TACKLING GLOBAL CHALLENGES USING AI

Eiman Kanjo, provost visiting professor Imperial College London, professor of Pervasive Sensing Nottingham Trent University

Teresa Scantamburlo, professor of Digital ethics Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Marco Zennaro, head Science Technology and Innovation unit ICTP

Serafina Di Gioia, researcher in Applied machine learning ICTP

Environmental sensing and wearable health-management tools are just some of the applications resulting from the combined use of increasingly available low-cost sensors and artificial intelligence. This panel discussion, comprising experts in the field of machine learning, and of the wide range of applications that their implementation on small and affordable devices leads to, will delve into the societal impact of these rapidly-growing technologies, with an eye on the ethical and social aspects of this disruptive technology.