July 14th-18th, 2025
Polytechnic School of Engineering and Architecture
Genova, Italy
(website: crossroads.unige.it)
Motivations and Objectives
AI and Robotics are advancing rapidly in engineering and scientific fields and are also strongly impacting non-technical domains. They are creating new markets and simultaneously raising fundamental new legal, social, and ethical questions.
The interplay of these emerging issues will certainly shape the future of AI and Robotics applications.
A comprehensive understanding of the broader implications of these technologies will lead to new scientific questions, driving innovation that aligns with fundamental human rights and fosters social acceptance. This dynamic interplay between technological progress and societal concerns will be the key to build markets and systems that are both responsible and sustainable.
The goal of the school is to bring together doctorate students, scientists, and professionals from the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and ELSE (economics, legal, social, ethical) disciplines to discuss about the contemporary key themes of the research in AI and Robotics from different perspectives to plot a vision of the future research and development challenges and opportunities in the key domains of Citizens’ Society, Healthcare, Environment, and Manufacturing.
Target
The school is open to PhD students of STEM and ELSE disciplines (preferably of the second or third year), but also to scientists, and practitioners interested to probe further the relevant aspects of the new AI and Robotics technologies and their implications with a transdisciplinary approach, including:
- safety of robots and autonomous systems
- digital health
- personalized medicine
- AI legislation
- AI and robotics markets
- trustworthy and explainable AI
- ethics and social issues
- bioinspired robotics and AI
Program and activities
CROSSROADS features a structured approach that includes lectures, interactive workgroup sessions, and student-led presentations, all designed to deeply involve participants in the subjects covered by the school.
The program and the activities of the school can be found here: crossroads.unige.it/program
For more information about the topics, venue and registration, please see the information on the webpage: crossroads.unige.it
Lecturers
Prof. Luca Calzolari, University of Torino
Prof. Giorgio Cannata, University of Genova
Dr. Manuel Catalano, Italian Institute of Technology
Prof. Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, University of Groningen
Dr. Mirko Comparetti, KUKA AG
Prof. Simona Crea, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Prof. Paola Dameri, University of Genova
Dr. Maria Fossati, Italian Institute of Technology
Prof. Federico Fraboni, University of Bologna
Prof. Alfio Guido Grasso, University of Catania
Dr. Barbara Mazzolai, Italian Institute of Technology
Prof. Giorgio Metta, Italian Institute of Technology
Prof. Luca Oneto, University of Genova
Dr. Francesco Rea, Italian Institute of Technology
Prof. Carmine Recchiuto, University of Genova
Prof. Antonio Sgorbissa, University of Genova
Prof. Loredana Zollo, University Campus Biomedico - Roma
Scientific Committee
Prof. Giorgio Cannata, Università di Genova
Dr. Lorenzo De Michieli, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Prof. Paola Dameri, Università di Genova
Prof. Valentina Di Gregorio, Università di Genova
Prof. Laura Gaggero, Università di Genova
Prof. Davide Giglio, Università di Genova
Prof. Giovanni Indiveri, Università di Genova
Prof. Perla Maiolino, University of Oxford
Prof. Mario Marchese, Università di Genova
Prof. Fabio Roli, Università di Genova
Prof. Vittorio Sanguineti, Università di Genova
Prof. Antonio Sgorbissa, Università di Genova
Dr. Michela Spagnuolo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche;
Organizing Committee
Prof. Giorgio Cannata, University of Genova
Prof. Valentina Di Gregorio, Università di Genova
For more information about the topics, venue and registration, please see the information on the webpage: crossroads.unige.it
CROSSROADS is fully funded by the Italian PNRR Project RAISE (Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment), and organized by the Department of Computer Science, Bioengineering and Robotics (DIBRIS) of the University of Genova.
CROSSROADS is an official school of the Italian National Doctorate in Robotics and Intelligent Machines (DRIM), supported by the Italian Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines (I-RIM)