On November 30th, 2016, Ernesto Damiani has been awarded by the Ph.D. honoris causa by the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (Lyon, France).

The ceremony has been held during the Journée Big Data (Big Data Day), where Ernesto gave a talk on “Big Data: Opportunities and societal issues”. In the morning, the IRIXIS Lab, founded by the Università degli Studi di Milano, INSA Lyon, and University of Passau) has been presented and started its activities.

The full program can be downloaded here.