E-Health: Models, Algorithms, Platforms and Ethics
July 20th - July 26th, 2025
Aim and Scope
The 2025 edition of the Lipari School on Computational Complex and Social Systems aims to delve into the interdisciplinary facets of E-Health, emphasizing the exploration of data collection techniques, mining algorithms, models, and platforms for high-precision medicine at different scales of analysis: individual, city, nation and world. Ethical considerations, including privacy preservation, will be considered. The pervasive integration of such systems in decision-making processes both at the clinical level and in healthcare politics is crucial to ensure reliability and interpretability. Simultaneously, studying the intricate interplay between human decision-makers and machine predictions is essential for fostering a symbiotic relationship that leverages the strengths of both entities. This Ph.D. The school recognizes the ethical dimensions inherent in deploying such technologies, emphasizing the need to scrutinize biases, transparency, and accountability to ensure responsible applications.
Special Seminars
Travel and accommodation
The conference room (located at Hotel Giardino sul Mare, Via Maddalena, Lipari) is air-conditioned and equipped with all conference materials. In addition, special areas are reserved for students for the afternoon coursework and study. The island of Lipari can be easily reached by ferry or hydrofoil from Milazzo, Palermo, Naples, Messina, and Reggio Calabria (50 minutes from Milazzo).
Registration
Two kinds of participants are welcome.
Students: Participants expected to do afternoon coursework and take a final exam. The course will consist of 24 hours of teaching. Upon successful completion of the final exam, participants will earn the equivalent of 6 ECTS credits applicable to any Ph.D. program. Grades will be assigned according to the ECTS grading scale.
The final exam includes:
- A student presentation: a 3-minute talk on the student’s research project, scheduled during the course.
- A written test: conducted on the last day of the course.
In addition:
- Selected student presentations will be invited to deliver a 15-minute talk followed by a 5-minute Q&A session at the conference.
- To be considered for selection, students must submit a 1-page abstract describing their proposed talk no later than June 23rd, 2025.
- Selected presentations will be announced on June 30th, 2025.
- Certificates of merit will be awarded to all selected presentations and to the best three short talks.
- The best three short talks will be selected by the course instructors and conference attendees and announced at the end of the course.
Auditors: participants not interested in taking the final exam.
The registration fee is 650 €. It covers the course material, bus + hydrofoil Catania airport-Lipari-Catania airport, social events, and coffee breaks. Late registration is 750 €.
Early registration applications can be submitted up to June 20th, 2025. Late registrations will be accepted up to July 23rd, 2025.
Applicants must include an updated link to an official website and a cell phone number in case of an emergency. In case of cancellation after fee payments, a 30% penalty will be applied. Regarding credit card payments, processing fees cannot be reimbursed. Payment must be received as soon as possible, no later than July 23rd, 2025. Only wire transfers or credit card payments can be accepted.
This event is supported by the European Union – Horizon 2020 Program under the scheme “INFRAIA-01-2018-2019 – Integrating Activities for Advanced Communities”, Grant Agreement n.871042, “SoBigData++: European Integrated Infrastructure for Social Mining and Big Data Analytics” (http://www.sobigdata.eu), and by SoBigData.it that receives funding from European Union – NextGenerationEU – National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza, PNRR) – Project: “SoBigData.it – Strengthening the Italian RI for Social Mining and Big Data Analytics” – Prot. IR0000013 – Avviso n. 3264 del 28/12/2021.
L’evento “Lipari School on Computational Complex and Social Systems - E-Health: Models, Algorithms, Platforms and Ethics” è stato organizzato anche nell’ambito delle iniziative del progetto SoBigData.it volte alla formazione di nuovi utenti e comunità dell’infrastruttura di ricerca (SoBigData.eu).
