The school is organized at the University of Catania, Italy, by the Department of Electrical Electronics and Computer Engineering and the Cometa Consortium. It consists of a series of lectures given by leading scientists in the field, aiming at providing a comprehensive treatment from background material to advanced results. The school is specially directed to PhD students and young researchers interested to the diverse aspects of the theory and applications of Data Science for Internet of Things (IoT). Slots for presentations by the participants are also scheduled with an award to the best presentation. The school aims at encouraging cross-disciplinary discussions between participants and speakers and start new joint researches.

The Workshop on Data Science and IoT is a side event, with respect to the school, sponsored by the School and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Chapter, and IEEE SMC Chapter of the Italy Section. Its purpose is to allow school participants to share reasearch activities and is open to all people and it is free of charge. During the workshop slots for presentations by the participants are scheduled, and an award for the best presentation is also included. Selected papers will be invited to be revised and extended to be published in a Book published in the Springer Book Series on IoT (Scopus-indexed).