Ongoing Projects
AIxPA: Artificial Intelligence for Public Administration
Description. The AIxPA project aims to create a tailor-made Artificial Intelligence solution for public administrations, promoting its structural adoption and overcoming the fragmented use of AI. The solution developed allows for the enhancement of available data, the extraction of knowledge to support decision-making processes, the improvement of service efficiency and the optimisation of internal processes, accelerating digital transformation. Everything is done in full compliance with ethical values and current legislation, ensuring the responsible use of data and citizens’ rights.
Role of MoST. We have the responsibility of the overall technical and scientific management of the project. We are also in charge of the development of the Digital Twin project solution to support AI-based decision-making, and of the use-case on the effects of overtourism and possible mitigating actions.
Funding. Funded within the Flagship Project PNC-A.1.3 – Digitalization of the Public Administration of the Autonomous Province of Trento, CUP: C49G22001020001.
Links. AIxPA web site
BDT: Bologna Digital Twin
Description. Bologna’s Digital Twin is a project promoted by the Municipality of Bologna to enhance the public value of data and support innovative decision-making processes. Bologna’s Digital Twin is a dynamic digital model of the urban environment and its functioning, powered by data and information shared by stakeholders and citizens and collected in real-time. Bologna’s DT will provide a new civic infrastructure to improve quality of life and address major challenges of our time, such as climate change and new economic and social trends.
Role of MoST. We are in change of technical coordination and project management. We also have the responsibility of the development of the "Civic" component of the Digital Twin, supporting the analysis and simulation of social dynamics in the city and of the impact of societal aspects and human behaviour on the urban transformation processes.
Funding. National programme PN METRO PLUS 2021-2027.
Links. BDT web site (in Italian)
HARMONIE: Health Assessment Refinement for Mitigating Noise and Air Quality Effects
Description. Urban air and noise pollution are silent threats affecting millions of Europeans every day. To help cities address this challenge, the HARMONIE project aims to develop advanced tools that support informed policymaking. It improves monitoring and modelling of air and noise pollution and provides tools to evaluate the health impacts of urban policies and actions in both the short and long term.
Role of MoST. We develop a citizen-centric digital twin designed to understand and change citizens' behaviors that impact on urban pollution — from those that generate higher or lower emissions to those that determine different levels of exposure to pollutants.
Funding. Funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement No. 101238943.
Links. Article on project kick-off
ICSC: National Research Centre for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing
Description. The Center conducts R&D, nationally and internationally, for innovation in high-performance computing, simulations, and big data analytics. This aim is pursued through a state-of-the-art infrastructure for high-performance computing and big data management, and research and development in key thematic areas of strategic interest to the country.
Role of MoST. We co-lead the "spoke" (sub-project) focusing on Digital Society and Smart Cities, where we dedvelop models and algorithms for urban / civic digital twins.
Funding. National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).
Links. ICSC web site
FAIR - Future Artificial Intelligence Research
Description. The FAIR project is a major national initiative on Artificial Intelligence, funded by PNRR. The project aims to lay the scientific foundations for the AI of the future and to translate them into services, bringing together all the key players in Italian AI research.
Role of MoST. We are investigating digital twins as key tools to integrate and orchestrate different AI techniques to create complex solutions that can support decision-making processes.
Funding. National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).
Links. FAIR web site
Resources
Civic Digital Twins
Description. Civic Digital Twins modeling and simulation framework. The framework is designed to support defining digital twins models and evaluating them in simulated environment with varying contextual conditions.
Links. GitHub repository