The Institute for Scientific Interchange (, ISI Foundation, ISI) is an independent, resident-based research institute located in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

(Italy, EU). Its primary objective is scientific research and advanced training in the fields of

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, and the applications of data and computational models for social impact and public health.

History

ISI was founded in 1983 by the regional government, the province and city of Turin, and by two banking institutions in

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

: CRT Foundation and Compagnia di San Paolo . Since 1983, the CRT Foundation has been the main supporter of ISI Foundation's activities, which are also funded by research projects from the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

and other banking foundations. ISI Foundation hosts researchers primarily engaged in the study of complex systems. In the 2011 SIR World Report of Institutional Rankings, ISI ranked 28th in Europe for scientific impact, 87th worldwide and 1/4th of the articles produced at ISI are in the top cited 10%. The ISI Foundation oversees the scientific coordination of the Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize an annual International award created by the CRT Foundation

Description

ISI focuses on:

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for Social Impact and Sustainability, Computational Epidemiology.

Training

* Joint masters-level program: the Lagrange Scholarships, the Master in

Epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

* Doctoral studies: possibility to host PhD students wishing to pursue full-time graduate studies under the supervision of an ISI faculty member. PhD students receive their doctoral degrees from a university partner, which can range in locations. * Courses: Selection of planned courses each year, including cross-listed programs with universities and mini-courses given by ISI Faculty, associate faculty, and visiting researchers.

Governance

Board of trustees

* Alessandro Vespignani, President * Annapaola Venezia, Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT * Pierluigi Poggiolini,

Politecnico di Torino The Polytechnic University of Turin (, abbreviated as PoliTO) is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is consi ...

Scientific Advisory Board

* Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University * Fosca Giannotti, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa * Massimo Lapucci, Digital Ethics Center, Yale University * Nuria Oliver, ELLIS Alicante Foundation * Stefaan Gerard Verhulst, The GovLab * Ingmar Weber,

Saarland University Saarland University (, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in six faculties that cover all major ...

* Alessandro Vespignani, President

References

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