AIxIA, the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, formalizes the conferral of the status of Honorary Member to Giorgio Parisi, professor emeritus at the Sapienza University of Rome, Vice President of the National Academy of the Lincei, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 .
"Awarded for his studies on complex systems, the link between Parisi and artificial intelligence has always been very close - explains AIxIA - The works that Parisi has been dealing with since the 1980s, in fact, have different areas of application in our reality. daily, ranging from the study of the planetary system to the understanding of climate change up to the development of Artificial Intelligence systems. The title of Honorary Member recognizes the contribution that Parisi's activity has made to the enhancement of AI, one of the objectives of the Association ".
"Parisi's research on complex systems has been and still is relevant for the advancement of Artificial Intelligence, for the scope of the theoretical results and for the vastness and importance of the application fields in which these are implemented - says Piero Poccianti, AIxIA President - We therefore believe that your contribution can enrich the Association with that multidisciplinary vision essential to advance science in general and AI in particular. "
