The Educating Future Citizens (EFC) network is now accepting applications for the Artificial Intelligence and Research training course, aimed at PhD students and researchers.
The event will take place on Tuesday, 3 March and Tuesday, 10 March 2026 at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) in Trieste and is intended to illustrate the opportunities that AI technologies can offer in supporting and enhancing research and to provide guidance on a responsible use of artificial intelligence in research activities.
The first day will be dedicated to “AI in research: tools, opportunities and challenges”, with talks by Sebastian Goldt, Associate Professor (SISSA); Laura Meneghetti, Postdoctoral Researcher (SISSA); Satvik Mishra, PhD Student (SISSA); Matteo Santoro, PhD Student (SISSA); Rudy Skerk, PhD Student (SISSA); Romano Trampus, Director of ITCS (SISSA); and Roberto Trotta, Full Professor (SISSA).
One the second day, the training course will focus AI tools that can help in all aspects of the research workflow. The speaker will be Alessandro Gallo, General Manager of Springer Health+ Italia.
In addition, it will be possible to take part in a Discussion Game dedicated to the relationship between AI and society. The game, developed by SISSA Medialab, will allow players to discuss some of the most current issues related to AI, from facial recognition to smart cities, copyright and privacy issues. The discussion game will be facilitated by Francesca Rizzato, Science Communicator at SISSA Medialab.
The training course will be held in English and is organised by SISSA and SISSA Medialab.
Applications are open until midnight on Tuesday, 24 February.
To apply, please complete the form available at this link: https://forms.gle/2mWZeSAAgoF74Gcm9.
The detailed programme is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xNNF_AQvCOxaw2UPRCnqKVK7_7cVV9ZS/view?usp=drive_link
For further information or if you encounter any problems while filling in the form, you can contact the organisers at ai_and_research@medialab.sissa.it.
