The research project ARISTOTELES (ARtificial Intelligence and STOchasTic simulation for the rEsiLience of critical infrastructurES), funded by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) under the PRIN2022 programme, aims to develop innovative solutions to increase the resilience of critical infrastructures, in particular those for energy production, transport and distribution, against natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis, in a context of climate change.

ARISTOTELES combines artificial intelligence techniques and advanced stochastic simulation to address the necessary assessment of uncertainties related to the complex behaviour of systems and the phenomenology of extreme natural events in order to improve the design of infrastructures with a view to optimising their resilience.

With ARISTOTELES, we are creating cutting-edge tools to ensure safer and more resilient infrastructures, capable of responding to increasingly complex challenges,

says Francesco Di Maio, scientific head of the project and lecturer at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano.

The research team involves experts from Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino and the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, combining multidisciplinary expertise to develop solutions applicable to integrated energy system infrastructures. On 20 November 2024, at the eighth international conference “Systems Reliability and Safety (ICSRS2024)” held in Catania, Italy, the objectives and preliminary results of the first year of the project were presented, representing a decisive step towards a future in which prevention, mitigation and recovery become an integral part of critical infrastructure management.