Monday June 15^th 2026
Lecturers: Alessandro Albano, Luca Coraggio, Maurizio Romano
Introduction to Preference Learning
09:30 – 10:00 Opening ceremony
10:00 – 11:30 Basic preference learning; Introduction to rank data; data visualization; descriptives; distances for rankings
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30 LAB: Use or R packages to handling rank data: data visualization; descriptives; distances
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 Rank aggregation problem, heuristics, introduction to supervised and unsupervised preference learning
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 LAB: Rank aggregation problem, examples of supervised and unsupervised preference learning
Evening (TBC): Welcome Reception

Tuesday June 16^th 2026
Lecturers: Antonella Plaia, Mariangela Sciandra
Ratings and Preference Approvals
10:00 – 11:30 Ratings and Preference Approvals I
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30 Ratings and Preference Approvals II
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 LAB: Ratings and Preference Approvals I
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 LAB: Ratings and Preference Approvals II

Wednesday June 17^th 2026
Lecturers: Antonio D’Ambrosio
Introduction to visualization for Preference Learning
10:00 – 11:30 Introduction to visualization for Preference Learning
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30 LAB: Introduction to visualization for Preference Learning in R
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
Afternoon (TBC): Social Excursion

Thursday June 18^th 2026
Lecturers: Michel van de Velden
Optimal Scaling and Response Styles
10:00 – 11:30 Optimal scaling methods for preference data
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30 LAB: Optimal scaling methods for preference data with R
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 Introduction to response styles
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 LAB: Introduction to response styles in R
Evening (TBC): Social Dinner

Friday July 4^th 2025
Lecturers: Alessandro Albano, Luca Coraggio, Antonio D’Ambrosio, Antonella Plaia, Maurizio Romano, Mariangela Sciandra, Michel van de Velden
Working with a case study!
10:00 – 11:30 LAB: Hands on! Working with a case study
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30 LAB: Hands on! Working with a case study
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:30 Closing Ceremony

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