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FAIR Data in Healthcare: Insights from Pietro Pinoli, POLIMI

Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Pietro Pinoli, explains one of the most crucial foundations of AI in healthcare: FAIRification. Why does FAIR data matter? Because AI can only be as good as the data it learns from — and in healthcare, that data must remain private, secure, and interoperable.

In this interview, Prof. Pinoli breaks down:

  • what FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) mean,
  • why medical data is so difficult to harmonize across hospitals,
  • how FAIRification enables federated learning, and
  • how these methods unlock the potential of AI while keeping patient data protected.