Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) is a research institute specializing in the fields of technology, innovation, humanities and social sciences, based in Trento. Established by law by the Autonomous Province of Trento, Fondazione Bruno Kessler is a private entity whose mission is to promote and contribute to the advancement of knowledge with a focus on the fields of science and technology that allow for greater and faster economic and social benefits. 

Active since 2007, Fondazione Bruno Kessler takes up the legacy of the Istituto Trentino di Cultura, founded in 1962 by Bruno Kessler. 

It is a research infrastructure that from the year of its establishment to the present has grown to accommodate a staff of more than 600 researchers and support staff, 170 PhDs, 200 visiting professors and doctoral candidates, and 700 affiliates and accredited students. 

There are more than 70 foreign researchers at FBK and they come not only from major European countries but also from non-European countries such as the United States, China and India, Brazil and Argentina, Algeria, Iran, Pakistan, Australia and Russia. 

Thanks to the contribution of nearly 80 experienced researchers, FBK has directed its research to the testing of widespread and verifiable artificial intelligence integration. FBK can, in fact, boast a solid tradition in the field of AI, which goes all the way back to the days of the ITC – Istituto Trentino di Cultura and owes its origin to the collaboration with the greatest and first artificial intelligence experts of the time, including Luigi Stringa, Tomaso Poggio, John McCarthy, Renato De Mori and Oliviero Stock. 

The campus consists of two hubs: one dedicated to technology and innovation in Povo, in the hills surrounding Trento, and the other dedicated to the humanities and social sciences in the heart of the city. The two hubs house 12 research centers, 7 laboratories - covering an area of nearly 4,000 square meters - and 2 libraries. A vibrant ecosystem of co-located organizations, enterprises, joint labs and spin-offs revolves around FBK.