Introduction
The COMETE (COMputer SciEnce DeparTmEnt) PhD Workshop is a full-day event dedicated to PhD students of the Computer Science department, of the University of Turin. This workshop represents an opportunity for PhD students to present themselves and their research, and to share their knowledge in a scientific and stimulating context.
Register here: COMETE 2026: Registration Form
Structure of the event
During the workshop, there will be some keynote sessions held by invited speakers, presentation sessions, pitch talks and also a poster session held by PhD students. The scientific core of the event will be accompanied by coffee breaks, lunch and moments of conviviality to exchange ideas, opinions and thoughts. At the end of the day, the participants are invited to a closing Aperitivo.
Program of the day
| Time | Program |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome by Organizing Committee and Institutional Greetings |
| 09:10 – 10:40 | Session A (1h30) Keynote: It takes a village to raise a scientist – Alessia Visconti (45 min) PhD Talk: Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models for Continuous Adaptation in Lifelong Learning – Giulia Coucourde (15 min) PhD Talk: Cognitive Feed for Stochastic Parrots – Stefano Zoia (15 min) PhD Talk: The problem of Long-tail entities: definition and benchmarking – Lia Draetta (15 min) |
| 10:40 – 11:15 | Coffee break (25m) |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | Session B (1h30) Keynote: Deep dive, speak simply: Navigating Research across academia and industry – Alberto Presta (45 min) PhD Talk: Recommender Systems for Sustainable Behavior: Energy and Mobility Applications – Bianca Maria Deconcini (15 min) PhD Talk: Leverage ARM’s Statistical Profile Extension for predicting memory congestion in multiprocessor systems – Alessandro Mandrile (15 min) PhD Talk: When Robots Say No: The Empathic Ethical Disobedience Benchmark – Dmytro Kuzmenko (15 min) |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch (1h15) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Session C (1h30) Pitch presentations (30 min) Posters (50 min) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break (30 min) |
| 16:00-17:15 | Social Activity and Brainstorming (60 min) Closing Remarks (15 min) |
| 17:30 | Aperitivo (GreenWood – Via Sant’Ottavio, 18) |
Invited speakers
Alessia Visconti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Alberto Presta, Ph.D.
AI Research Engineer, Samsung AI Center, Warsaw, Poland
Details
Location: Aula Magna Rettorato, Via Po, 17, Torino
When: Tuesday 21st of April 2026
Organizing Committee
- Cristina Gena
- Elisa Chierchiello
- Federica Cena
- Giancarlo Ruffo
- Gianni Molinari
- Giulia Coucourde
- Marco Madeddu
- Michael Oliverio
- Samuele D’Avenia
- Sveva Silvia Pasini
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