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Program Schedule - International Summer School on Generative AI 2026

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International Summer School on Generative AI · June 22-26, 2026 · Rome, Italy

Date Time Session Speaker
Monday
Jun 22
 08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Learning Human-Aligned Concepts from Data Stefano Teso
10:00 – 11:00 Evaluation of AI Systems Marzieh Fadaee
11:00 – 12:00 Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs Mustafa Jarrar
12:00 – 13:00 Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence Henry Muccini
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Explainable Scientific Machine Learning: Methods and Applications Salvatore Cuomo
15:00 – 16:00 Hands-on Session 1: From Tokens to Transformers: A Hands-On NLP Journey Addi Ait-Mlouk
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Project Ideas Presentation Addi Ait-Mlouk
17:30 – 18:30 Hands-on Session 2: LLM 101 Fahed Alkhabbas
Tuesday
Jun 23
 08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Project Development (Group Work)
10:00 – 11:30 Hands on session 3: Co-evolutionary Algorithms for Training Generative Neural Models (VAEs & GANs) Jamal Toutouh
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Gamification of Large Language Models Michal Valko
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Large Scale Distributed LLM Inference with LLM-D and Kubernetes Abdellfetah SGHIOUAR
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Hands-on Session 4: Small and Locally Deployed VLMs Under Evaluation: A Case Study of Image Captioning Osama Hamed
16:30 – 17:30 Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment Ahmed AbuRaed
18:30 – 20:30 Social Activity 1
Wednesday
Jun 24
 08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats Kayode Adewole
10:00 – 11:00 Building Agentic AI: A Practical Introduction Oleksandra Sopova
11:00 – 12:00 GenAI for Urban Computing Applications Huthaifa I. Ashqar
12:00 – 13:00 Efficient LLM Inference: From Cloud to the Edge — Hardware-Software Co-Design in Practice Kaoutar El Maghraoui
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Collaborative AI with Flower: a Hands-on Session Chong Shen Ng
15:30 – 16:30 Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust Tony James
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30 Project Development (group work)
19:30 – 21:00 Social Activity 2
Thursday
Jun 25
 08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 On the Relationship Between Distributed, Federated, and Decentralized Training Nicolas Lane
10:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Session 5: Agentic AI Karthik Vaidhyanathan
12:00 – 13:00 Project Development (Group Work)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 From Graph to Crew: A Hands-On Tour of Agentic AI Frameworks Mohammad Dehghani
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Project Development (group work)
20:00 – 22:30 Dinner
Friday
Jun 26
 08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models Leo Schwinn
10:00 – 13:00 Projects’ Presentations
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:30 Projects’ Presentations + Coffee break (15:00-15:30)
17:30 – 18:00 Closing

Monday, June 22, 2026

Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Learning Human-Aligned Concepts from Data
09:00 – 10:00 · Stefano Teso
Evaluation of AI Systems
10:00 – 11:00 · Marzieh Fadaee
Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs
11:00 – 12:00 · Mustafa Jarrar
Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence
12:00 – 13:00 · Henry Muccini
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Explainable Scientific Machine Learning: Methods and Applications
14:00 – 15:00 · Salvatore Cuomo
Hands-on Session 1: From Tokens to Transformers: A Hands-On NLP Journey
15:00 – 16:00 · Addi Ait-Mlouk
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Project Ideas Presentation
16:30 – 17:30 · Addi Ait-Mlouk
Hands-on Session 2: LLM 101
17:30 – 18:30 · Fahed Alkhabbas

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Project Development (Group Work)
09:00 – 10:00
Hands on session 3: Co-evolutionary Algorithms for Training Generative Neural Models (VAEs & GANs)
10:00 – 11:30 · Jamal Toutouh
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Gamification of Large Language Models
12:00 – 13:00 · Michal Valko
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Large Scale Distributed LLM Inference with LLM-D and Kubernetes
14:00 – 15:00 · Abdellfetah SGHIOUAR
Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:30
Hands-on Session 4: Small and Locally Deployed VLMs Under Evaluation: A Case Study of Image Captioning
15:30 – 16:30 · Osama Hamed
Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment
16:30 – 17:30 · Ahmed AbuRaed
Social Activity 1
18:30 – 20:30

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats
09:00 – 10:00 · Kayode Adewole
Building Agentic AI: A Practical Introduction
10:00 – 11:00 · Oleksandra Sopova
GenAI for Urban Computing Applications
11:00 – 12:00 · Huthaifa I. Ashqar
Efficient LLM Inference: From Cloud to the Edge — Hardware-Software Co-Design in Practice
12:00 – 13:00 · Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Collaborative AI with Flower: a Hands-on Session
14:00 – 15:30 · Chong Shen Ng
Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust
15:30 – 16:30 · Tony James
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00
Project Development (group work)
17:00 – 18:30
Social Activity 2
19:30 – 21:00

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
On the Relationship Between Distributed, Federated, and Decentralized Training
09:00 – 10:00 · Nicolas Lane
Hands-on Session 5: Agentic AI
10:00 – 12:00 · Karthik Vaidhyanathan
Project Development (Group Work)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
From Graph to Crew: A Hands-On Tour of Agentic AI Frameworks
14:00 – 15:30 · Mohammad Dehghani
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00
Project Development (group work)
16:00 – 18:30
Dinner
20:00 – 22:30

Friday, June 26, 2026

Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models
09:00 – 10:00 · Leo Schwinn
Projects’ Presentations
10:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Projects’ Presentations + Coffee break (15:00-15:30)
14:00 – 17:30
Closing
17:30 – 18:00

Day 1 · Monday, June 22, 2026

Time Session Speaker
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Learning Human-Aligned Concepts from Data Stefano Teso
10:00 – 11:00 Evaluation of AI Systems Marzieh Fadaee
11:00 – 12:00 Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs Mustafa Jarrar
12:00 – 13:00 Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence Henry Muccini
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Explainable Scientific Machine Learning: Methods and Applications Salvatore Cuomo
15:00 – 16:00 Hands-on Session 1: From Tokens to Transformers: A Hands-On NLP Journey Addi Ait-Mlouk
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Project Ideas Presentation Addi Ait-Mlouk
17:30 – 18:30 Hands-on Session 2: LLM 101 Fahed Alkhabbas
Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Learning Human-Aligned Concepts from Data
09:00 – 10:00 · Stefano Teso
Evaluation of AI Systems
10:00 – 11:00 · Marzieh Fadaee
Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs
11:00 – 12:00 · Mustafa Jarrar
Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence
12:00 – 13:00 · Henry Muccini
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Explainable Scientific Machine Learning: Methods and Applications
14:00 – 15:00 · Salvatore Cuomo
Hands-on Session 1: From Tokens to Transformers: A Hands-On NLP Journey
15:00 – 16:00 · Addi Ait-Mlouk
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Project Ideas Presentation
16:30 – 17:30 · Addi Ait-Mlouk
Hands-on Session 2: LLM 101
17:30 – 18:30 · Fahed Alkhabbas

Day 2 · Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Time Session Speaker
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Project Development (Group Work)
10:00 – 11:30 Hands on session 3: Co-evolutionary Algorithms for Training Generative Neural Models (VAEs & GANs) Jamal Toutouh
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Gamification of Large Language Models Michal Valko
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Large Scale Distributed LLM Inference with LLM-D and Kubernetes Abdellfetah SGHIOUAR
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Hands-on Session 4: Small and Locally Deployed VLMs Under Evaluation: A Case Study of Image Captioning Osama Hamed
16:30 – 17:30 Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment Ahmed AbuRaed
18:30 – 20:30 Social Activity 1
Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Project Development (Group Work)
09:00 – 10:00
Hands on session 3: Co-evolutionary Algorithms for Training Generative Neural Models (VAEs & GANs)
10:00 – 11:30 · Jamal Toutouh
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Gamification of Large Language Models
12:00 – 13:00 · Michal Valko
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Large Scale Distributed LLM Inference with LLM-D and Kubernetes
14:00 – 15:00 · Abdellfetah SGHIOUAR
Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:30
Hands-on Session 4: Small and Locally Deployed VLMs Under Evaluation: A Case Study of Image Captioning
15:30 – 16:30 · Osama Hamed
Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment
16:30 – 17:30 · Ahmed AbuRaed
Social Activity 1
18:30 – 20:30

Day 3 · Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Time Session Speaker
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats Kayode Adewole
10:00 – 11:00 Building Agentic AI: A Practical Introduction Oleksandra Sopova
11:00 – 12:00 GenAI for Urban Computing Applications Huthaifa I. Ashqar
12:00 – 13:00 Efficient LLM Inference: From Cloud to the Edge — Hardware-Software Co-Design in Practice Kaoutar El Maghraoui
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Collaborative AI with Flower: a Hands-on Session Chong Shen Ng
15:30 – 16:30 Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust Tony James
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30 Project Development (group work)
19:30 – 21:00 Social Activity 2
Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats
09:00 – 10:00 · Kayode Adewole
Building Agentic AI: A Practical Introduction
10:00 – 11:00 · Oleksandra Sopova
GenAI for Urban Computing Applications
11:00 – 12:00 · Huthaifa I. Ashqar
Efficient LLM Inference: From Cloud to the Edge — Hardware-Software Co-Design in Practice
12:00 – 13:00 · Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Collaborative AI with Flower: a Hands-on Session
14:00 – 15:30 · Chong Shen Ng
Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust
15:30 – 16:30 · Tony James
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00
Project Development (group work)
17:00 – 18:30
Social Activity 2
19:30 – 21:00

Day 4 · Thursday, June 25, 2026

Time Session Speaker
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 On the Relationship Between Distributed, Federated, and Decentralized Training Nicolas Lane
10:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Session 5: Agentic AI Karthik Vaidhyanathan
12:00 – 13:00 Project Development (Group Work)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 From Graph to Crew: A Hands-On Tour of Agentic AI Frameworks Mohammad Dehghani
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:30 Project Development (group work)
20:00 – 22:30 Dinner
Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
On the Relationship Between Distributed, Federated, and Decentralized Training
09:00 – 10:00 · Nicolas Lane
Hands-on Session 5: Agentic AI
10:00 – 12:00 · Karthik Vaidhyanathan
Project Development (Group Work)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
From Graph to Crew: A Hands-On Tour of Agentic AI Frameworks
14:00 – 15:30 · Mohammad Dehghani
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00
Project Development (group work)
16:00 – 18:30
Dinner
20:00 – 22:30

Day 5 · Friday, June 26, 2026

Time Session Speaker
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00 Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models Leo Schwinn
10:00 – 13:00 Projects’ Presentations
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:30 Projects’ Presentations + Coffee break (15:00-15:30)
17:30 – 18:00 Closing
Registration and Coffee
08:30 – 09:00
Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models
09:00 – 10:00 · Leo Schwinn
Projects’ Presentations
10:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Projects’ Presentations + Coffee break (15:00-15:30)
14:00 – 17:30
Closing
17:30 – 18:00