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CFP 2025 IEEE CSR Workshop on Synthetic Data Generation for a Cyber-Physical World (SDGCP) (Submission deadline: April 14, 2025)
by Filippo Berto 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

IEEE CSR SDG Workshop 2025 IEEE CSR Workshop on Synthetic Data Generation for a Cyber-Physical World (SDGCP) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 - 6 August 2025 ● Chania ● Crete, Grece ● In-person event ● Workshop: https://www.ieee-csr.org/sdgcp Submission portal: https://www.ieee-csr.org/registration Synthetic datasets that reflect the statistical properties of authentic data allow to share research insights and findings without compromising privacy or proprietary interests. This approach not only promotes transparency and reproducibility in research but also encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the main areas utilizing generated synthetic data. Privacy issues arise once the dataset contains sensitive features playing a role in training AI systems. Because data collection is expensive and time-consuming, given some shortcomings such as low volume of data, non-compliance with regulations, and bias, we not only may achieve biased and low-performance models but also violate privacy principles. Synthetic data generation can facilitate analysis, the need for data augmentation, or prevent data breaches in highly sensitive domains, rather than weak anonymization approaches. Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), Variational Autoencoders (VAE), and Agent-based modeling (ABM) are among the most common synthetic data generation algorithms. However, it is critical to recognize the limitations of synthetic data generation, particularly in capturing the intricacies and interdependencies present in real-world systems. While synthetic datasets can mimic statistical distributions and patterns, they may struggle to replicate the nuanced relationships and contextual nuances inherent in complex phenomena. By leveraging advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational modeling, researchers can strive to bridge the gap between synthetic and authentic data, unlocking new opportunities for insight and innovation in fields as diverse as healthcare, finance, social sciences, and beyond. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the IEEE CSR 2025 conference as a physical event, during August 4–6, 2025. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics, which include but are not limited to the following: * Generating synthetic data compliance with regulations * Privacy preserving in healthcare data * Algorithms for debiasing dataset (in the preprocessing phase of ML modeling) * Algorithms for debiasing the ML models’ results * Uncovering and mitigating synthetic data algorithmic bias * Assurance and certification of the dataset and ML models * Synergy of ABM with ML focusing on the rule extraction * Domain dependent/independent synthetic data generation challenges and opportunities * FAIR (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse) and ethical synthetic data generation * Explainability and interpretability aspects in synthetic data generation ## Important Dates * Paper submission deadline: April 14, 2025 * Authors’ notification: May 5, 2025 * Camera-ready submission: May 26, 2025 * Registration deadline (authors): May 26, 2025 * Workshop dates: August 4–6, 2025 ## Workshop Chairs * Samira Maghool, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Faiza Allah Bukhsh, University of Twente (NL) ## Organizing Commitee * Faiza Allah Bukhsh, University of Twente (NL) * Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University (AE) * Samira Maghool, Universita degli Studi di Milano (IT) ## Technical Program Committee * Juba Agoun, Universite Lumiere Lyon 2 (FR) * Marco Angelini, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (IT) * Valerio Bellandi, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Rob Bemthuis, University of Twente (NL) * Nicola Bena, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Filippo Berto, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Elena Casiraghi, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Marco Cremonini, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) * Maya Daneva, University of Twente (NL) * Mohammadreza Fani Sani, Microsoft (US) * Sanja Lazarova-Molnar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE) * Rabia Maqsood, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (PK) * Afshin Montakhab, Shiraz University (AE) * Azzam Mourad, Lebanese American University (LB) * Ehsan Ullah Munir, Comsats University (PK) * Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Tartu (EE) * Alessandro Palma, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (IT) * Mirela Riveni, University of Groningen (NL) * Robert Wrembel, Poznan University of Technology (PL) ## Publicity Chair * Filippo Berto, Università degli Studi di Milano (IT) Please don't hesitate to ask further questions. This call for papers and additional information about the conference can be found at https://www.ieee-csr.org/sdgcp/ Organizers can be contacted at samira.maghool(a)unimi.it<mailto:samira.maghool@unimi.it> and f.a.bukhsh(a)utwente.nl<mailto:f.a.bukhsh@utwente.nl> . Filippo Berto Ph.D., Research Fellow Department of Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano Homepage<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomes.di.…> filippo.berto(a)unimi.it<href="mailto:filippo.berto@unimi.it">filippo.berto(a)unimi.it</a>>

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recap plenaria MUSA odierna (13/3/2025)
by Francesco Zavatarelli 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

Buongiorno a tutti Vi inoltro la presentazione fatta alla plenaria odierna. Allego anche un template per segnalare eventi a cui avete partecipato. *Punti importanti della presentazione* - *Link per la partecipazione all’evento Assolombarda * https://eventi.fondazionepolitecnico.it/MUSARicercaesviluppoperlacittdelfut… <https://eventi.fondazionepolitecnico.it/MUSARicercaesviluppoperlacittdelfut…> - *Prossime plenarie (con relative presentazioni dello slot principale)* [image: image.png] Cordiali saluti -- Francesco Zavatarelli

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REMINDER: Link plenaria MUSA giovedì 13 marzo h9 ed agenda
by Francesco Zavatarelli 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Buongiorno a tutti. *Vi ricordo la call MUSA di **giovedì 13 marzo h9.* · *LINK della call* https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzEwMWVmNWItYzFlNi00… Questa la bozza dell’agenda: [image: image.png] Cordiali saluti -- Francesco Zavatarelli

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REMINDER MUSA: prossima plenaria giovedì 13 marzo h9
by Francesco Zavatarelli 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

Buongiorno a tutti *Vi ricordo la call MUSA di **giovedì 13 marzo h9**, la consueta Plenaria MUSA WP1.* · *LINK della call* https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzEwMWVmNWItYzFlNi00… L’agenda è, al momento, ancora in bozza. Cordiali saluti -- Francesco Zavatarelli

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[Call for Nominations] 2025 Best Ph.D. and Master Thesis Awards on Big Data & Data Science
by Antongiacomo Polimeno 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

2025 BEST PH.D. AND MASTER THESIS AWARDS ON BIG DATA & DATA SCIENCE Call for Nominations https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itada… 4TH ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON BIG DATA AND DATA SCIENCE September 9-11, 2025, Turin, Italy https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itada… Submission Deadline: May 31, 2025 The CINI Data Science Lab established two Distinguished Awards for the Best Ph.D. and the Best Master Theses in the area of Big Data and Data Science. The goals of the awards are to promote and recognize outstanding theses, increase the visibility of young researchers inside the lab as well as in the larger Italian scientific community, and inspire members of the big data and data science community thus facilitating transdisciplinary collaborations. Ph.D. and Master degree theses in all fields of Big Data and Data Science and successfully defended at an Italian university in 2024 are eligible. The theses will be evaluated by a committee of experts based on originality and potential impact on the Big Data and Data Science community. Three candidates for each award will be selected and invited to remotely present their thesis to the committee before ITADATA2025. The two winners will be invited to participate at the conference that will be held September 9-11, 2025 in Turin and nominated during the awards ceremony. The Best Ph.D. Thesis awardee will be also invited to publish an extended abstract of the thesis in the ITADATA2025 proceedings and give a talk at the conference. The candidate must submit a copy of the thesis in PDF format via https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcmt3.rese… under tracks Awards - PhD and Awards - Master's by May 31, 2025, with the following information: - Name of the Candidate and email address - Title of the Master or Ph.D. thesis - Name of the Master degree or the Doctoral program - Institution that has awarded the Master Degree or the Ph.D. - Date of the defense of the Master thesis or the Ph.D. thesis - Abstract of the thesis, up to 3 pages in PDF format - Name and email address of the Supervisor of the submitted thesis - Copy of a certificate proving that the thesis has been successfully defended - Supervisor's endorsement letter and one more endorsement letter, if available, drawn up according to the template available at https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itada… The selection committee members for the 2025 competition are: - Mirko Polato, University of Turin - Roberto Pirrone, University of Palermo - Emanuela Merelli, CINI Data Science Lab (Chair) The selection committee will solicit the opinion of members of the research community as appropriate. Theses supervised by members of the selection committee are not eligible. The CINI Data Science Lab is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes submissions of outstanding theses from all authors.

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MUSA evento 20-21 marzo: Ricerca e Sviluppo per la Città del Futuro"
by Francesco Zavatarelli 04 Mar '25

04 Mar '25

Buongiorno a tutti invitiamo tutti a partecipare all'evento del 20-21 marzo “*MUSA: Ricerca e Sviluppo per la Città del Futuro*“, presso la sede di Assolombarda a Milano. E' un evento molto importante per la forte partecipazione aziendale e il networking che può derivare. Per presenziare all'evento *è necessaria la registrazione a questo link <https://eventi.fondazionepolitecnico.it/MUSARicercaesviluppoperlacittdelfut…>* . Per ulteriori informazioni, vi invitiamo a leggere gli approfondimenti sul sito MUSA (Intervista al prof. Sianesi <https://musascarl.it/ricerca-e-innovazione-per-la-citta-del-futuro-intervis…> ; Al via le iscrizioni <https://musascarl.it/ricerca-e-sviluppo-per-la-citta-del-futuro-al-via-le-i…>), mentre in allegato, trovate il programma dell'evento. Cordiali saluti -- Francesco Zavatarelli

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