PROGRAM
| 08h45 | Registration |
| 09h00 | Welcome: Jordi Pascual, Oriol Farràs, Jordi Duch |
| Oral presentations - Session 1 | |
| 9h15 | "Perceptually Robust Iterative Similarity Momentum Attack", Younas Khan |
| 9h22 | "Effective Unlearning in Large Language Models", Tanim Al Mahmud |
| 9h29 | "Resource Allocation in Serverless Data Analytics: The Insidious Exchange", Germán Eizaguirre |
| 9h36 | "Towards the Use of Keypoint Matching Techniques for Region of Interest Registration in Whole Slide Images", Alessio Fiorin |
| 9h43 | "The Role of Lesion Counting in Optimizing Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis", Amal Esmail |
| 9h50 | "Weighted Threshold Secret Sharing Schemes and Chow Parameters Approximation", Miquel Guiot |
| 9h57 | "Non-Invasive Classification of Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes Using Mammographic Images", Adnan Khalid |
| 10h04 | "Emergent Behaviour and Spatial Effects in Microbial Communities", Mattia Mattei |
| 10h15 |
Invited talk 1 - Dr. Jordina Torrents "The New Era of AI PCs" |
Dr. Jordina Torrents
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
PhD in Information & Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Head of the Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning division at Hewlett-Packard Inc. BCN (HP)
Course instructor at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Ada Byron Young Award, 2021
The presentation discusses HP’s AI strategy, focusing on AI-powered personal systems. It highlights secure local inferencing with AI PCs, efficient large language (LLM) and vision (LVM) models fine-tuning, quantization and evaluation, and AI-driven PC optimization. Additionally, it introduces GenOS, an AI-integrated operating system with autonomous agents to enhance user experience.
| 11h00 | Words from the director of URV doctoral school |
| 11h15 | Coffee break with celebration of 10th anniversary - group photo |
| Oral presentations - Session 2 | |
| 11h45 | "Enhancing Personal Tourist Experiences with Context-Aware, Explainable, and Sustainable stratiegies using Hierarchical Multi-Criteria Recommendation methods", Monir Yahya |
| 11h52 | "Exact and Efficient Unlearning for Large Language Models", Hajar Lachheb |
| 11h59 | "Towards a Surgical Semantic Video Search", Gerard Finol |
| 12h06 | "Smart Contracts for a Secure and Privacy-Preserving Smart Grid", Joan Ferré |
| 12h13 | "Hybrid Deep Learning Architectures for Robust End-to-End Camera Localization", Hussein Hassan |
| 12h20 | "MemberShield: Federated learning with membership privacy", Faisal Ahmed |
| 12h27 | "Analytical Insights into Structural Super-Diffusion and Indirect Influence in Random Networks", Lluís Torres |
| 12h34 | "Capture The Flag applied to security research", Miquel Calonge |
| 12h45 |
Invited talk 2 - Dr. Joan Borràs Beyond Academic Research: Leveraging a PhD for Industry and Innovation |
Dr. Joan Borràs
INDITEX
Phd in Computer Science and Mathematics of Security, URV.
Data Scientist at INDITEX since 2022
Former data scientist at Eurecat and at the Tourism and Leisure Scientific Technological Center
A PhD is not only about academic research—it can also be a gateway to impactful work in industry. Throughout my career, I have contributed to research-driven projects in both tech centers and private companies, applying cutting-edge methods to real-world challenges. In this talk, I’ll share how my PhD shaped my role in these projects, the skills that proved essential, and how the intersection of research and industry can create exciting opportunities.
| 13h30 | Workshop closure |
