Abstract: We propose a didactic approach to use the Machine Learning protocol in order to perform weather forecast. This study is motivated by the possibility to apply this method to predict weather conditions in proximity of the Etna and Stromboli volcanic areas, located in Sicily (south Italy). Here the complex orography may significantly influence the weather conditions due to Stau and Foehn effects, with possible impact on the air traffic of the nearby Catania and Reggio Calabria airports. We first introduce a simple thermodynamic approach, suited to provide information on temperature and pressure when the Stau and Foehn effect takes place. In order to gain information to the rainfall accumulation, the Machine Learning approach is presented: according to this protocol, the model is able to learn'' from a set of input data which are the meteorological conditions (in our case dry, light rain, moderate rain and heavy rain) associated to the rainfall, measured in mm.

With the advancement of technology, Artificial Intelligence starts to live its golden age. We wake up everyday to new and exciting inventions that can be used for the benefit of living things. Throughout the history, human beings are influenced by the nature. We use nature to cope with the problems we encountered by mimicking it. A lot of tools and vehicles are inspired by animals and nature.

A 54 year old American journalist, political editor of the group Cox Media, who had lost two years ago his voice due to a rare neurological condition, returns to the airwaves but with an artificial voice now, mimicking his own and that of the "donated" an artificial intelligence system. Jamie Ntipre, who covered the news of Congress in Washington for nearly 35 years and worked with six radio stations, began to lose his voice in 2016. Having visited many large American university hospitals, eventually diagnosed with a form of dystonia language, which meant that he could no longer say more than two or three words – a mere disaster especially for a radio reporter. Trying to keep his job, he continued interviewing using a tablet computer to write his questions and then record the answers. He also wrote articles, but he had basically stopped listening to his voice on the radio because he was not in a position to present his own story.

Firstly, AI is an incredibly vibrant field. We're discovering ways of evolving the technology and applying it to solve profound social and business problems – problems where previous generations of computing systems were not able to provide much benefit. It has a tremendous ability to amplify our own cognitive strengths – it contributes to my ability to make better decisions, to see the world through a lens I would have otherwise been blind to. There are tremendous opportunities and we are only at the threshold of what is possible. Watson is being developed as a tool that can help build and grow businesses – what do you see as the potential for AI in this field? Watson is transforming the way businesses approach their operations and fuelling their growth with tools that help them understand, reason, learn and interact in a way that has clear and obvious benefits to the human condition.