Ven
07
Nov
Seminari e Convegni
CSP-IAS Lectio Magistralis 2025
The Lectio Magistralis is the flagship event of the annual programme of the CSP-IAS – Institute for Advanced Study, the joint initiative promoted by the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI4I) and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation to foster international dialogue among science, industry, and culture on artificial intelligence.
Each year, the Lectio brings to Turin a leading global figure in research and innovation, offering a space for reflection on the questions and frontiers that define the evolution of AI.
Bill Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at NVIDIA, will deliver the Lectio Magistralis titled “Evolution of AI Hardware: How Deep-Learning Hardware is Improving the Human Experience”.
In this talk, Bill Dally will examine the pivotal role of hardware innovation in the evolution of artificial intelligence. He will show how advances in computing architecture have powered breakthroughs in deep learning, large-scale scientific computing, and emerging forms of embodied AI.
The lecture will address number representation, sparsity, high-bandwidth interconnects, and novel memory hierarchies as key technologies enabling the scalability of modern AI workloads — from foundation models to physics-based simulation. Dally will emphasize the importance of hardware–software co-design, demonstrating how tightly integrated systems can unlock orders-of-magnitude improvements in efficiency and performance.
He will conclude by highlighting NVIDIA’s contributions to advancing AI research across disciplines, and by reflecting on the technological challenges that lie ahead.
Event Agenda
The event will take place on November 7 at 6:00 p.m. and can be attended in the following formats:
Each year, the Lectio brings to Turin a leading global figure in research and innovation, offering a space for reflection on the questions and frontiers that define the evolution of AI.
Bill Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at NVIDIA, will deliver the Lectio Magistralis titled “Evolution of AI Hardware: How Deep-Learning Hardware is Improving the Human Experience”.
In this talk, Bill Dally will examine the pivotal role of hardware innovation in the evolution of artificial intelligence. He will show how advances in computing architecture have powered breakthroughs in deep learning, large-scale scientific computing, and emerging forms of embodied AI.
The lecture will address number representation, sparsity, high-bandwidth interconnects, and novel memory hierarchies as key technologies enabling the scalability of modern AI workloads — from foundation models to physics-based simulation. Dally will emphasize the importance of hardware–software co-design, demonstrating how tightly integrated systems can unlock orders-of-magnitude improvements in efficiency and performance.
He will conclude by highlighting NVIDIA’s contributions to advancing AI research across disciplines, and by reflecting on the technological challenges that lie ahead.
Event Agenda
- Fabio Pammolli – President, Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI4I)
- Marco Gilli – President, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
- Anna Maria Poggi – President, Fondazione CRT
- Stefano Paolo Corgnati – Rector, Politecnico di Torino
- Marco Pavone – Chair, AI4I Scientific Committee
- Bill Dally – Chief Scientist & Senior VP Research, NVIDIA – Lectio Magistralis
The event will take place on November 7 at 6:00 p.m. and can be attended in the following formats:
- In person at OGR (Corso Castelfidardo 22, Torino): click here to register and reserve your seat.
- Online via Zoom: by registering at this link.
7 November 2025 at 6,00 pm
Binario 3 - OGR Torino - Corso Castelfidardo 22, Torino