Watch the lecture on the YouTube channel of the master.

Speaker: Prof. Giuseppe Longo - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Abstract: Modern scientific instruments and computer simulations produce huge amounts of complex data which cannot be effectively handled by unaided humans. The coupling of "Big data" and "Machine Learning" promises to open new frontiers to science not only by allowing to address old problems with a higher level of accuracy, but also by discovering higher dimensionality correlations among measured parameters and by solving complex mathematical models.

Short bio: Giuseppe Longo is professor of Astrophysics, Astroinformatics and Data Mining at the University of Napoli Fedrico II and is currently president of the International Astroinformatics Association. He is also coordinator of the Master (Laurea Magistrale) in Data Science at UNINA. In 2020 he received the prize from the International Astrostatistics Association for his "Outstanding contributions to Astroinformatics" and in 2019 he has been appointed Merle Kingsley Distinguished Visitor at the California Institute of Technology. He is considered amongst the pioneers of the new discipline of Astroinformatics.