New Frontiers in Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Evidence-Based Medicine and Research in the Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Childhood Disabilities ~ UNIPI

Language: English

Period: 27 – 31 October 2025

Deadline: 14 July 2025

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 3

Tuition fees: 500€

This Summer School is organized by the University of Pisa as a part of the project funded by the European Commission “AInCP” and by the PNC “Fit4MedRob”. It also has received support from the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD) and the IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris.

This 5-days training course will offer a practical and immersive experience guiding participants through the entire process from the creation to the development of multidisciplinary research projects. The use of new technological and digital approaches and Articial Intelligence methods for the diagnosis and the rehabilitation of childhood disabilities will be envisaged.

The different perspectives coming from clinical, technological, ethical, socio-economical and lived experience will be deeply presented and analyzed in order to achieve a comprehensive knowledge of the various multidisciplinary aspects, specific needs and interconnections for designing and developing successful and exploitable innovative research.

The course faculty will be constituted of international experts in the different multidisciplinary fields covered.

The 5-day course will be organized in:

Morning sessions: lectures focused on theoretical teaching organized in lectures covering theoretical frameworks, models and challenges;
Afternoon sessions: practical workshops where participants will be directly involved to practice design and elaboration of joint research in the field;
Meet the expert sessions (morning and/or evening): dedicated time for personal experience shared by expert in the field.

The main daily topics will be:

Day 1: Clinicians perspective on the development of technological and digital approaches, with a focus on AI;
Day 2: Engineers and data scientists’ role;
Day 3: Insights into the needs of parents and persons with lived experience for the creation and use of technological, digital and AI solutions;
Day 4: Ethical and economic issues
Day 5: Roundtable for codesign the future research projects in multidisciplinary setting.

The Summer School will be activated with at least 30 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 100 students.

The Summer School will be held on campus in Pisa, at Centro congressi Le Benedettine, Piazza San Paolo a Ripa D’Arno, 16.

Aim

Graduate and PhD students, as well as post-doc researchers and professionals, also including parents and persons with lived experience, seeking to enhance their expertise in the creation, development and validation of new technological, digital approaches and AI methods in childhood disabilities.

Who can apply

From graduated students up to professionals in the Humanities (PhD students,librarians, teachers, researches, archivists, museologist, etc.).

Application

Admission Requirements

To be either a graduate or PhD students, as well as post-doc researchers and professionals, also including parents and persons with lived experience, seeking to enhance their expertise in the creation, development and validation of new technological, digital approaches and AI methods in childhood disabilities.

Required Documents

Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
Enrolment Form
Curriculum Vitae
Motivational letter with a description of the research interests and personal motivations to participate in the program
One or more Letters of Recommendation by a mentor or a letter signed by the PhD Program Supervisor or PhD Tutor
Short biosketch

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page.

Fees

Tuition fees: 500€

Pay fees by Debit/Credit Card or PayPal online using the following: Payment Form

NOTICE:

International students without Italian Tax Code: please tick the box ‘Anonymous’ in order to disable the field ‘Italian personal ID/VAT number’.
Please type your NAME and SURNAME next to the pre-filled text of the field ‘Reason’
Please pay only after receiving the admission letter

REFUND POLICY:

Paid fees are non refundable

Contacts

Coordinator
Prof. Giuseppina Sgandurra giuseppina.sgandurra@unipi.it

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New Frontiers in Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Evidence-Based Medicine and Research in the Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Childhood Disabilities

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