Scala Italy 2023: Gianluca Aguzzi - Scala In Academia

In this talk I will share a comprehensive account of my experiences with utilizing Scala within an academic setting.
I will begin by exploring the rationale behind our decision to adopt Scala for teaching. Subsequently, I will delve into my research on decentralized, large-scale distributed systems—specifically focusing on swarm robotics scenario. I will introduce ScaFi, a Scala-based toolset designed to facilitate the engineering of such systems, and provide real-world examples to demonstrate its efficacy.
Lastly, I will touch upon my work in the domain of reinforcement learning, evaluating the current landscape of machine learning libraries available in the JVM ecosystem.
I will conclude by discussing the most seamless approaches to integrating state-of-the-art machine learning libraries into the Scala toolchain leveraging ScalaPy.