LECTIO MAGISTRALIS
Turin / OGR / Binario 3 \ Corso Castelfidardo 22
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Lectio Magistralis 2025
CSP-IAS LECTIO MAGISTRALIS
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.
2025 Edition – Bill Dally
BILL DALLY
Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at NVIDIA
EVOLUTION OF AI HARDWARE
How Deep-Learning Hardware is Improving the Human Experience
Abstract
In this talk, Bill Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at NVIDIA, 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 talk will cover 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
