4th IFC Workshop on Data Science in Central Banking

18-20 February 2025 | Rome, Bank of Italy

The BIS Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC) is delighted to announce its upcoming 4th workshop on "Data Science in Central Banking," co-hosted with the Bank of Italy (BoI). For this workshop particular emphasis is placed on the exploration of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential applications in central banking.

This event aims to gather a diverse audience of practitioners, specialists, and interested stakeholders from central banks, international organisations, national statistical offices, and beyond.

The workshop, taking place in Rome on 18-20 February 2025, will be held in person with the option of virtual participation for non-presenters. Our primary objective is to highlight ongoing projects and exchange experiences that can help foster in-house expertise and lessen reliance on external service providers. Projects with replicable code that is open source or sharable between authorities will be particularly appreciated.

More information on the first three workshops is available here.

Areas of particular interest

  • Generative AI methods and applications in central banking
  • Leveraging cloud computing and advanced data analytics techniques
  • Open-source software for official statistics, eg https://www.sdmx.io/
  • Open-source software for data analysis
  • Data lakes vs Data meshes architectures
  • Open data use cases, Secure Multiparty computation, access and policies
  • Addressing data privacy and security concerns in data-driven environments

Submission of papers / presentations

This call invites submissions of papers / presentations covering these various themes. Accepted submissions will be published in a special issue of the IFC Bulletin. Authors from central banks, national statistics offices, international organisations and other public sector entities, as well as from academia and the private sector, are encouraged to apply.

Please email the title and short abstract (or full paper if available) of your presentation by 14 September 2024 to both IFC.secretariat@bis.org and datascienceincb@bancaditalia.it. Authors of accepted contributions will be notified as soon as decisions are made and at the latest by 10 October 2024. Presentation slides are due by 31 December 2024.

More information on the presentation guidelines will be provided to the presenters after abstract acceptance.

Timeline

  • Submission deadline (abstracts): 14 September 2024
  • Acceptance notification: 24 October 2024
  • Presentation submission: 31 December 2024
  • Conference dates: 18-20 February 2025
  • Paper submission for publication in the special edition of the IFC Bulletin series: 31 March 2025

Information on the processing of personal data

The personal data are collected and processed by the BIS and BoI in accordance with the current regulations and the confidentiality requirements. The personal data will be used for the organization of international workshops related to the performance of public interest tasks entrusted to BIS and BoI. Users may at any time exercise the rights under Articles 15 et seq. of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) by writing at org.privacy@bancaditalia.it or IFC.secretariat@bis.org. IT procedures will be used to process the data, with appropriate security measures in place to ensure the confidentiality of personal data and to prevent inappropriate access by third parties or unauthorized personnel. The data will be processed in the time strictly necessary for the purposes for which the information was collected. With your participation to the event you provide your consent to:

  • the processing of your personal data
  • the sharing of your name, surname and work e-mail address with the other workshop participants and other people or institutions strictly involved in the management of the event
  • the taking and publishing of photos/videos of you, without any payment or compensation for the use/release of any photo/video; they will not be used for commercial purposes
  • the processing of your data for further contacts for institutional purposes, besides this event, such as requesting information or sending announcements regarding projects or services supplied and/or promoted by BIS, BoI and other institutions.

If you don't agree with some points, please send an e-mail to: org.privacy@bancaditalia.it or IFC.secretariat@bis.org.

Contact

For abstract submissions and further questions please contact IFC.secretariat@bis.org and datascienceincb@bancaditalia.it.