A day of challenges and design with Unint at the Emilio Sereni Institute in Rome
Learning about artificial intelligence also means getting stuck in, tackling a problem, building a solution together and learning how to present it. This is the spirit of We Code, the hackathon scheduled for Thursday 8 October at the Emilio Sereni Agricultural Technical Institute, at Via Prenestina 1395 in Rome.
The event will involve 30 participants, organised into six groups of five. Each team will be supported by a mentor from the University of International Studies in Rome (UNINT). We Code is, in fact, part of the University’s ‘third mission’ initiative dedicated to STEM disciplines and equal opportunities, designed to promote the active involvement of the younger generation and, in particular, to introduce girls to the opportunities offered by science and technology.
The morning begins at 8.30 with an introduction to artificial intelligence by UNINT and the launch of the challenge. There will also be a remote link-up with Domenico Daniele Bloisi, a lecturer at UNINT and one of the organisers of We Code alongside Marco Romano.
From 10.30 am to 3.15 pm, the teams will get down to the heart of the hackathon: several hours of work to transform ideas and skills into a concrete proposal, with the support of tutors. It is not just about arriving at a solution, but also about learning to collaborate, make choices, justify them and present them effectively.
At 3.15 pm, the final presentations will begin, followed by the awards ceremony. Three awards are up for grabs: most original project, best presentation and the proposal that best embodies the principle of ‘human in the lead’ – that is, a use of artificial intelligence in which people retain an active role in decision-making, creativity and responsibility.
The day is scheduled to end at 5.00 pm.
At the Emilio Sereni Institute, the contact person for School-Work Training (formerly PCTO) is Professor Stefano Cristofanelli. The school is led by the headteacher Michele Zannini, with the deputy headteacher Arianna Massimi.
In this way, ‘We Code’ takes artificial intelligence beyond the purely theoretical realm: it becomes a challenge to be tackled together, an opportunity to explore technological and cross-curricular skills and, above all, to reflect on what the human contribution should be when designing solutions with AI.
