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Finally, a joy
In Rome we have an expression, mai una gioia (literally, “never (a moment of) joy”) that applies well to the present times. Yesterday, there was, finally, something to be joyous about: the announcement...
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Piazza Duomo, in Milan, on December 26, 2020 Piazza Duomo, in Milan, on July 11, 2021
View ArticleThe Third Annual “Why am I in Italy and you are not?” post
I moved back to Italy exactly two years ago. I was looking for some change and for new challenges and, man, talk about being careful what you wish for! Last year was characterized by a sudden...
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Hasselmann, Manabe and Parisi win 2021 Physics Nobel Prize
Today the Italian academic community, along with lots of other people, was delighted to hear that Giorgio Parisi is one of the three recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics. Parisi has been a...
View ArticleThis Year, for Lent, Bocconi Gave Up Not Having a CS Department
Yesterday, Bocconi’s Rector signed the decree that created the new Computing Sciences department. This is only the ninth department to be created in our 120 year old university, and the first, I...
View ArticleThe First XL Computer Scientist
Some time ago, I received a message to the effect that I was being considered for membership in the “Academy of the XL”, to which my reaction was, hey, we have all gone out of shape during the...
View ArticleWorkshop in Milan Next Week
As previously announced, next week Alon Rosen and I are organizing a workshop at Bocconi, which will actually be the union of two workshops, one on Recent Advances in Cryptography and one on Spectral...
View ArticleWorkshop on Fairness in AI
Next Monday, June 27, I am organizing a workshop on issues around fairness, bias and discrimination in AI and Machine Learning. Here is a link to the program. Remote participation is possible (link in...
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Introducing Bocconi’s new M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence
This September, Bocconi will start a new M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence. It will be a two-year computer science degree meant for students with Bachelor degrees in computer science, engineering,...
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