During the first Orthogonal Weekend of 2025/26, we welcomed the new orthogonalists and contaminandi of the second cycle, and we planned the school’s new academic year.
14-: Check in at Casa di Accoglienza San Lodovico, Piazza de’ Ranieri, 5, 05018 Orvieto TR.
18:15:
18:45: Roberto De Prisco, Visual secret sharing
20:00: Dinner at the Antica Rupe restaurant
21:30: Socio-cultural activities (cinema and theatre), curated by Riccardo Chimisso, Filippo Garagnani, and Simone Moretti
09:30-10:50: The mentors introduce themselves
10:50-11:15: Coffee Break
11:15-12:45: The students introduce themselves
13:00: Lunch
15:00-16:00: Vittorio Maniezzo, A mí me gusta el BESO
16:00-16:30: Matteo Ceccarello, Projects presentation
16:30-17:30: Work in three groups:
17:30-18:00: Coffee Break
18:30-19:30: Discussion and Q&A
20:00: Dinner at the Antico Buttero restaurant
21:30: Socio-cultural activities (cinema and theatre), curated by Riccardo Chimisso, Filippo Garagnani, and Simone Moretti
09:00-10:30: Moreno Muffatto, Ricerca e Startup: percorsi ortogonali?
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-12:00: Work in three groups:
12:00-12:30: Conclusions and next events
12:30: Lunch
13:30: Departures
Roberto received a degree from the University of Salerno in 1991, a PhD from the University of Naples in 1998, and a master’s in 1997 and a PhD in 2000 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in Computer Science, with variations that include Mathematics and Engineering in the formal title. In 2007, he earned a piano diploma from the Conservatory of Music of Salerno. In 1992 and 1993, he was a visiting student at Columbia University, NY, and in 1998 at AT&T Research Labs, NJ. In 2000 and 2001, he was a Research Scientist at Akamai Technology, where he was part of the Distributed Data Collection group. He is among the Akamai researchers who received the 2018 SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award. Since 1998, he has been affiliated with the Department of Computer Science at the University of Salerno, first as a researcher, then as an associate professor, and since 2017 as a full professor. His research interests are in the areas of Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Cryptography and Security, and in the field of Computer Music.
At ELICSIR, he is a mentor for the Orthogonal School.
Vittorio is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Bologna. He is the author of over 100 international publications with nearly 40,000 citations on Google Scholar. He serves on the editorial boards of journals such as OR Spectrum, Swarm Intelligence, Operational Research – An International Journal, Algorithms, and Int. J. of Applied Metaheuristic Computing. His research focuses on heuristic algorithms for combinatorial optimization, a field he has been involved with since his PhD in Computer Science, obtained at the Politecnico di Milano in 1993. He was one of the designers of the Ant System algorithm, which later evolved into Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), and more recently, he has been a leading figure in the metaheuristics community (2006 to present).
At ELICSIR, he is a mentor for the Orthogonal School.
Moreno Muffatto is a Professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Finance at the University of Padua. He leads the SCENT – School of Entrepreneurship research group.
He is the Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship and Startup program for doctoral students and post-docs at the University of Padua. From 2012 to 2016, he led the Italian team of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a research project involving 115 countries that consists of an annual assessment of the level of entrepreneurial activity in each country.
His research interests are now in the field of AI applications in research and teaching.
He founded the Doctoral Dissertation Award on Artificial Intelligence in Entrepreneurship and
Management (AIEM), now in its third edition, and he is a Co-founder and President of the first Italian Chapter of the Project Management Institute (1996).
Since 2004, he has also been founding director of the Executive Master in Project Management and Innovation Management. He is also Founding President of the Imprendi Foundation – School of Entrepreneurship (2021).
Visual cryptography is a distinctive form of secret sharing in which the secret is a black and white image and the shares are random-looking transparencies. A striking feature of this approach is that reconstructing the secret requires no computation: simply stacking the transparencies reveals the hidden image. Naor and Shamir introduced the deteministic model. Kafri and Keren proposed a technique known as random grid encryption. Yang introduced the probabilistic model, which, as the random grid model, eliminates pixel expansion. In this talk, we present an overview of these models, highlight the connections among them, and discuss their generalization to color images.
The seminar will present a data-driven approach for optimizing intrinsically stochastic problems defined over future data. The optimization model requires the generation of scenarios based on empirical distributions derived from forecasts of univariate historical time series. The method will be illustrated using a real case study involving tactical-level optimization of the supply chain of a distribution company, focusing on the final phase of a two-level logistic support. The problem is modeled as a single-stage stochastic problem and framed as a case of prescriptive analytics.
A specific feature of the approach is the use of Maximum Entropy Bootstrap (MEB) with bagging for forecasting time series in order to predict demand scenarios. The forecasts incorporate the intrinsic uncertainties present in short and non-stationary time-series data and make it possible to define scenarios that are integrated into an equivalent deterministic model to optimize stock allocation in distribution centers. The result is a set of reliable and optimized prescriptions for inventory quantification and warehouse sizing.
The presented results, also validated against an extensive set of benchmark artificial cases, demonstrate the significant value of integrating MEB-enhanced forecasts with scenario-based optimization. They also provide the foundation for a predictive-prescriptive framework, called Bootstrap Enhanced Scenario Optimization (BESO), which falls within the context of Distributionally Robust Optimization (DRO) and whose general applicability extends beyond the specific use case.
Research activity and entrepreneurial activity follow different logics, objectives, and metrics.
Scientific research focuses on advancing knowledge, exploring phenomena, and formulating new technical solutions.
In contrast, entrepreneurial activity is driven by the creation of economic value and the identification of sustainable market opportunities. Its success is measured by customer adoption and the ability to generate revenues.
Consequently, while research proceeds according to a “problem–solution” logic (starting from a scientific problem to understand and solve), entrepreneurship operates according to a “market–problem–solution” logic, in which the starting point is the existence of a perceived or latent need within a market segment.
A solution generated through research may not find immediate application because the corresponding market problem is not sufficiently evident or relevant.
This is often described as a “solution in search of a problem,” a frequent situation in highly technological contexts. In these cases, technologies emerge before applications exist, and the entrepreneur must identify potential target markets, analyze real user needs, and adapt the technology to make it usable and marketable.
The ability to translate from the technical domain to the domain of market needs is one of the distinctive competencies of the technology entrepreneur.
Palazzo Coelli, Orvieto
L’evento si terrà nella splendida cittadina di Orvieto, presso Palazzo Coelli. Studenti e studentesse saranno alloggiati presso due strutture: il Monastero di San Lodovico e Istituto San Salvatore.
The ELICSIR Foundation was founded in October 2023 as an Italian non-profit “Ente del Terzo Settore (ETS)” and is registered with the Registro Unico Nazionale del Terzo Settore (RUNTS) as 04154681201.
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