Final LeADS Event at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

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 The final event of the LeADS project took place at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, bringing together the 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) for a memorable conclusion. Over three days of dynamic activities and intellectual exchange, the event featured an Innovation Challenge, a thought-provoking conference titled “Legally Compliant Data-Driven Society,” and a Poster Walk showcasing research across the four Crossroads of the LeADS project.

 

The Innovation Challenge: AI Act Compass: Navigating Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems

As part of the LeADS project’s final event, an Innovation Challenge was held in collaboration with the Pisa Internet Festival to address the complexities of the AI Act. The challenge aimed to inspire participants to develop practical solutions to help AI developers and deployers navigate the AI Act’s risk classification system and understand the specific requirements applicable to their AI systems.

The competition was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, held remotely, teams submitted mock-ups demonstrating how their solutions could simplify compliance with the AI Act. The second phase took place in person in Pisa, where teams refined their solutions to address a real-world scenario and presented their proposals to a jury.

The scenario centered around SmartBytes, a startup developing an AI-powered algorithm called CyrcAIdian to monitor sleep patterns, which faced critical compliance challenges under the new AI Act. Participants were tasked with determining how CyrcAIdian’s classification—either as a fitness tracker or a medical device—would influence its regulatory obligations and commercialization strategy.

The challenge fostered innovative thinking and awarded cash prizes for solutions that were not only practical and user-friendly but also legally robust, with a focus on helping businesses navigate the  complexities of AI regulations.

The Innovation Challenge culminated in an exciting afternoon of presentations, where participating teams showcased their creative approaches to tackling the AI compliance scenario. It was a day marked by energy, collaboration, and healthy competition. Each team brought forward unique and innovative solutions, making the jury’s decision exceptionally difficult.

Ultimately, The Data Jurists claimed first prize and also received the special award for the Most Innovative Solution. The AI-Act Navigators secured second place, while The AI-WARE team came in third. The award for Best Presentation went to AI-Renella.

Congratulations to all the participants for their outstanding efforts!

WINNERS of the Innovation Challenge “AI Act Compass: Navigating Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems”

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It was a long day

It was a restless but fair competition,

a lot of energies were spent,

innovative solutions were developed

it was challenging

it was great.

All the Teams invested their best efforts to solve both the Off-line and In-person phases of the challenge, all the solutions were excellent but… some more than others, it was hard but this is the Jury verdict (click on the Team names to know the winners’ solutions and bios)

1st prize: The Data Jurists 

2nd prize: The AI-Act Navigators 

3rd prize: The AI-WARE

Special prizes: 

Most innovative Solution: The Data Jurists 

Best Presentation: AI-Renella 

 

PUBLIC PRESENTATION – INNOVATION CHALLENGE “AI Act Compass: Navigating Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems”

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PISA -10 OCTOBER 2024

1  CHALLENGE

7  TEAMS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE

7  INNOVATIVE IDEAS

1   WINNER (OR MAYBE 3)!

Join us to discover the 7 innovative solutions that will help developers or deployers of AI systems to navigate the risk classification system of the AI Act.

The EU project “LeADS- Legality attentive data scientists- GA 956562”, in collaboration with the Pisa Internet Festival, is happy to invite you to attend the 7 presentations and  discover which Team will find the BEST solution of the Innovation Challenge“AI Act Compass: Navigating Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems” and win 2.500€

WERE

Sala Kinzica – Officine Garibaldi, via Via Vincenzo Gioberti 39, Pisa , Italy

WHEN

10 October 2024

16.00-18.00 presentations

19.00  Winners Announcement

 

 

LeADS Final Conference: Legally compliant data-driven society

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11th of October 2024

Aula Magna – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies  

Piazza martiri della Libertà 33, Pisa

Free Event – Organized in the framework of the Pisa Internet Festival 

Data drive our societies, open to new technological solutions and scientific discoveries. Data create new market opportunities and new challenges also to security. These processes require a multidisciplinary approach for a governance able to reap the benefits of them while guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms. The LeADS final conference tackles this task in 3 key domains with its outstanding speakers.

Panel 1:  12.00 – 13.30 Data-driven Markets and Innovation
12.00 – 12.05 Giovanni Comandé Sant’Anna Scool of Advanced Studies Introduction
12.05 – 12.25 Giovanni Pitruzzella – Italian Constitutional Court
12.25 – 12.45 Giuseppe Turchetti – Sant’Anna Scool of Advanced Studies Introduction
12.45 – 13 .05 Antonio Buttà – Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
13.05 – 13.30 Discussion

 

Panel 2: 14.00 – 15.30 Research and secondary use of data
14.00 -14.05 Giovanni Comandé SSSA: Introduction
14.05 – 14.25 Paul de Hert – Vrije Universiteit of Brussel
14.25 – 14.45 Regina Becker – Luxembourg National Data Service LNDS
14.45 – 15 .05 Piotr Drobek– UODO – Personal Data Protection Office of Poland
15.05 – 15.30 Discussion

Panel 3:  16.00 – 17.30 Data Society and technological sovereignty\ security
16.00 – 16.05 Michelle Sibilla – Université Toulouse III – Introduction
16.05 – 16.25 Jorge Maestre Vidal – Indra · Digital Labs
16.25 – 16.45 Giovanni Comandé – SSSA
16.45 – 17 .05 Nicola Lattanzi – IMT Scuola Alti Studi di Lucca
17.05 – 17.30 Discussion

Registration form

LeADS Final Conference “Legally compliant data-driven society”

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2024, the final year of the LeADS project, will finish with an intensive three-day meeting packed with a wide variety of LeADS activities. Organized by the LeADS consortium, the activities will take place in Pisa at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. During these three days, three distinct events will take place, amongst them the Conference on Legally compliant data-driven society on 11 October 2024.

The first panel on Data-driven markets and Innovation Rationale will be initiated at 12:00 with opening remarks by Prof. Giovanni Comande’. The following talks were by Giovanni Pitruzzella, the Constitutional Court, Jeroen van den Hoven TU Delf, and Antonio Buttà, the AGCM.

The second panel on Research and secondary use of data will be initiated at 2 pm with opening remarks by Prof. Giovanni Comande, followed by talks by Loes Markenstein, EDPB, Regina Becker, Luxembourg National Data Service LNDS, Guido Scorza, Italian DPA, and Piotr Drobek, UODO Personal Data Protection Office, Poland.

Finally, Gabriele Lenzini, UniLu, will initiate the third panel at 4 pm on Data Society and technological sovereignty security, which will be followed by talks by Riccardo Masucci, Intel Bruxelles, Jorge Maestre Vidal, Indra · Digital Labs, Domenico Ferrara, ENISA, and Nicola Lattanzi, IMT.

INNOVATION CHALLENGE – Call for participation

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Call for participation to the innovation challenge

“AI Act Compass: Navigating Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems”

The challenge

The EU project “LeADS- Legality attentive data scientists- GA 956562” ( Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa), in collaboration with the Pisa Internet Festival, organizes an innovation challenge on the topic of the AI Act (Regulation EU 2024/1689). Participants will need to create a solution that helps developers or deployers of AI systems to navigate the risk classification system of the AI Act and understand which requirements apply to them.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION 11:00 PM CEST of 6 September 2024.

The challenge is organized as follows:

Offline phase (16th of September – 6th of October 2024):

The selected teams will work offline on the first part of the challenge. On the 16th of September 2024, the teams will receive, at the contact email provided, detailed instructions and the necessary documentation. The teams will send their solution in the form of a mock-up to the mail challenge@legalityattentivedatascientists.eu  by the 6th of October 2024 h. 21:00.

In-person phase (10th of October 2024 in Pisa – Italy):

In the morning, the selected teams will receive and solve the second part of the challenge that will concern the tailoring of the solution to a concrete scenario. In the afternoon, the teams will present their solution to the jury.

The prizes

What can you win?

  • First place: 2.500€
  • Second place: 1.500€
  • Third place: 1.000€
  • Best presentation: 500€
  • Most innovative solution: 500€

The prizes will be awarded by an independent jury on the 10th of October 2024 (from 7 to 8 pm).

How will the winning solutions be selected?

The evaluation will concern the artefact (innovative, reliable, usable, efficient), the output (useful and legally accurate) and the presentation (well-structured, explanatory and engaging).

What will happen to the winning solutions?

Following the principles of open science, the winning solutions will be released under an “as open as possible” license – namely a CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) for any document or image and a MIT license (https://mit-license.org/ ) for any software component.

Application, composition and selection of the teams

The organizers will select a maximum of 7 teams among the applicants.

How should teams be composed?

Teams must be composed of a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 people between 18 and 28 years old.

How should you apply?

Each team needs to apply via the form available at: https://forms.office.com/e/jiDwEGfCPW by the 6th of September 2024 at 11.00 PM CEST.

The application should contain:

  • Team name
  • Team Leader Name (contact person)
  • Team composition (minimum 2 and maximum 3 members), for each member:
    • Name and surname
    • Date of birth
    • Food intolerances
  • Email address of the team leader (contact address)
  • Link to a cloud folder (e.g., google drive, dropbox, onedrive, etc.) Containing:
    • Motivation letter of the team IN ENGLISH (Why they wish to participate and why they should be selected – max 800 words)
    • Concise CV IN ENGLISH (max 2 pages) for each team member

How will you know if you have been selected?

We will send an e-mail to the contact address provided on the 12th of September 2024.

Participation

Why should you participate?

If you are a creative young team who wants to solve innovative challenges at the intersection of technology and law and win a prize to start your own project, you are in the right place!

How will the trip to Pisa be organized and which expenses will be covered?  

The organizers of the challenge will cover the travel expenses to Pisa of the members of the selected teams, up to a maximum of 600 euros per team. The selected teams will need to organize their trips autonomously and will be reimbursed after the trip, upon presentation of the receipts and the original tickets. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner of the 10th of October will be served at the venue of the Challenge.

 What language will we use?

English will be the working and presentation language. Therefore, at least one member of each team must be able to present clearly in English and to answer questions by the Jury.

Rules and further information

OFFICIAL RULES

For any question, write to pm@legalityattentivedatascientists.eu

 

 

 

LeADS Game Night

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The LeADS Project has developed a set of board games that we would love to share with you. The games were developed by the four crossroads of the LeADS projects and are designed to be engaging and educational. Interested in trivia games? Join us for around of “Know-IT All!” Interested in games of role-playing, discussion and debate? Join us for a round of “Jury Trials,” “Privacylandia,” or “SynergyLegal”.

The Game Night will be held on the 9th of July 2024 from 7:00 PM onwards in Pisa! Details are on the flyer (attached).  The games will be conducted in English, so feel free to get family and friends! See you there!

For more info and location here

LeADS Online Seminar with Prof. Mohammad Hamad

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LeADS Online Seminar with Prof. Mohammad Hamad
“Security and Resilience of IoT: A Focus on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles”
Thursday, July 25th 2024 – 2 pm (CEST)
Online participation link: Join the meeting
Join Prof. Mohammad Hamad in conversation around security challenegs that connected and autonomous vehicles face and present an innovative solution developed by TUM.
IoT systems are almost everywhere, and they form the backbone of many systems we inetract with in our daily lives. One great example of such systems is connected and autonomous vehicles. These vehicles, with their advanced technology and artificial intelligence, optimise efficiency and enhance safety. However, that also brings critical security challenges. Ensuring the security of these systems is crucial to prevent potentially catastrophic consequences. An unsecured autonomous system could be exploited, leading to accidents, disruptionsin traffic flow, and even threats to public safety.

Dr. Ing. Mohammad Hamad is an Associate Professor of Embedded Systems and Internet of Things in the Department of Computer Engineering at Technical University of Munich (TUM). He received his Ph.D. in computer engineering from the Institute for Data Technology and Communication Networks at TU Braunschweig in 2020. Before his Ph.D, he completed his bachelor in software engineering and information system at Aleppo University, Syria.

LeADS ESRs at CPDP Conference

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This year, LeADS will be present at the 17th Computers, Privacy & Data Protection – CPDP Conference that will take place in Brussels Belgium, offering cutting-edge discussions in legal, regulatory, academic, and technological development in privacy and data protection.

Prof. Paul De Hert, one of LeADS supervisors, is the Director and Founder of CPDP will give the Welcome and Introduction to the Conference. Moreover, Prof. Jessica Eynard, one of LeADS collaborators will join the panel AI for Privacy: Isn’t it Time to Switch Perspectives? Taking place at HT Petite On Wednesday 22nd 10:30 AM.

LeADS ESRs will be also present at CPDP. Tommaso Crepax will be a facilitator at the Workshop “Data Portability’s new horizons: AI, the DMA, and the quest for online sovereignty”. Taking place at the Machine Room on Wednesday 22, 10:30 AM.

Barbara Lazarotto will be a speaker at the Panel “AI in the Urban Landscape: Navigating Data Governance with Multiple Stakeholders” organized by Centro Nazionale IoT e Privacy, taking place on Thursday 23, 11:50 AM at HT Petite. At last, Barbara will also be a facilitator at the Workshop “B2B data sharing within the Data Act” happening on Wednesday 22, 11:50 AM at The Machine Room.

 

The full program can be found here

LeADS Online seminar with Prof. Ricardo BAEZA-YATES

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JOIN US to the online Seminar co-organized by LeADS:

Invited speaker: Prof. Ricardo BAEZA-YATES Professor, Director of Research, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University
Title: Responsible AI
Date: 25th of April, at 16:00 – 17:00 (hybrid)
Register here