Aim: to foster interaction and collaboration in theory and applications, to provide a discussion forum for scientists from different disciplines and practitioners from companies where they can inspire and learn from each other, meet new people, form new research alliances and plan new joint research projects.

Format: A single track for talks in the conference center with enough time for discussions outside the conference hall. All participants stay in the workshop hotel and book their room through the Registration & accommodation form below. Participation fees are not charged to such participants, they pay the costs for accommodation and catering to the hotel when they check out. The room rates for participants include the costs of the conference hall, admission to the sessions, coffee/refreshments breaks and social events of the conference. 

Venue: Grand Hotel San Michele near Cetraro on the West, Tyrrhenian sea coast of Southern Italy. Photo gallery

Program committee: more names will be added

Marco Aiello (University of Stuttgart, DE)

Erhardt Barth (University of Lübeck, DE)

Gyan Bhanot (Rutgers University, USA)

Michael Biehl (University of Groningen, NL)

Kerstin Bunte (University of Groningen, NL)

Mario Cannataro (University of Catanzaro, IT)

Anna Carbone (Politechnico di Torino, IT)

Luigia Carlucci Aiello (La Sapienza University, Rome, IT)

Modesto Castrillon Santana (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES)

Dante R. Chialvo (University of San Martin, AR)

Anthony Cohn (University of Leeds, UK)

Schahram Dustdar (University of Vienna, AT)

Nicola Fabiano (Rome, IT)

Pedro Galindo (University of Cadiz, ES)

Wolfgang Gentzsch (University of Regensburg, DE)

Javier Gonzalez Jimenez (University of Malaga, ES)

Luca Iocchi (La Sapienza University, Rome, IT)

Stiliyan Kalitzin (Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen and University of Utrecht, NL)

Danilo Mandic (Imperial College London, UK)

Thomas Martinetz (University of Lübeck, DE)

Daniele Nardi (La Sapienza University, Rome, IT)

C. L. Max Nikias (USC, Los Angeles, USA)

Arkadiusz Orlowski (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, PL)

Constantinos Pattichis (University of Cyprus, CY)

Nicolai Petkov (University of Groningen, NL)

Alessia Saggese (University of Salerno, IT)

Rafael Munoz Salinas (University of Cordoba, ES)

Christos N. Schizas (University of Cyprus, CY)

Nicola Strisciuglio (University of Twente, NL)

Carlos Travieso Gonzalez (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES)

Mario Vento (University of Salerno, IT)

Organisation committee:

Nicolai Petkov (University of Groningen, NL) (N.Petkov at rug dot nl)

An abstract can be submitted using the following

AMALEA Abstract submission form.

After submitting the form you will receive an email with a link that you can use to edit your submission later.

Talks: 

Chrysostomos L. (Max) Nikias: AI and Semiconductor Chips: The New Enlightenment. University of Southern California. (keynote) 

Daniele Nardi: Reflections on the safety of LLMs. Sapienza University of Rome.

Roberto Cipollone (a), Marco Favorito(c), Flavio Maiorana (a) , Giuseppe De Giacomo (a, b),  Luca Iocchi (a), Fabio Patrizi* (a): Exploiting Robot Abstractions in Episodic RL via Reward Shaping and Heuristics. (a) DIAG, Sapienza University of Rome, (b) Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, (c) Banca d'Italia.

Stiliyan Kalitzin: Collective reinforcement in synchronous multi-camera tracking. Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN) and Univ. of Utrecht.

Mostafa Hadadian* (a), Victoria Degeler (b), Alexander Lazovik (a): Transforming AI Prototypes into Scalable Products. (a) University of Groningen. (b) Univ. of Amsterdam. (PhD thesis presentation) 

Valeria Popello*, Federica Saldano, Chiara Zucco, Mario Cannataro (*): Classification of Contrast-Enhanced Mammography images. University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro.

Luca Barillaro*, Marianna Milano, Giuseppe Agapito, Mario Cannataro: Green GPU-Accelerated Functional Connectivity Analysis for Discovering Depression Biomarkers Using Atlas-Based Graph Metrics. University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro.

Maria Chiara Martinis*, Chiara Zucco, Mario Cannataro: Classification of Contrast-Enhanced Mammography images. University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro.

Ozancan Ozdemir*, Nicolai Petkov: Predicting Stock Excess Returns Using Fundamental Analysis and  Machine Learning: A Comparative Analysis of MMachine Learning Models and Fundamental Indicators in DJIA Companies. University of Groningen.

Cauligi Raghavendra: Applying Machine Learning to Real World Data. University of Southern California.

Htet Htet Htun, Michael Biehl, Nicolai Petkov*: Machine learning based prediction of relative returns of stocks. University of Groningen

... more TBA

Panel: Recent AI developments. Moderator Luigia Carlucci Aiello, Sapienza University of Rome

Working group 1: Large language models. Moderator Daniele Nardi, Sapienza University of Rome

Working group 2: Medical applications of AI. Moderator Stiliyan Kalitzin, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN) and Univ. of Utrecht.

Generic schedule, Monday-Friday: 

The talks are 30 or 60 min, including discussion.

10:00-11:00 Talks, 11:00-11:30 Refreshments; 11:30-12:30 Talks

12:30-17:00 lunch break (lunch at the beach restaurant 13:00-14:30)

17:00-17:30 Refreshments; 17:30-19:30 Talks

20:00-22:00 Dinner at the hotel restaurant

Social events: Welcome drinks, Calabrian dinner, Pizza and BBQ dinner, Gala dinner

Only participants are admitted who stay in the workshop hotel. Participation fees are not charged to such participants, they pay the costs for accommodation and catering to the hotel when they check out.

The room rates for participants also include the costs of the conference hall, admission to the sessions, coffee/refreshments breaks and social events of the conference.

Destination: Gran Hotel San Michele, Cetraro (Calabria), Italy

Hint: For international travelers, the logistically simplest way to reach the workshop hotel may be by flying to Lamezia Terme airport and then taking the transfer taxi of the hotel (see below). This eliminates the need to use a train.

Air: The nearest airport, Lamezia Terme (SUF) is 75 km from the hotel. The hotel can arrange for transfer, see below. Alternatively, you can fly to Naples (NAP) or Rome and then continue by train to Cetraro or Paola. The hotel can arrange for transfer from Paola and Cetraro train stations, see below.

Train: Cetraro has a train station on which regional trains stop. Fast trains stop at Paola train station that is about 21 km from the hotel. From Paola you can travel by a regional train to Cetraro or use the shuttle service directly to the hotel. The hotel can arrange for transfer from Cetraro and Paola train stations, see below.

For train timetables and electronic tickets see https://www.trenitalia.com

If you, for instance use as a query on that site 'From: Napoli Centrale | To: Cetraro' the system will give you possible connections with their total travel time. You are advised to use a fast train, called Freccia or Intercity from Napoli Centrale to Paola. To go from Paola train station to the hotel you can either use a regional train from Paola to Cetrao (10 min.) in the result of your querry or skip that train and use the shuttle service to reach the hotel. If on departure you use a fast train from Paola to go to your next destination, you are advised to use the shuttle service to go from the hotel to Paola train station - if you instead use a reginal train (Regionale) from Cetraro to Paola, it may have a delay and you may miss the connection with the fast train.

Possible routes: International participants can fly to Lamezia Terme or Naples or Rome.

From Lamezia Terme airport, the easiest way is to ask the hotel to arrange for transfer.

From Naples or Rome, one can take a fast train to Paola that is 21 km from the hotel. There are also regional trains to Cetraro. The hotel can arrange for transfer from Paola and Cetraro train stations.

Transfer: one-way prices to be shared by actual number of passengers (except Cetraro train station)

Lamezia Airport: car (3 pax): Euro 100, minibus (8 pax): Euro 135

Paola train station: car (3 pax): Euro 55, Minibus (8 pax): Euro 78

Cetraro train station: Euro 10 per person

Supplement for night shuttle services (between 1.00 am and 6.30 am): 30 Euro.