Summer School Digitalization & AI in Metallurgy

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in materials science and metallurgy, enabling the development of data-driven approaches to material design, process optimization, and quality control. Metallurgy, traditionally grounded in empirical experimentation, is increasingly benefiting from AI’s capacity to process large datasets, recognize patterns, and predict complex relationships between composition, processing, and performance.
This Summer School is addressed both to PhD students and to professionals involved in metallurgical processes and metallic alloys development. 
The School offers a comprehensive view of several key applications of AI and digitalization (computer vision, machine learning, genetic algorithms) in metallurgy, including alloy design, processing (steel-making, foundry, plastic deformation, heat treatment, additive manufacturing), defect detection and quality control.
There will be also the unique opportunity to combine the School activities with the visit of a modern steel-making plant, with an advanced level of automation, digitalization and implementation of AI.

Organizing committee:
Franco Bonollo, Università di Padova
Alex Lanzutti, Università di Udine

Scientific committee:
Franco Bonollo, Università di Padova
Angelo Montanari, Università di Udine
Alex Lanzutti, Università di Udine
Valentina Colla, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa
Gianfranco Marconi, Danieli
Marco Ometto, Danieli Automation
Loris Busolini, Danieli Automation
Giuseppe Giacomini, ABS
Annalisa Pola, Università di Brescia

Local Organizing committee:
Angelo Montanari, Università di Udine
Alex Lanzutti, Università di Udine
Michele Magnan, Università di Udine
Francesco Sordetti, Università di Udine
Niki Picco, Università di Udine
Giovanni Coderani, Università di Udine
Emanuele Vaglio, Università di Udine
Nicola Saccomanno, Università di Udine
Luca Geatti, Università di Udine
Andrea Brunello, Università di Udine


LOCATION
The Course will be held in Fondazione Filippo Renati - Via San Valentino 23, Udine (UD),Italy - www.renaticampus.com


REGISTRATION FEES (PER PERSON)
AIM MEMBERS FEE: € 430,00* (revenue stamp included)

AIM JUNIOR MEMBERS are required to pay the registration fee.
NON MEMBERS are required to subscribe AIM membership fee for the year 2026, before or at the same time of the registration to the summer school, as:
- Ordinary member (€ 70,00 revenue stamp included)
- Junior member (€ 15,00 revenue stamp included), if they are undergraduate or graduate students under 32 years of age and who are not employed. A valid proof of student status is required.

Registration fee includes exclusively admittance to the Summer School, lunches, coffee breaks, welcome buffet on 28 June and social dinner on 29 June.

Organizing Secretariat
ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA DI METALLURGIA
Via Filippo Turati 8
20121 Milano
tel. +39 0276021132
tel. +39 0276397770
e-mail: aim@aimnet.it