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WP4. Project management, outreach and networking

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine:

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Verona, 16 Ottobre 2025

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Connections with external entities and other projects

  • Collaboration with AIFM
    • A 5-year research framework agreement has been renewed in January 2024 between INFN and the Italian Association of Medical Physicists (AIFM). This agreement foresees the collaboration between the parties for the synergistic realization of common research objectives in the healthcare field. 

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    • Example of activities
      • Organization of joint webinars INFN-AIFM on research topics related to the use of AI in the medical field.
      • Participation of AIFM medical Physicists to INFN projects
      • Participation of INFN personnel (staff and affiliates) to AIFM scientific Committee
      • Joint organization of workshop, training opportunities and dissemination events (e.g. Bright-Nights)

https://fisicamedica.it/formazione/agenda-eventi-formativi/come-affrontare-insieme-le-sfide-dellia/

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Connections with external entities and other projects

  • Connections with external projects
    • PNRR
      • M4C2 – CN ICSC – Centro Nazionale di Ricerca in High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing – Spoke 8 – In silico Medicine and Omics data
      • M4C2 – PE1 FAIR - Future Artificial Intelligence Research – Spoke 8 – Pervasive AI
      • M4C2 – PE6 HEAL - Health Extended ALliance for Innovative Therapies, Advanced Lab-research, and Integrated Approaches of Precision Medicine – Spoke 2
      • M4C2 – ECS Tuscany Health Ecosystem (THE) – Spoke 1 and Spoke 4
      • M4C2 – ECS Robotics and AI in SociEty (RAISE) 
      • M6C2 – POC - Predictive tools for precision medicine in prodromal stages of neurodegeneration: quantification of molecular imaging and integration with other biomarkers
    • Ministry of Health
      • Piano Operativo Salute (POS) - T2 - Rete TELENEURART Rete Pediatrica per il tele-monitoraggio e la tele-riabilitazione dei disturbi e delle disabilità del neurosviluppo tramite l’individuazione e l’analisi di biomarker digitali, identificati tramite intelligenza artificiale
      • RF2021 (PNRR) – Probing neuroinflammation in the prodromal stages of alpha-synucleinopathies. A multimodal neuroimaging, neurophysiological, neuropsychological proof-of-concept study

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Report 2025: activity WP4

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WP4. Project management, outreach and networking

Chair: A. Retico (PI)

Task4.1. Project management and networking

Task leader: A. Retico (PI)

Task4.2. Collaboration with AIFM and other associations

Task leaders: C. Talamonti (FI), A. Chincarini (GE);

Task4.3. Outreach

Task leader: ME Fantacci

WP4

Project management, outreach and collaborations with external parties

Task coordinator(s)

Task participants

Activity

T4.1 Project management and networking (A. Retico)

A. Retico

local group coordinators

and WP leaders

The board of group coordinators and WP chairs:

  • are included in the aim-resp@pi.infn.it
  • meet monthly on zoom

The group coordinators and WP chairs organize local meetings and WP meetings, respectively

All participants to the AIM_MIA project are included in the aim-all@pi.infn.it

T4.2 Collaboration with AIFM and medical associations

C. Talamonti,

A. Chincarini

all groups

  • A. Chincarini is in the EADC board
  • C. Talamonti chairs the AI WG of AIFM
  • Some researchers involved, also with leading roles, in Research Committee of AIFM
  • C. Testa is in the board of AIMRM

T4.3 Outreach

M.E. Fantacci

all groups

All groups are involved in outreach activities (Scienzestate 2025, 11-12 June 2025, Firenze Bright Night 2025, Sept 26th, some sections)

  • Organization of AIM_MIA meeting @Verona (16 October 2025) in coincidence with the AIFM National Congress
    • several contributions to the congress (more details in the list)

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Plans 2026: WP4

Project management

  • monthly meeting are organized among site coordinators and WP coordinators and national coordinator
  • weekly meeting will be hold within each site group
  • at least one annual meeting in presence will be organized

Collaborations

  • Strengthen the collaboration with AIFM, other medical associations and collaborating hospitals

Outreach

  • Participation to Bright Night 2026 and other local events
  • Organization of a new series of webinars on the impact of AI in Medical Physics and in Clinical Practice in collaboration with AIFM
  • Participation to national and international conferences of relevance in the field of Medical Imaging techniques and AI

New projects

  • Participation to National and EU calls

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