Mosca Award 2025: recognition for Giulio Rossolini of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna for research on safe and reliable artificial intelligence
On Wednesday, September 10, in the Sala Capitolare of the Senate, the award ceremony for the second edition of the “Carlo Mosca” Thesis Prize, promoted by the Italian Society of Intelligence (SOCINT), took place. The initiative combined the memory of Prefect Mosca, a dedicated public servant and a figure of reference for institutions, with a moment of collective reflection on today’s and tomorrow’s global challenges – from the technological revolution to multipolarism – with the contributions of academics, institutional representatives, and security professionals.
In this context, Giulio Rossolini, researcher at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa (Real-Time Systems Laboratory), received the second prize (€700 and publication on the SOCINT editorial platform) for his PhD thesis “Towards Trustworthy AI: Understanding the Impact of Threats and Countermeasures”, discussed in the 2022/2023 academic year under the supervision of Professor Giorgio Buttazzo and Professor Alessandro Biondi.
Rossolini’s research addresses one of the most critical challenges for the future of artificial intelligence: ensuring security and reliability in systems operating in high-stakes contexts, such as autonomous vehicles and cyber-physical systems. Among his main results are the introduction of the innovative concept of “spatial robustness”, the development of tools that have already become reference points for the international scientific community – such as CARLA-GeAR – and defensive solutions like the Z-Mask framework and the ACAT algorithm, designed to provide real-time protection and interpretability of decision-making processes.
With five publications in leading international scientific journals and results of immediate industrial relevance, Giulio Rossolini’s work represents a significant contribution to strengthening trust in artificial intelligence, transforming it from a potential risk into a safe resource for society.
