May 20th, 2025 
Daniela Lopez de Luise https://www.lesc.dinfo.unifi.it/S3P-2025/
Email: s3p-2025@dinfo.unifi.it
S3P-2025 is 11th in a series of successful PhD schools organized by the Italian signal processing community. It covers a wide range of research fields, from signal and image processing to machine learning, computer vision and computer graphics. This year’s talks are about the common theme of “From Foundational Models to Multimedia Signal Processing: A deep dive in multimodal AI”.
Our Talks
“Introduction to generative AI: compositional generative AI, VAE and GANs”, Justin Dauwels (IEEE SPS DL), Delft University of Technology, NL
“The Foundation of Foundation Models for Adaptive Multimedia Agents”, Amos Storkey, University of Edinburgh, UK
“Toward Continual Learning in the Age of Foundation Models”, Joost Van De Weijer, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, ES
“Modality Alignment and Misalignment in Large Multimodal Foundation Models”, Andrew D. Bagdanov, University of Florence, IT
“Media Security From Watermarking to Forensics: The Story Keeps Repeating”, Edward J. Delp, Purdue University, USA
“Machine Learning Security: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges”, Battista Biggio, University of Cagliari, IT
“Collectionless AI and Nature-Inspired Learning”, Marco Gori, University of Siena, IT
“From Chat GPT to a Semantic Transformer; Multimodal AI for Advancing Instruction”, Scott Acton (IEEE SPS DL), University of Virginia, USA
DEADLINES
Extended Application deadline: June 20, 2025
Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2025
Registration deadline for accepted participants: July 15, 2025
APPLICATION
You will find the detailed school fees at https://www.lesc.dinfo.unifi.it/S3P-2025/
The School Registration Fee includes participation in the school, access to all course materials, coffee breaks, the welcome party, and the social event and dinner. The Hotel Fee covers accommodation at the resort, including breakfast and a full lunch each day (featuring a first course, second course, and dessert) with options for both Mediterranean and continental diets throughout the five-day program.
VENUE
Riva degli Etruschi Resort in San Vincenzo, Italy, (https://www.rivadeglietruschi.it/) is surrounded by a lush 320,000 m² park with a Mediterranean pinewood that leads to a sandy beach. The venue offers easy access to ancient tuscan villages like Suvereto and Bolgheri, as well as cities like Pisa, Siena, and Florence. Conveniently located, the resort is about an hour from Pisa and two hours from Florence.
Organizers: Alessandro Piva, Dasara Shullani, Daniele Baracchi (University of Florence), Roberto Caldelli (Universitas Mercatorum and CNIT).
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