📣 Join us on April 24 for a talk by Patricia Alves-Oliveira on 'Embodied Social Intelligence'.

📅 10:30 - 11:30
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📣 Join us on April 24 for a talk by Nikos Pitsianis on "Space-time efficient compression of all resistance distances on a large sparse network".

📅 10:00 - 11:00
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Heterogeneity in testing and vaccination behavior strongly shapes epidemic spreading patterns Speaker: Abbas K. Rizi (DSc), DTU Compute Abstract: The spread and control of infectious diseases depend not just on the biology of a pathogen but on the social fabric of its host population. How peop...

📣 Join us on April 24 for a talk by Abbas K. Rizi on 'Heterogeneity in testing and vaccination behavior strongly shapes epidemic spreading patterns'.

📅 14:00 - 15:00
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www.inf.usi.ch/en/node/11435

Visualizing Object-Oriented Software Systems Through Class Contours Speaker: Mattia Giannaccari, USI Abstract: Understanding object-oriented software systems requires developers to mentally reconstruct the roles and relationships of classes from scattered lines of cod...

📣 Join us on April 23 for a talk by Mattia Giannaccari on 'Visualizing Object-Oriented Software Systems Through Class Contours'.

📅 17:00 - 18:00
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Are you interested in learning parallel programming models and gaining hands-on experience with HPC systems?
⏱️ Register by 12 April to join us in Serpiano this summer!

Overreliance on LLMs, consequences, cognition and crutches Speaker: Valerie Burgener, USI Abstract: LLMs are rapidly evolving and handling more and more tasks. They introduce low friction to problem solving and reward with immediate output. This talk dives in...

📣 Join us on March 26 for a talk by Valerie Burgener on 'Overreliance on LLMs, consequences, cognition and crutches'.

📅 17:00 - 18:00
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inf.usi.ch/en/node/11426

Towards improving chemical synthesis planning assistants You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Mikhail Andronov on Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 15:30 in room D2.19. Abstract: Efficient organic synthesis planning is one of the corne...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Mikhail Andronov on "Towards improving chemical synthesis planning assistants"

📅 Tuesday 31 March at 15:30
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Deep Generative Mechanisms for 3D: From De Novo Flow Models to Latent Space Optimization Speaker: Prof. Iro Armeni, Stanford University Abstract: This talk explores three distinct technical paradigms for generative vision models in 3D reconstruction and synthesis. First, we present a nove...

📣 Join us on March 26 for a talk by Prof. Iro Armeni, on 'Deep Generative Mechanisms for 3D: From De Novo Flow Models to Latent Space Optimization'.

📅 16:00 - 17:00
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Security Challenges of Large Language Models Speaker: Prof. Jelena Milosevic, FHNW Abstract: Large Language Models(LLMs) are increasingly embedded in critical systems, yet they introduce a growing set of security risks. This presentation highlig...

📣 Join us on March 24 for a talk by Prof. Jelena Milosevic on 'Security Challenges of Large Language Models'.

📅 17:00 - 18:00
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inf.usi.ch/it/feeds/11422

Sicurezza dei password manager: studio congiunto USI-ETH Zurich Uno studio coordinato tra l’ETH Zurich e l’Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) solleva interrogativi importanti sulla sicurezza dei password manager cloud più diffusi. Il lavoro, che sarà present...

A joint study by @ethz.ch and USI raises important questions about the security of some of the most widely used cloud-based password managers.

www.usi.ch/en/feeds/34363

Phänomena startet Tour in Dietikon – «it business» – Meldungen aus der ICT-Welt

Phänomena ist zurück: Die Wissenschaftsausstellung startete ihre Tour am 14. März in Dietikon. Gezeigt werden Stationen zu künstlicher Intelligenz, Robotik und Technik zum Anfassen.

Weitere Stopps folgen in Basel, Yverdon, Luzern, Altstätten, Zürich und Biel.

#Phänomena #Wissenschaft #KI #Robotik

Inauguration of the Phänomena Exhibition On Friday, 13 March, the partner-only inauguration of Phänomena took place. At the official ceremony, moderated by Bettina Zbinden, the speakers were: Urs Müller, General Manager of Phänomena; Helen B...

Phänomena 2026 kicked off with USI's interactive autonomous driving installation "Stay on Track!". At the private opening, the President of the Confederation, Guy Parmelin, was the first to test it. @inf.usi.ch @robertominelli.com
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PBT for Adversarial Reward Shaping - A Work in Progress Speaker: Andréa Cristina de Souza Doreste, USI Abstract: Autonomous Driving Systems (ADS) are inherently safety-critical applications and must be thoroughly tested before deployment. One way to achiev...

📣 Join us on March 12 for a talk by Andréa Cristina de Souza Doreste on 'PBT for Adversarial Reward Shaping - A Work in Progress'.

📅 17:00 - 18:00
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inf.usi.ch/en/node/11420

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Malik Lechekhab on "Multilevel diffusion-based and spectral graph methods for clustering and anomaly detection"

📅 Friday 20 March at 13:30
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Solver-based Compilation for Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Arrays and Scalable Logic Synthesis You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Cristian Tirelli on Monday 16 March 2026 at 16:00 in room D0.03. Abstract: Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Arrays (CGRAs) are low-powe...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Elia Cereda on "Learning on the Fly: From Domain Adaptation to On-device Learning on Autonomous Nano-UAVs"

📅 Tuesday 17 March at 14:00
#USILife #PhDLife #USItalent🎓

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inf.usi.ch/it/feeds/11413

Approximation Algorithms for Survivable Network Design Problems You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Miguel Bosch Calvo on Tuesday 20 January 2026 at 10:00 in room D0.02. Abstract: Connectivity is among the most extensively studied b...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Cristian Tirelli on "Solver-based Compilation for Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Arrays and Scalable Logic Synthesis"

📅 Monday 16 March at 16:00
#USILife #PhDLife #USItalent🎓

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Stochastic Additively Preconditioned Trust-Region Strategies for Distributed Neural Network Training You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Samuel Adolfo Cruz Alegria on Tuesday 16 December 2025 at 16:00 in room D1.13. Abstract: Training large-scale neural networks is com...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Miguel Bosch Calvo on "Approximation Algorithms for Survivable Network Design Problems"

📅 Tuesday 20 January at 10:00
#USILife #PhDLife #USItalent🎓

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A Neuro-Symbolic Oracle Generator You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Davide Molinelli on Thursday 4 December 2025 at 09:30 in room D0.10. Abstract: Testing is essential to ensuring software quality, bu...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Samuel Adolfo Cruz Alegria on "Stochastic Additively Preconditioned Trust-Region Strategies for Distributed Neural Network Training"

📅 Tuesday 16 December at 16:00
#USILife #PhDLife #USItalent🎓

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Wigner and Gabor phase-space analysis of propagators for evolution equations Speaker: Elena Cordero, Università degli Studi di Torino Abstract: In this talk, we develop a phase-space framework for studying linear PDE evolutions via their Wigner kernels and Gabor matrices. Focu...

📣 Join us on December 11 for a talk by Aitor Arrieta on 'Testing three generations of Cyber-Physical Systems'.

📅 10:30 - 11:30
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inf.usi.ch/en/node/11354

Low-Rank Parametrized Transformers and Saddle-to-Saddle Dynamics Speaker: Dr. Katerina Papagiannouli Abstract: In this talk, we will characterise the gradient flow dynamics of an almost-linear low-rank parametrized transformer trained for regression in the limit of...

📣 Join us on December 16 for a talk by Prof. Elena Cordero on 'Wigner and Gabor phase-space analysis of propagators for evolution equations'.

📅 10:00 - 11:00
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inf.usi.ch/en/node/11351

Simulation-Based Testing and Runtime Monitoring for Autonomous Robotic Systems You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Sajad MazraehKhatiri on Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 15:30 in room D1.14. Abstract: The increasing deployment of autonomous robotic...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Davide Molinelli on "A Neuro-Symbolic Oracle Generator"

📅 Thursday 4 December at 09:30
#USILife #PhDLife #USItalent🎓

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Decoding Perceptual Realism for Real-Time Virtual and Augmented Realities You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Taimoor Tariq on Tuesday 28 October 2025 at 15:00 in room D1.13. Abstract: Imagine a day when memories unfold before us in videos an...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Sajad MazraehKhatiri on "Simulation-Based Testing and Runtime Monitoring for Autonomous Robotic Systems"

📅 Wednesday 10 December at 15:30
#USILife #PhDLife #USItalent🎓

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Low-Rank Parametrized Transformers and Saddle-to-Saddle Dynamics Speaker: Dr. Katerina Papagiannouli Abstract: In this talk, we will characterise the gradient flow dynamics of an almost-linear low-rank parametrized transformer trained for regression in the limit of...

📣 Join us on November 14 for a talk by Dr. Katerina Papagiannouli on 'Low-Rank Parametrized Transformers and Saddle-to-Saddle Dynamics'.

📅 12:30 - 13:30

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Low-Rank Parametrized Transformers and Saddle-to-Saddle Dynamics Speaker: Dr. Katerina Papagiannouli Abstract: In this talk, we will characterise the gradient flow dynamics of an almost-linear low-rank parametrized transformer trained for regression in the limit of...

📣 Join us on November 13 for a talk by Helena A. Haxvig, on 'Reprogramming Bias: Exploring Gender Representation and Inclusive Design Through AI-Generated Synthetic Personas'.

📅 14:30 - 15:30

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On the theory of spline interpolation of values and derivatives Speaker: Michael Floater, University of Oslo Abstract: There is a remarkable and important result in univariate spline theory: spline interpolation over a sequence of points has a unique solution if a...

📣 Join us on November 6 for a talk by Dr. Paul Rognon-Vael on 'Improving variable selection properties with transfer learning and data integration'.

📅 12:15 – 14:45

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Approximating Packing Problems You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Antoine Tinguely on Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 10:00 in room D2.19. Abstract: Many optimization problems are NP-hard, meaning that...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Taimoor Tariq on "Decoding Perceptual Realism for Real-Time Virtual and Augmented Realities"

📅 Tuesday 28.10 at 15:00
#USILife #PhDLife #USItalent🎓

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Approximating Packing Problems You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Antoine Tinguely on Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 10:00 in room D2.19. Abstract: Many optimization problems are NP-hard, meaning that...

📣 You are invited to attend the #DissertationDefence of Antoine Tinguely on "Approximating Packing Problems"

📅 Wednesday 22.10 at 10:00
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An exemplary work of #technology in the service of #dignity and #inclusion.

Focusing on the #redesign & #evaluation of the ACCESS+ app – a tool designed to improve the museum experience for people with intellectual #disabilities - his contribution is both academic & practical, advancing the field of human-computer interaction & promoting #equity in #access to #culture

Premio per contributi scientifici su tematiche di parità e diversità 2025 Il Premio per contributi scientifici su tematiche di parità e diversità 2025 dell’USI, del valore di 2'000 franchi ciascuno, è stato assegnato ex aequo ad Andrea Esposito e Daniela Baiardi per le risp...

🏆Congratulations to Andrea Esposito, joint winner of @usi.ch's 2025 Award for Scientific Contributions on Topics of #Equality & #Diversity for his Master's thesis "UI for cognitive accessibility: From redesign to evaluation"

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