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  • May 29, 2026
    The FBK Club: Bringing Cultures Together
    On May 21, the FBK community celebrated the many identities that enrich it, representing nearly 60 nationalities and united by a shared curiosity and enjoyment in discovering and sharing personal stories and cultural backgrounds. It was, as always, a joyful Babel of encounters, constantly evolving and sustained by volunteering and active participation.
  • May 27, 2026
    Fondazione Bruno Kessler relaunches AI: Two new centers of excellence to be established in 2027
    FBK is strengthening its international role in AI and the digital industry with the launch of two new Centers of Excellence. As of May 26, the call for applications for the Director of the Center for Machine Intelligence is open.
  • May 26, 2026
    Digital Health: AI becoming “normal” at the Center for Digital Health & Wellbeing showcase day
    From research laboratories to everyday clinical practice: Fondazione Bruno Kessler’s Center for Digital Health & Wellbeing presented itself at Povo with an event dedicated to innovation, scientific research, and new calls shaping the future of healthcare.
  • May 26, 2026
    Elisa Muratore awarded by the Prime Minister’s Office for a thesis on online disinformation
    The young PhD student at the University of Trento, supported by funding from Fondazione Bruno Kessler, developed innovative mathematical models to detect coordinated campaigns on social media, combining international research, data science, and information security.
  • May 25, 2026
    The physics of Peoples
    Recently, some friends asked me about a news story concerning the LHCb (an experiment at CERN’s LHC). It was announced as the discovery of a heavier, shorter-lived version of the proton, and while that may seem interesting, what really got me thinking was something else.
  • May 23, 2026
    Children’s rights in the digital age
    MUSE hosted a panel organized as part of the Trento Festival of Economics featuring FBK-IRVAPP researcher Dominique Cappelletti.
  • May 23, 2026
    FBK-IRVAPP Award named after Beniamino Andreatta – Federica Meluzzi wins 2026 Edition
    Enrico Letta and Romano Prodi attended the award ceremony at Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Trento to present the recognition established by the Institute for Evaluation Research on Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP), directed by Mirco Tonin
  • May 22, 2026
    Doing innovative business in Trentino is possible
    “Innovative Business in Trentino: It Can Be Done” is the title of the publication recently presented by the Foundation for the Enhancement of Trentino-Based Research (VRT Foundation), an instrumental body of the Caritro Foundation. The presentation took place at Palazzo Calepini as part of the Trento Festival of Economics and brought together key players from Trentino’s research, innovation, and business ecosystem.
  • May 20, 2026
    CVTS 2026: Computer vision excellence returns to Trento
    A day of discussion among researchers, industry professionals, and students on the latest frontiers of machine vision, hosted at Fondazione Bruno Kessler for an international event.
  • May 20, 2026
    Beyond the Algorithm: Why Europe’s Future Depends on Human Talent, Not Just AI
    Professor Na Fu from the Trinity College in Dublin shared her vision during a recent seminar hosted by FBK as part of the DIGITAL MERIT project (an initiative of excellence dedicated to training the next generation of digital specialists in AI, Cybersecurity, and IoT), identifying a critical inflection point in the current technological revolution: a "crisis of human vision". Yet this crisis contains unprecedented opportunities for those prepared to seize them.
  • May 20, 2026
    Trentino as a laboratory of ideas for tomorrow’s businesses
    Editorial by Ferruccio Resta, published in the newspaper L’Adige, May 20, 2026.
  • May 13, 2026
    ECHO-TWIN kicked off in Naples
    FBK is among the partners in the project dedicated to developing intelligent ecosystems and advanced digital solutions to support research and industry.
  • May 12, 2026
    FBK Pioneers in Research Summer School: Registration open for the second edition
    Created in collaboration with the Center for Sustainable Energy, the program will focus on energy technologies, a cutting-edge field in which FBK actively contributes to progress at the European and international levels. Applications are open through June 7.
  • May 11, 2026
    AI for land valuation: The GLIST Project by Genius Loci
    Collaboration with FBK to develop new data-driven approaches to land valuation
  • May 8, 2026
    First and foremost: do not discriminate
    Beginning with his master’s thesis, he specialized in gender-inclusive machine translation, contributing to methodological advances in the field while pursuing his PhD at Unitrento within FBK’s Machine Translation unit. We spoke with him about his interdisciplinary journey.
  • May 6, 2026
    Digitally Divided
    The impact of technology on beliefs and social polarization explored in a volume emerging from the annual seminar of the FBK Center for Religious Studies, directed by Massimo Leone
  • May 6, 2026
    NEVERMORE: A project to improve climate understanding
    The project coordinated by FBK, which develops advanced models and digital solutions to support informed decisions on climate adaptation, mitigation, and risk management, has concluded in Sweden.
  • May 5, 2026
    FBK and the major AI compliance challenge
    In recent years, artificial intelligence has transformed key sectors such as healthcare, mobility, education, and public administration. However, its growing pervasiveness raises crucial questions: how can AI systems be made reliable, ethical, and compliant with regulations?
  • May 4, 2026
    April 2026: FBK projects making headlines
    From simulations for climate emergencies to green hydrogen, from artificial intelligence to quantum and space technologies, and from digital health to reflections on technology and society: these are the FBK research topics that made headlines in April Virtual training for future extreme weather