Artificial intelligence, ethics and privacy: toward a responsible data society

Tina Eliassi-Rad is the winner of the Premio Lagrange 2023, the highest international award for complex systems science, established by the Fondazione CRT and coordinated by Fondazione ISI - Istituto per l'Interscambio Scientifico di Torino.

The prestigious prize is awarded to Iranian-born U.S. scientist Tina Eliassi-Rad, professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, a member of the Institute for Experential AI and an external lecturer at the Santa Fe Institute.

Professor Tina Eliassi-Rad is the recipient of the Lagrange Prize - CRT Foundation 2023 for her important contributions in computer science, artificial intelligence and network science. Her work has demonstrated broad practical impact in diverse areas, from personalized web search to cybersecurity, transforming academic research into socially relevant applications. Professor Eliassi-Rad is a leading figure in shaping the debate on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics.

Her research on algorithm ethics, Network Science and Machine Learning has fostered the development of multiple practical applications both in the private world and in government agencies active against fraud, cyber crime, the search for new therapeutic treatments and data mining applied to the protection of democracy and networked dialogue.
Eliassi-Rad in 2021 was named among the 100 Most Influential Women in Artificial Intelligence Ethics by the international organization Women in AI Ethics™ (WAIE).

The public ceremony for the Lagrange Prize 2023, at Binario 3 of OGR Turin, will be accompanied by a reflection on the new frontiers of Ethics and Artificial Intelligence.
The meeting, entitled "Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Privacy: toward a responsible data society," will involve, in addition to the winner, Prof. Alessandro Vespignani, President of the ISI Foundation and Sternberg Family Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University in Boston; Avv. Guido Scorza, Component of the College of the Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data; Prof. Roberto Battiston, physicist at the University of Trento, former President of the Italian Space Agency; Prof. Barbara Caputo, professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin and Rector's referent on AI.