In a world where misinformation, voluntary or accidental, reigns supreme; in a world where lies become truth if they are broadcast for long enough; in a world where we have unlimited access to superintelligent machines, but we prefer to remain ignorant... Continue reading →

di Valentina Aleotti di Annalisa Grossi di Francesco Salvestrini di Marcello Serra di Cristiana Pareo di Nicholas Pintori di Benedetta Pellegrini di Giorgia Stornell... Continue reading →

di Laura Scillitani Pubblicato il 26/03/2025 Aiutereste qualcuno che chiede soccorso se fosse evidente che non è in pericolo? Probabilmente no, e a quanto pare anche i pipistrelli si comportano allo stesso modo. Un nuovo studi... Continue reading →

Perhaps the most important thing to get right from the start, in most statistical problems, is to understand what is the probability distribution function (PDF) of your data. If you know it exactly -something that is theoretically possible but only rar... Continue reading →

Winter is not over yet, but I am already busy fixing the details of some conferences, schools, and lectures I will give around Europe this summer. Here I wish to summarize them, in the hope of arising the interest of some of you in the relevant events ... Continue reading →

Pattern recognition is an altisonant name to a rather common, if complex, activity we perform countless times in our daily lives. Our brain is capable of interpreting successions of sounds, written symbols, or images almost infallibly - so much so that... Continue reading →

As artificial intelligence tools continue to evolve and improve their performance on more and more general tasks, scientists struggle to make the best use of them. The problem is not incompetence - in fact, at least in my field of study (high-ener... Continue reading →

As part of the celebrations for 20 years of blogging, I am re-posting articles that in some way were notable for the history of the blog. This time I want to (re)-submit to you four pieces I wrote to explain the unexplainable: the very complicated anal... Continue reading →