Settembre 2022

MMSP Workshops co-located with the 21st International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence

aurora.saibene@unimib.it Workshops Settembre 8, 2022Giugno 12, 2023

Starting from November 28, 2022, the MMSP group will be present at the 21st International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (https://aixia2022.uniud.it/) with two workshops:

The 3rd Italian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for an Ageing Society (AIxAS 2022)
The 1st Italian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Human Machine Interaction (AIxHMI 2022)

AIxAS 2022 sees Professor Francesca Gasparini as Chair with Doctor Filippo Palumbo of the CNR-ISTI of Pisa and Doctor Francesca Fracasso of the CNR-ISTI of Rome.
The aim of this workshop is to promote active and healthy ageing, which involve prolonging independent living, ageing well and maintaining social inclusion, by considering the pivotal role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on assitive technologies and smart environments that could support and help older adults.

You can contribute to the workshop by submitting ideas, position, short or regular papers until September 30, 2022.

AIxHMI 2022 sees Doctor Aurora Saibene as Chair with Professor Silvia Corchs of the University of Insubria and Professor Jordi Solé-Casals of the Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya.
The aim of this workshop is to investigate the role that AI plays within new scenarios that suffer from noise, are strongly human-centered and often require severe constraints in terms of computational costs and real-time processing, that are especially brought by new wearable devices and sensing technologies employed in the field of human-machine interaction.

You can contribute to the workshop by submitting ideas, position, short or regular papers until September 30, 2022.

Visit the workshops websites for more details (here we have not event touched the tip of the iceberg).

See you in Udine!

International Summer School on Advances in Artificial Intelligence

aurora.saibene@unimib.it Schools, Students Settembre 8, 2022Giugno 12, 2023

A new edition of the International Summer School on Advances in Artificial Intelligence will be held in Como at the Villa del Grumello!

30 Speakers from different Countries and Institutions will guide the students through the world of AI in 6 thematic sessions:

Three shades of (good-old) modern ML: causal, lifelong and relational, cared by the AIxIA Working Group on “AI & ML”.
Artificial Intelligence for Human Machine Interaction, cared by Professor Francesca Gasparini.
AI meets physics: a glance, cared by Professor Marta Calvi.
AI, language and computation, cared by Professor Enza Messina.
AI and health, cared by the AIxIA Working Group on “AI & HEALTH”.
AI and sustainability, cared by Professor Stefania Bandini.

Around 30 students have already signed for the School!

See you in Como!

Seminar “Brain Computer Interaction – Study cases in cognitive load tasks”

aurora.saibene@unimib.it Seminars Settembre 8, 2022Giugno 12, 2023

Professor Ana Rita Teixeira of the IPC – ESEC and Aveiro University will be visiting the MMSP laboratory during next week and for the occasion she will held a Seminar on “Brain Computer Interaction – Study cases in cognitive load tasks”.

Here is the abstract of her talk, which we are very looking forward to hear!

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a way of interaction between individuals and computers by not using any muscle, controlled through individuals’ brain activity captured with specific equipment. BCI is used to quantify Central Nervous System (CNS) activity, converting it to artificial output that is then used to replace, restore, enhance, supplement, or improve natural CNS output. Through the acquisition of brain signals, BCI identifies patterns and produces actions based on these patterns, allowing users to interact with the environment without having to use peripheral nerves and muscles. Brain computer interfaces (BCI) have been applied in several fields of research from medical field, smart environments, Internet of Things, neuromarketing and advertisement, educational and self-regulation, games and entertainment and Security or authentication fields. BCIs depend on sensors and associated hardware whose function is to acquire brain signals. To this purpose, we resorted to a device using the non-invasive EEG (electroencephalography) technique. The application of EEG based systems in learning contexts is still not common, the number of studies on this topic is relatively small and the studies that can be carried out have enormous potential in this area. However, before moving on to a complex field such as education, we carried out a set of preliminary studies that analyze individuals performing tasks with some cognitive load. Using the EEG signal and BCI devices, we evaluated several parameters of interest (Attention, Concentration, Fatigue, Immersion and Stress). This work allowed to access several parameters, through a series of studies, using devices with a reduced number of channels, in different types of tasks. The tasks analyzed were individuals driving and operating other side distractive tasks; individuals using different computer games with and without sound; individuals engaged in a programming problem-solving oriented task activity; individuals comparing different typefaces or colors in complex figures and individuals performing the Raven matrices test.

See you on September 15th, 2022 at 10:30 am, Room T24 – Abacus Building (U14) 1st floor of the Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca.

Refer to Professor Gasparini for more details.