The first FINALITY Training Event took place in Avignon, France, April 20 to 24, 2026. This event marked an exciting beginning of the training journey for the FINALITY Doctoral Candidates.
Bringing together researchers, supervisors and experts from across the consortium, the training will focused on key topics related to artificial intelligence, safe learning and resource allocation in interconnected systems, alongside with more widely-encompassing topics like ethics in AI.
The Training Event was also a valuable opportunity to further knowledge exchange, networking and collaboration among the FINALITY Consortium Members.
Agenda of the event:
April 20, 2026 - day 1 | Management |
9:00-10:45 | Welcome, tour de table, project introduction (part I) |
10:45-11:00 | Coffee break |
11:00-12:00 | Project introduction (part II) |
12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | Supervisory Board meeting |
15:30-15:45 | Coffee break |
15:45-17:00 | DCs presentations and discussion |
Social dinner |
April 21, 2026 - day 2 | Scientific training & transferable skills |
9:30-11:00 | A drive through MDP, CMDP and RL - F. De Pellegrini (AU) |
11:00-11:15 | Coffee break |
11:15-12:45 | Games and multi-agent learning - G. Dan (KTH) |
12:45-14:30 | Lunch |
14:30-16:30 | Introduction to scientific communication - O. Chabrol - University of Avignon, Doctoral School |
April 22, 2026 - day 3 | Scientific training & transferable skills |
9:00-10:30 | Optimistic Learning for Communication Systems - G. Iosifidis (TU Delft) |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee break |
10:45-12:45 | Ethics of AI - V. Neglia, Université Côte d’Azur |
12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | Networking Challenges with Federated Learning - G. Neglia |
April 23, 2026 - day 4 | Scientific training |
9:30-11:00 | The new math of deep learning - C. Dovrolis (CyI) |
11:00-11:15 | Coffee break |
11:15-12:45 | Robust & Explainable Anomaly Detection in Communication Networks - Vincenzo Mancuso and Juan Marcos Ramirez (IMDEA) |
12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
April 24, 2026 - day 5 | Prompt and Safe AI bootcamp I |
9:00-10:30 | Anomaly detection Vincenzo Mancuso and Juan Marcos Ramirez (IMDEA) |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee break |
10:45-11:15 | Discussion on LLMs - G. Iosifidis (TU Delft) |
11:15-12:45 | Toolkit Bootcamp (I) - DC Working session: how to use new tools on my research |
11:15-12:45 | Toolkit Bootcamp (I) - DC Working session: how to use new tools on my research |
12:45-14:30 | Lunch |
14:30-17:30 | Toolkit Bootcamp (II) - Pitches of ideas |