The 11th edition of the Summer School on Signal Processing (S3P-2025) offers a unique opportunity for PhD students and researchers to dive into multimodal AI and foundation models with international experts. Attendees will have opportunities for networking, face-to-face discussions, and presenting their work in oral/poster sessions.
S3P-2025 will take place at the Riva degli Etruschi Resort in San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy. Surrounded by a lush 320,000 m² park with a Mediterranean pinewood that leads to a sandy beach. The venue offers easy access to ancient tuscan villages like Suvereto and Bolgheri, as well as cities like Pisa, Siena, and Florence. Conveniently located, the resort is about an hour from Pisa and two hours from Florence.
Applications for participation are open and will close on June 20th.
Attending Speakers
International speakers cover a wide range of research fields, from signal and image processing to machine learning, computer vision and computer graphics:
- Marco Gori
(University of Siena, Italy) - Amos Storkey (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
- Edward J. Delp (Purdue University, United States of America)
- Scott Acton (University of Virginia, United States of America)
- Battista Biggio (University of Cagliari, Italy)
- Joost Van De Weijer (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)
- Andrew D. Bagdanov (University of Florence, Italy)
- Justin Dauwels (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
School Fees
The fees are divided into a School Registration fee and a Hotel fee, and registration is considered complete only upon payment of both.
The School Registration fee includes participation in the school, access to all course materials, coffee breaks, the welcome party, and the social event and dinner.
| Registration Type | School Fee |
|---|---|
| Student IEEE SPS Member | € 600 |
| Student Non-IEEE SPS Member | € 750 |
| Non-Student IEEE SPS Member | € 800 |
| Non-Student Non-IEEE SPS Member | € 1000 |
The Hotel fee covers accommodation at the resort, including breakfast and a full lunch each day (featuring a first course, second course, drink and dessert) with options for both Mediterranean and continental diets throughout the five-day program. Additionally, the fee includes beach service with a numbered, reserved spot for the entire stay, access to the swimming pool center and gym, entertainment activities, a reserved and numbered parking space, and Wi-Fi available in designed hotsposts.
| Registration Type | Double Room | Single Room |
|---|---|---|
| Student IEEE SPS Member | € 435* | € 630* |
| Student Non-IEEE SPS Member | € 435* | € 630* |
| Non-Student IEEE SPS Member | € 435* | € 630* |
| Non-Student Non-IEEE SPS Member | € 435* | € 630* |
(*) € 2.35 city tax, per night to be added to the final cost of the accomodation.
As an additional option, you can enjoy 3 dinners (one at Nautico, one at Mistral, and one at Magù), each with two courses and dessert (drinks not included) for €123.
Important dates
- Application deadline: June 20, 2025
- Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2025
- Registration deadline for accepted participants: July 30, 2025
- Summer school: September 21-26, 2025
Sponsorships Tiers
The organizing committee welcomes entities that would like to support the S3P-2025 summer school. Three different levels of support are available. The table below lists the options associated with the different possibilities for financial support. Please note that any other combination of benefits can be discussed and arranged. Sponsors interested in adding their promotional material to the welcome kit should provide it.
| Bronze | Silver | Gold | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benefit | € 1000+ | € 2500+ | € 5000+ |
| School free pass | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Logo on website | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logo on social media | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Welcome kit promotional material (*) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Access to PhD resume | ✓ |
Local Organization
The 11th edition of the Summer School on Signal Processing is curated by the following organizing committee:
- Prof. Alessandro Piva, University of Florence
- Prof. Roberto Caldelli, Universitas Mercatorum and CNIT
- Dr. Dasara Shullani, University of Florence
- Dr. Daniele Baracchi, University of Florence
The organizers are supported by the Steering Board composed by:
- Prof. Enrico Magli, Polytechnic University of Turin
- Prof. Mauro Barni, University of Siena
- Prof. Patrizio Campisi, Roma Tre University
- Prof. Francesco G.B. De Natale, University of Trento
- Prof. Riccardo Leonardi, University of Brescia
- Prof. Lucio Marcenaro, University of Genoa
- Prof. Stefano Tubaro, Polytechnic University of Milan
- Prof. Luisa Verdoliva, University Federico II of Naples
For more information about the school, you can contact the organization by e-mail at s3p-2025(at)dinfo.unifi.it.