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img Best Poster at ICDM 2025
Best Poster at ICDM 2025

November 27, 2025


"Explanations Go Linear" received nominations for Best Poster at ICDM 2025.


Awards

img Defining Human-AI Coevolution
Defining Human-AI Coevolution

September 30, 2025


The ERC XAI project concludes with a flagship publication on Human-AI Coevolution in Artificial Intelligence journal.


General

img XAI Team at ECML-PKDD 2025
XAI Team at ECML-PKDD 2025

September 14, 2025


Multiple papers on fairness, time-series explainability, and privacy presented at ECML-PKDD 2025 in Oporto.


Conference

img Assessing Privacy Exposure in Global vs Local Explainers
Assessing Privacy Exposure in Global vs Local Explainers

June 20, 2025


Computational framework assessing privacy exposure of global and local explainers


Publication

img HHAI 2025
HHAI 2025

June 09, 2025


XAI project at HHAI 2025 in Pisa.


Conference

img Explanations Go Linear: Interpretable Meta-Encoding
Explanations Go Linear: Interpretable Meta-Encoding

May 15, 2025


Interpretable meta-encoding for post-hoc explainability of tabular data


Publication

img Multi-Perspective NLP Systems at IJCAI 2025
Multi-Perspective NLP Systems at IJCAI 2025

January 15, 2025


Multi-perspective NLP systems research addressing human disagreement through soft labels


Publication

img SafeGen: Integrating Privacy and Fairness in Machine Learning
SafeGen: Integrating Privacy and Fairness in Machine Learning

January 10, 2025


SafeGen method for privacy-preserving and fair synthetic data generation


Publication

img FairParTree: Clustering Interpretabile e Fair
FairParTree: Clustering Interpretabile e Fair

November 15, 2024


FairParTree algorithm for fairness-aware interpretable clustering


Publication

img BORF: Interpretable Time Series Classification
BORF: Interpretable Time Series Classification

October 30, 2024


BORF method for interpretable time series classification


Publication

img Causal Inference in Dynamic Systems
Causal Inference in Dynamic Systems

September 25, 2024


Practical causal inference framework for temporal stochastic processes


Publication

img XAI 2.0: Manifesto for Open Challenges
XAI 2.0: Manifesto for Open Challenges

July 15, 2024


XAI 2.0 manifesto identifying 27 open challenges in explainable AI


Publication

img XAI Hackathon
XAI Hackathon

Jul 5-6, 2024


engage with our XAI framework to improve the transparency and trustworthiness of AI models


Hackathon

img Exploring LLM Capabilities to Explain Decision Trees
Exploring LLM Capabilities to Explain Decision Trees

June 15, 2024


Exploring LLM capabilities for natural language explanations of decision trees


Publication

img Towards Transparent Healthcare: Local Explanation Methods
Towards Transparent Healthcare: Local Explanation Methods

June 10, 2024


Advanced pipeline for reliable local explanations in healthcare decision support


Publication

img AI for Good, workshop
AI for Good, workshop

May 31, 2024, Geneva


Explainable AI in the era of Large Language Models


Workshop

img Topics in Selective Prediction
Topics in Selective Prediction

May 24, 2024


Andrea Pugnanga PhD thesis defense


PHD Thesis

img Mapping Ethical Considerations in XAI
Mapping Ethical Considerations in XAI

May 20, 2024


Systematic review mapping ethical considerations in XAI research


Publication

img ReasonX
ReasonX

Apr 18, 2024


Declarative, interactive explanations for decision trees


Workshop

img Comprehensive Survey on Counterfactual Explanations
Comprehensive Survey on Counterfactual Explanations

April 15, 2024


Comprehensive survey and benchmark of counterfactual explanation methods


Survey

img Xai Library
Xai Library

Dec 14, 2023


An integrated library for explanation methods developed by the ERC Xai Project


Resource

img Cognitive Amplification - TEDxCremonaSalon
Cognitive Amplification - TEDxCremonaSalon

Dec 05, 2023


TEDx talk by Fosca Giannotti in Cremona, Italy


Talk

img Recruitment of 2 fixed terms researcher
Recruitment of 2 fixed terms researcher

March 10, 2023


Recruitment of 2 fixed terms researcher, to join the XAI team in Pisa, Italy


Call

img Topics in Selective Classification
Topics in Selective Classification

March 4, 2023


AAAI 2023: Doctoral Consortium Track - Andrea Pugnana


PHD Research

img PostDoc position open
PostDoc position open

December 22, 2022


A two-year PostDoc position open, to join the XAI team in Pisa, Italy


Call

img Open call for XAI Project collaborators
Open call for XAI Project collaborators

December 4, 2022


Open positions for a research fellow on Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Pisa


Call

img Benchmark analysis of black-box local explanation methods
Benchmark analysis of black-box local explanation methods

November 30, 2022


New paper on the benchmark analysis of local explanation methods is on arxiv


New paper

img 3rd Italian Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI.it)
3rd Italian Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI.it)

November 28 - December 2, 2022


The workshop is co-located with AIxIA 2022 - Udine, Italy


Workshop

img Approaching AI-explainability in symbolic AI
Approaching AI-explainability in symbolic AI

November 23, 2022


Andrea Vestrucci seminar at Pisa


Seminar

img LORE Stable and actionable
LORE Stable and actionable

November 14, 2022


Stable and actionable explanations of black-box models through factual and counterfactual rules


Resource

img Benjamin Grosof seminar on Hybrid AI
Benjamin Grosof seminar on Hybrid AI

October 4, 2022. 1.00 pm


Towards Stronger Hybrid AI: Combining Extended Logic Programs with Natural Language and Machine Learning


Seminar

img Fosca Giannotti invited speaker at ECML PKDD 2022
Fosca Giannotti invited speaker at ECML PKDD 2022

September 22, 2022


Fosca Giannotti is invited speaker at ECML PKDD Conference in Grenoble with a talk about How to design trustworthy, explainable AI systems that team with humans for better high-stakes decision making.


Keynote

img XKDD Workshop
XKDD Workshop

September 19th 2022


ECML PKDD International Workshop on eXplainable Knowledge Discovery in Data Mining


Workshop

img AI and society 2022 - Pisa
AI and society 2022 - Pisa

July 4th – 8th 2022


Organized by the Italian National PHD program in Artificial Intelligence, PhD-AI.it, it is dedicated to the PhD students of the “AI & Society” branch of PhD-AI.it


Summer School

img Kick-off meeting with Intesa San Paolo
Kick-off meeting with Intesa San Paolo

June 27, 2022


A collaboration between Intesa San Paolo Bank and XAI Project to explain the reason for the banking business suggestions


Collaboration

img IAIL 2022 - Imagining the AI Landscape after the AI Act
IAIL 2022 - Imagining the AI Landscape after the AI Act

June 13th 2022


The workshop aims at analyzing how the new regulation AI Act (AIA) will shape the AI technologies of the future.


Workshop

img CHI 2022 award
CHI 2022 award

May 3rd


Honorable mention award for the contribution: Understanding the Impact of Explanations on Advice-Taking: a User Study for AI-based Clinical Decision Support Systems


Award

img Expo Dubai: High-Level Forum on EU Vision for TrustworthyAI
Expo Dubai: High-Level Forum on EU Vision for TrustworthyAI

15-16 March 2022 13:30 – 15:00 CET


Event organised by EU Commission to bring European AI Excellence & Trust approaches to the world


Forum

img Covid CXR Hackaton
Covid CXR Hackaton

1 February 2022, at 16.00 CET.


Artificial Intelligence for Covid-19 prognosis: aiming at accuracy and explainability


Hackaton

img Legally Attentive AI: Awareness Conference on Explainability of AI
Legally Attentive AI: Awareness Conference on Explainability of AI

28 January 2022, at 16.00 CET.


organized by LeADS (Legally Attentive Data Scientists) in collaboration with the Brussels Privacy Hub.


Conference

img 2nd Italian Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI.it)
2nd Italian Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI.it)

December 1-3 2021


The workshop is co-located with AIxIA 2021 - Milan, Italy


Workshop

img Xai Course at Scuola Normale Superiore
Xai Course at Scuola Normale Superiore

December 2021


The Fosca Giannotti's course on Explainable AI, within the Italian national Ph.D., starts


Course

img DIGITAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY Interdisciplinary perspectives
DIGITAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY Interdisciplinary perspectives

November 29th 2021 - Florence


With a talk by Fosca Giannotti: "The road towards human-centred Artificial Intelligence


Workshop

img Inauguration of the academic year 2021/2022
Inauguration of the academic year 2021/2022

November 26th 2021


Lecture by Fosca Giannotti "Human Artificial Intelligence: where do we go from here?"


Lecture

img ABI Formazione - Annual Data Driven Banking 2021
ABI Formazione - Annual Data Driven Banking 2021

October 26th - 28th 2021 - Rome


Data, artificial intelligence and fintech: time of value


Workshop

img ACAI 2021
ACAI 2021

October 11 2021


The advanced course on AI on Human Centered AI (Berlin and online)


Summer School

img European AI regulation Week
European AI regulation Week

October 7 2021


Fosca Giannotti is the main speaker at Panel 2 "Building trust through Explainable AI complying with the European AI regulation"


Panel discussion

img TAILOR Summer School 2021
TAILOR Summer School 2021

September 23rd, 24th 2021


Giannotti will give an introductory talk on Trustworthy AI dimensions. Ruggieri will explain the perils of discrimination and the solutions ensuring fairness in AI


Summer School

img PHD AI & Society
PHD AI & Society

July 19 2021


Calls for admissions to the National PhD in Artificial Intelligence (PhD-AI.it) are now open!


Application

img Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development
Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development

July 2021


A contribution by Giannotti and Pedreschi to the book created by CISV / Ong 2.0, AIxIA and the University of Bari, with the support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs [Free to download]


Book

img AI & Society Roundtable
AI & Society Roundtable

June 30 2021, 16:00-18:30 CET Online


A collective intelligence exercise towards shaping the research questions of Social AI, driven by societal challenges.


Roundtable

img Digital Futures
Digital Futures

March 2 2021


Explainable Artificial Intelligence at Digital Futures


Speech

img ICART 2021
ICART 2021

February 5 2021 - h 14:30


Fosca Giannotti: Explainable Machine Learning for Trustworthy AI


Speech

img DISI University of Trento - seminar talks
DISI University of Trento - seminar talks

February 3 2021 - h 13:00


Fosca Giannotti: Explainable Machine Learning for Trustworthy AI


Speech

img XAI.IT
XAI.IT

November 25-26th 2020


Italian Workshop on XAI with Dino Pedreschi as invited speaker


Workshop

img Falling walls circle table: understanding the scientific method in the 21st century
Falling walls circle table: understanding the scientific method in the 21st century

5 November 2020 h. 12.00- 13.00 CET


Falling walls foundation | Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Edith Heard, Fosca Giannotti, Sabina Leonelli


Panel discussion

img Explaining Explanation Methods Speaker: Riccardo Guidotti
Explaining Explanation Methods Speaker: Riccardo Guidotti

30 October 2020 h. 11.00 CET


In this tutorial Riccardo shows how to employ existing explanation libraries on tabular datasets


Tutorial

img ESOF2020 - Artificial Intelligence: A blessing or a threat for society?
ESOF2020 - Artificial Intelligence: A blessing or a threat for society?

6 September 2020, Trieste


Artificial Intelligence The ineluctable revolution, virtual session on“Artificial Intelligence: A blessing or a threat for society",


Speech

img Afirm
Afirm

January 27-31th 2020


ACM SIGIR/SIGKDD Africa Summer School on Machine Learning for Data Mining and Search


Summer School

img INTELLIGIBILITY OF AI
INTELLIGIBILITY OF AI

October 29th 2019, Paris


Global Forum on AI for Humanity


Forum

img TAILOR Workshop 2020
TAILOR Workshop 2020

October 29th 2019, Paris


Introducing the foundation themes of the project. Fosca Giannotti held a talk on the main challenges related to Trustworthy AI


Workshop

img TAILOR
TAILOR

September 5th 2019


Foundations of Trustworthy AI - Integrating Learning, Optimization and Reasoning


Workshop

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