Program

Accepted Papers

• The complete list of accepted papers can be found at the dedicated page. 

Presentations / Slides

• The complete set of presentations can be found at the dedicated page. 

Program: Accessible Version

• A more accessible and printable version of the program is available here. 

Location

All workshop activities will take place at:

• Aula Magna - "Pietro Vannucci" Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Piazza San Francesco al Prato 5, 06123 Perugia (PG), Italy - Ground floor.

For logistical information and updates, please always refer to the official AIxIA 2026 webpage. 

Program Schedule

06 October (Tuesday)

Opening

• 10:30-10:40 - OPENING

Synthetic and Multimodal Data in Oncology and Pathology

• 10:40-10:50 - Andrea Santomauro, Luigi Portinale, Giorgio Leonardi, Francesca Ugo, Ivan Gallesio, Costanza Massarino, Alessia Francese, Annalisa Roveta, Antonio Maconi: TRUTH-Lung: A Multimodal Dataset of CT Scans, Expert Segmentations, and Molecular Biomarkers for Lung Nodule Radiogenomics - [non-original communication]

• 10:50-11:00 - Mara Pistellato, Miriam Duci, Nicola Galiazzo, Leonardo Maccari, Francesco Fascetti Leon, Francesca Uccheddu: Exploring Generative Augmentation for Rare Disease Pathology: a Hirschsprung Disease Case Study - [short paper]

• 11:00-11:15 - Aaron Costa, Stefano Nera, Riccardo Francia, Luca Piovesan, Simone Pernice, Francesco Merli, Annalisa Arcari, Emanuele Cencini, Stefania Montani, Simone Ferrero, Francesca Cordero, Marco Beccuti: Synthetic Data Generation, Multi-Dimensional Validation, and Clinically Actionable Risk Stratification in a FIL-DLBCL Clinical Cohort - [full paper]

• 11:15-11:30 - Sara De Luca, Federico D’Asaro, Paola Berchialla, Giuseppe Rizzo: Omics-Enhanced Multimodal Representations for Cancer Prognosis and Staging - [full paper]

• 11:30-11:40 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Representation Learning and AI for Biomedical Modelling and Simulation

• 11:40-11:55 - Christel Sirocchi, Giorgia Roselli, Sara Montagna: Structure-Aware Representation Learning of ATC Codes - [full paper]

• 11:55-12:10 - Arantxa Ortega-Leon, Alessandro Zani, Indaco Biazzo, Lea Schuh, Sergio Consoli: Towards Optimizing Laser Acceleration of Protons for Medical Applications: Benchmarking Generative AI Against Machine Learning Models - [full paper]

• 12:10-12:20 - Alessia Dodaro, Rama Mhalla, Ibrahim Shkhis, Carlo Adornetto, Vincenzo Damico, Francesca Filice, Gianluigi Greco, Tiziana Marino, Mario Prejanò, Simone Ventrici: Comparing Recurrent Neural Networks against Transformers for One-Step Molecular Dynamics Prediction - [short paper]

• 12:20-13:00 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Break

• 13:00-14:30 - LUNCH BREAK

Medical Imaging, Radiomics and Explainability

• 14:30-14:45 - Simone Carlassare, Alice Bizzarri, Riccardo Zese: CephAlignNet: A Coarse-to-Fine Deep Learning Framework for Cephalometric Landmark Localization - [full paper]

• 14:45-15:00 - Fabio Gatelli, Mattia Savardi, Matteo Riva, Alessandro Monti, Marco Ravanelli, Alfredo Berruti, Salvatore Grisanti, Alberto Signoroni: Evaluating Automated Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Segmentation on Longitudinal MRI Through Prostate Cancer Survival Prediction - [full paper]

• 15:00-15:15 - Alberto G. Valerio, Francesco Scialpi, Gennaro Vessio, Giovanna Castellano, Gabriella Casalino: A Multi-Metric Validation Framework for GNN Explanations in Brain Tumor Segmentation - [full paper]

• 15:15-15:25 - Paolo Fiore, Simone Bartucci, Edoardo De Rose, Francesca Filice, Nicoletta Anzalone, Raffaello Bonacchi, Francesco Calimeri, Teresa Calimeri, Andrés J.M. Ferreri, Simona Perri: A Two-Stage Radiomics Pipeline for MRI-Based Multi-Class Subtyping of Primary CNS Lymphoma: Dataset and Proposed Method - [short paper]

• 15:25-15:35 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Data-Driven Care Delivery, Rehabilitation and Frailty

• 15:35-15:50 - Aurora De Pieri, Francesco Filocamo, Marco Maratea, Cinzia Marte, Chiara Spadafora: Automated Shift Scheduling in Radiology via Answer Set Programming - [full paper]

• 15:50-16:00 - Corrado Loglisci, Stefano Mazzoleni: Handling Data Heterogeneity for Clinical Outcome Forecasting in Rehabilitation Environments - [short paper]

• 16:00-16:10 - Maria Grazia Miccoli, Berardina De Carolis, Corrado Loglisci, Giuseppe Palestra: Human Digital Twin and Human-Robot Interaction for Narrative-Enhanced Prediction of Quality of Life of Frail Individuals - [short paper]

• 16:10-16:20 - Pierangela Bruno, Giuseppe Galatà, Cristian Loria, Matteo Mammoliti, Marco Maratea: Machine Learning for Daily Rehabilitation Scheduling Capacity Prediction - [short paper]

• 16:20-16:30 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Break

• 16:30-17:00 - COFFEE BREAK

07 October (Wednesday)

Formal Reasoning, Governed Decisions and Human Responsibility

• 10:30-10:40 - Gianluca Apriceno, Tania Bailoni, Mauro Dragoni: Benchmarking Temporal Reasoning and Audience-Aware Explanation Generation of Modern Large Language Models on Clinical Data - [short paper]

• 10:50-11:05 - Stefania Costantini, Valentina Pitoni, Lorenzo De Lauretis: Patient-Centred Adaptive Healthcare Scheduling with Explainable Probabilistic Mental and Physical Actions - [full paper]

• 11:05-11:20 - Bianca Lerma, Gianluca Apriceno, Mauro Dragoni: What Counts? A Neuro-Symbolic Framework for Non-Anthropocentric Ethical Reasoning - [full paper]

• 11:20-11:30 - Angelo Rossi Mori: Where the Risk Lives: Human Junctions, Not Systems - Ten Categories of AI in Healthcare and the Non-Delegable Objective Function - [position/discussion paper]

• 11:30-11:45 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Representation, Reproducibility and Trustworthy Clinical AI

• 11:45-12:00 - Leonardo Sanna, Mattia Franzin, Simone De Carli, Marco Bolpagni, Simone Casazza, Silvia Rizzi, Claudio Eccher, Mauro Dragoni: MAESTRO: a framework for trustworthy integration of LLMs in psychological digital interventions - [full paper]

• 12:00-12:10 - Leonardo Sanna, Esin Ezgi Yildiz, Mauro Dragoni: Standardizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation Pipelines in Medical Domains - [non-original communication]

• 12:10-12:25 - Leonardo Sanna, Erica Solinas, Mauro Dragoni: LLM-as-a-judge for Evaluating the Quality of Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems - [full paper]

• 12:25-12:40 - Francesca Filice, Edoardo De Rose, Simone Bartucci, Francesco Calimeri, Simona Perri: DUET: Dual-Objective Knowledge Distillation for Task-Aware ECG Representation Learning - [full paper]

• 12:40-12:50 - Alessandro Mancuso, Alessandro Quarta, Pierangelo Veltri, Francesco Calimeri: When Metrics Disagree: Format Sensitivity in ECG-Image Adaptation of Small Vision-Language Models - [short paper]

• 12:50-13:00 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Break

• 13:00-14:30 - LUNCH BREAK

Clinical Text, Knowledge Extraction and Process Modelling

• 14:30-14:45 - Carmen Guzmán-García, Maria Chiara Colombi, Gianfranco Lombardo, Carlotta Mutti, Monica Mordonini, Stefano Cagnoni: Leveraging Large Language Models for Electronic Health Record Integration from Semi-Structured Clinical Reports - [full paper]

• 14:45-14:55 - Gianluca Aguzzi, Martino Pengo, Grzegorz Bilo, Sara Montagna: Language Models for Labelling and Clinical Knowledge Extraction in Hypertension Management - [short paper]

• 14:55-15:10 - Yaqiao Huang, Paloma Rabaey, Henri Arno, Thomas Demeester: From Clinical Text to Causal Graphs: How Much Supervision Is Needed to Induce Graph-Usable Symptom Variables? - [full paper]

• 15:10-15:20 - Sofia Benotti, Roberto Nai, Emilio Sulis, Vittoria M.S. Trifiletti, Guido Boella, Paolo Ferrero, Claudio Plazzotta, Elisa Sandri, Patricia Scioli: Towards LLM-Assisted Process Modelling from Healthcare Documents: A Framework and a BPMN Case Study - [short paper]

• 15:20-15:30 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Transfer and Privacy Across Institutional Boundaries

• 15:30-15:45 - Eriberto Andrea Franchi, Aldo Marzullo, Elena De Momi, Alberto Redaelli: Federated Eligibility Criteria Optimization for Clinical Trial Emulation - [full paper]

• 15:45-15:55 - Giovanna Nicora, Francesca Negri, Valentina Tibollo, Alberto Malovini, Arianna Dagliati, Lucia Sacchi, Federico Sottotetti, Paola Baiardi, Riccardo Bellazzi: Cross-Continental Generalizability of EHR Foundation Model: Predicting Length of Stay in Italy Using US-Trained Embeddings - [non-original communication]

• 15:55-16:05 - Niccolò Rocchi, Fabio Stella, Cassio de Campos: Imprecise Probabilities for Privacy-Accuracy Trade-Offs in Bayesian Networks - [non-original communication]

• 16:05-16:15 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Meeting

• 16:15-16:45 - AIxIA AI & HEALTHCARE (HC@AIxIA) WORKING GROUP MEETING

08 October (Thursday)

Awards

• 10:30-10:45 - AWARDS

Mental Health Knowledge and Clinical Speech Signals

• 10:45-10:55 - Gianluca Apriceno, Sergio Muñoz, Tania Bailoni, Mauro Dragoni, Carlos Á. Iglesias: MIAO: A Mental Illness Analysis Ontology for Detecting Mental Health Conditions - [non-original communication]

• 10:55-11:05 - Alessandra Grossi, Giulia Rizzi, Francesca Gasparini: MIND-WOZ: A Multimodal Sentiment Analysis System for Detecting Mental Health Disorders in Conversations - [short paper]

• 11:05-11:25 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Clinical AI Frameworks, Tools and Evaluation

• 11:25-11:40 - Giulio Mallardi, Luigi Quaranta, Donato Boccuzzi, Filippo Lanubile, Giancarlo Logroscino, Benedetta Tafuri: An MLOps Framework for Reproducible Radiomics Experiments - [full paper]

• 11:40-11:50 - Leonardo Sanna, Mattia Franzin, Mauro Dragoni, Claudio Eccher: Flow Builder: no-code conversation design tool for digital therapeutics in psychology - [system/prototype]

• 11:50-12:00 - Piergiorgio Maruotti, Mattia Rampazzo, Sergio Muñoz, Mauro Dragoni, Patrizio Bellan: Assessing Mental Health Therapeutic Capacity in AI Agents - [non-original communication]

• 12:00-12:10 - Mihir Mulye, Stefan Conrad, Stefan Knecht: Structural vs Psycholinguistic Evaluation of Foundation Model-Generated Aphasia Therapy Material - [short paper]

• 12:10-12:20 - Q&A AND DISCUSSION

Closing

• 12:20-12:30 - CLOSING

Contacts

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