with society, to share knowledge, and to transform specialist knowledge into a common good." Our interview with Margherita Angelini, professor at the Department of Classical, Linguistic and Educational Studies of the University of Enna "Kore," on the theme of the Study Week FBK-ISIG 2025 -
October 14, 2025AI-MATTERS Roadshow in Rome: Alessandro Cimatti presents the Center for Digital Industry as a partner of excellence for innovation in the manufacturing sectorThe Roadshow — organized as part of the AI-MATTERS project, "AI that makes a difference in manufacturing" — held in Rome at the Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti on September 24, 2025, brought together institutions, companies, and research centers to discuss the strategic role of artificial intelligence in the future of manufacturing and cybersecurity. -
October 10, 2025ECLIPSE: a European project to counter hate and misinformationA new European consortium combining advanced technologies and social sciences to strengthen the resilience of citizens and professionals has launched in Trento. -
October 9, 2025MaGe, the robotic arm that combines vision and languageThe TeV-Technologies of Vision project to study the integration between natural language, vision and robotics -
October 9, 2025International recognition for the Hidden Trento app developed by Fondazione Bruno Kessler’s Italian-German Historical InstituteThe History City apps—of which Hidden Trento is a part—developed by the Italian-German Historical Institute t Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK-ISIG), have won the 2025 Heritage in Motion international award in the virtual and augmented reality category. -
October 9, 2025Open innovation pathsFBK positions itself as a scientific partner for companies, helping them navigate the complex challenges of our time and explore new forms of collaboration—ranging from solving specific problems to long-term research partnerships. A new webpage now presents all available opportunities -
October 7, 2025AI and consciousness: FBK’s thinkingAt the first edition of Conscience 2025, six world-renowned experts met to discuss the relationship between artificial intelligence and consciousness, in an exchange of views between science, technology and society. FBK brought its vision of integrative and responsible AI. Paolo Traverso: "Intelligence is different from consciousness, knowing how to do it is different from being conscious." -
October 7, 2025Research comes into play for people with autismGameOn for Autism: Bridging Skills and Wellbeing with Digital Play is a new Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships project in the field of adult education, coordinated by FBK. The methodology and digital game developed during the project will be made available under an open license for reuse across Europe. -
October 7, 2025“Rivers and forests. Katia Occhi presents the latest issue of the Annali ISIGThe 2025–1 volume of the Annals of the Italian-German Historical Institute (ISIG) at FBK has been released in recent weeks. Curated by Jawad Daheur and Katia Occhi, the issue features a dossier titled "Rivers and Forests. Historical Perspectives on timber floating in Europe." FBK Magazine spoke with Katia Occhi to take a closer look at the themes explored in this publication. -
October 4, 2025Conversations with MachinesGenerative AI now knows how to persuade more than a human being: Riccardo Gallotti at Wired Next Fest 2025 discusses the risks and opportunities of this new form of persuasion -
October 3, 2025AI and health: between innovation and ethical stringencyFrom maternal health solutions to neurotechnology supporting individuals with paralysis, the conversation highlighted key challenges, emerging opportunities, and the importance of strong ethical standards. The common goal? That AI becomes a reliable, integrative and understandable tool for citizens, doctors and the media. -
October 3, 2025The ethics framework for privacy: How to ensure data security and interoperability for digital citizenshipAt Wired Next Fest: A Conversation with Ferraris (PagoPA) and Sciarretta (FBK) -
October 3, 2025Data and algorithms to address failings in Italy’s justice systemThere are many miscarriages of justice that can occur in the Italian system: according to data from Innocent Project Italia, almost 32,000 between 1991 and 2024, for an average of 940 cases per year. This also causes economic damage to the state coffers, which have had to pay out around €1 billion in compensation over the last 35 years. -
October 3, 2025The science next door“Girls bring unique perspectives that science cannot afford to miss” -
October 3, 2025Energy and hydrogen: the green challenge for a sustainable futureThe Speck&Tech event at Wired Next Fest in Rovereto hosted Elena Crespi and Simone Angioni to explore the role of green hydrogen in the energy transition and to weigh the pros and cons of a sustainable future -
October 1, 2025The Autonomous Province of Trento hosted the seventh meeting of the European project “EUVECA”The meeting was held at FBK in Via S. Croce in Trento from Monday, September 29 to Wednesday, October 1. -
October 1, 2025Will robots be the smartphones of the future?On 5 October, FBK researcher Yiming Wang participated in the Wired Next Fest at the Palazzo del Bene in Rovereto, presenting her talk “Amico Robot” (Robot Friend), where she explored the vision of how humans and robots will coexist in the coming decades. Wang has built her career in computer vision and robotic perception: at Fondazione Bruno Kessler she investigates multimodal models and scene understanding, with applications on assistive robotics.