Workshop – “Mathematical and Philosophical Foundations Of Open Systems”
Date: November 27, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM Venue: Sala Consiglio, VII Floor, Mathematics Department, Politecnico di Milano (Leonardo Campus) The existence of open systems in physics poses outstanding philosophical issues. Indeed, while closed systems can be studied in isolation from the rest of the universe, open systems interact with the environment by exchanging heat and work, information, or […]
Conference – “Analogies in Physics and Beyond”
Date: November 25-26, 2024 Venue: Sala Consiglio, VII Floor, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano (Leonardo) Analogies in physics and beyond will examine the circulation of models within and across the sciences. Leading contemporary epistemologists will analyse the process of exchanging scientific knowledge from one field to another, detailing the challenges that often stand in the […]
Research Project “Addressing online scientific misinformation in high school” – Final Conference
Date: November 22, 2024 Time: 10-13 / 14:30-18 Venue: Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo Da Vinci, Sala Auditorium, via San Vittore 21 / Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula N111 Via Nirone 15 – Milano The research project Addressing Online Scientific Misinformation in High Schools deals with the problem of the spread of […]
Workshop – “Technological and humanistic aspects in societally aware policy making”
Date: October 4, 2024 Time: 9:00 Venue: Castigliano Room, Building 5, Bovisa Campus This Meta workshop brings together researchers with different backgrounds to discuss topics related to societal challenges in the context of policy design, combining humanistic and engineering aspects in order to design diversity-aware and inclusive policies. The workshop is designed with a very interdisciplinary component, emphasizing […]
Tarja Knuuttila (University of Vienna) – Seminar “Scientific Models as Artifacts”
Date: September 13, 2024 Time: h. 10:30 – 12:15 Venue: Classroom FDS, fourth floor of building 14 (DMAT), Leonardo campus, piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32. In this seminar, Professor Tarja Knuuttila, a philosopher of science at the University of Vienna, will present her artefactual theory of scientific models, with a particular focus on economic models. […]
Artificial Intelligence & Human Autonomy Philosophical Explorations
Date: August 8, 2024 Time: h. 09.00 – 11.00 Venue: CUOO2 Giurisprudenza Aula VII, University La Sapienza, Rome In this roundtable, organized by Meta as a part of WCP 2024 – The XXV World Congress of Philosophy, Sofia Bonicalzi (University of Roma Tre), Simona Tiribelli (University of Macerata), Radu Uszkai (University of Bucharest), and Fabio […]
The Contemporary Geopolitical Context and its impact on the Just and Sustainable Transition
June 25th, 9.00-13.00, Council Room (Sala Consiglio), Polimi building 6 EN:lab (Via Lambruschini 6). Geopolitical turmoil and crises, COVID-19 and energy instability, are reshaping the global landscape, exacerbating inequality and insecurity. The energy transition now demands to address climate change in collaboration with all international actors. Despite optimism from COP 26, geopolitical tensions threaten progress, […]
Numbers and Stories 2: Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change Research
May 27-28, 9:00–19:00. Room: Aula Rogers Alpha, ground floor of the Polimi building 11 (via Ampère 2). The conference “Numbers and Stories 2” will focus on the ethical dimensions of climate change research. The first day will be concerned with the theme of illegitimate value influences and the responsibility of scientists and institutions in ensuring […]
Trustworthy AI – Conceptual Challenges and Applications
February 16th, 9:45–16:30. Room: Aula Alpha, ground floor of the Polimi building 24 (via Golgi 40). This workshop is intended to investigate the multifaceted landscape of trustworthy AI, exploring its conceptual challenges and real-world applications. The focus is on fostering discussions regarding epistemological and ethical considerations, and the societal implications of AI systems.Key questions to […]
META Debate: Creativity reloaded? Science, technology and art in the face of Artificial Intelligence
Date: October 12th, 2023 Time: 15.30 Venue: Pedeferri Hall, Building 6, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 Since its conception, Artificial Intelligence has promised to imitate and reproduce practices that distinguish human beings. Many of its most recent applications – first and foremost generative AI – display astonishing abilities and seem capable of a creative gesture […]
Seminar: Calling Bullshit on Personality Prediction in Hiring, Polimi, 30 June 2023.
Venue: Aula Magna, Edificio 1, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 In this seminar, organised in collaboration with META and CINI laboratory “Information & Society”, Julia Stoyanovich (New York University) will present ongoing work on the use of AI systems in hiring, with an introduction by Stefano Ceri and Viola Schiaffonati (Politecnico di Milano) and commentary […]
Conference: Numbers and Stories: New Directions for Climate Storylines and Scenarios, Polimi, 21 June 2023.
Venue: Politecnico di Milano, Aula 16.B.1.1 (first floor), Via Bonardi 9. The theme of the workshop revolves around the use of qualitative and quantitative methods in climate change research, most importantly the development and use of scenarios for emission and decarbonization pathways, the storyline approach to detection and attribution of extreme weather events, and their […]
