Cini Lab on Data Science

Prof. Paolo Prinetto from Politecnico di Torino/CINI (Italy) visited Lero in the week Dec. 2-5th. At UL, his talk on "Connected Assisted Living 2.0" outlined the development of the AsTech National Laboratory of CINI and highlighted several projects where software, hardware, sensors, robots, and virtual characters cooperate to support deaf and deaf-blind users.

In his capacity as President of CINI, the Consortium of 39 Italian Universities that research in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, he was introduced by Lero to SFI and discussed CINI's 30 years of experience in collaboration between universities.

UL President Prof. Don Barry and Prof Prinetto expressed their strong support for bilateral cooperation initiatives in research and education that might bring the two institutions closer, especially concerning partnerships in the context of Horizon 2020.