Youth in High-Dimensions: Recent Progress in Machine Learning, High-Dimensional Statistics and Inference | (smr 4227)
Starts 20 Jul 2026
Ends 23 Jul 2026
Central European Time
ICTP
Budinich Lecture Hall (LB)
Strada Costiera, 11
I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
An ICTP Hybrid Meeting
This activity will see the seventh edition of “Youth in high dimensions”, where we give young researchers from academia and industry the opportunity to gather and present recent results on high-dimensional statistical problems, in areas ranging from machine learning and inference to neuroscience or statistical physics. Typical problems in high-dimensions include estimating noisy signals, analysing (deep) neural-networks, detecting communities in large networks, or modelling disordered spin systems.
This conference aims at reinforcing the links among the interdisciplinary community of scientists working on machine learning, and to connect them with philosophers, artists and sociologists to reflect about the impact and role of this technology, and to bring forward the latest development happening in the high-dimensional world.
Topics
High-dimensional statistics
Statistical physics
Machine learning
Computational neuroscience
Complex systems
Machine learning for science
Statistical inference
Speakers
S. D. Buchanan, UC Berkeley, USA
J. Cohen, Flatiron, USA
R. Cosson, NYU, USA
Y. Dandi, EPFL, Switzerland
C. Domine, ISTA, Austria
A. Favero, Cambridge University, UK
J. Gaitonde, Duke University, USA
A. Koloskova, Zurich University, Switzerland
G. Kur, ETH, Switzerland
C. Lauditi, Harvard University, USA
S. Li, Yale University, USA
A. Lotfi Apple, Switzerland
P. Marion, INRIA Paris, France
E. Nichani, Princeton University, USA
L. Noci, ETH, Switzerland
R. Skerk, ICTP, Italy
N. Tsilivis, NYU, USA
Research abstracts: Applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. During the application, please make sure to use our templates to format your abstract. Templates are available below for download.
Contributed talk: The possibility of giving a contributed talk will be offered to a selection of people who will present a poster.
Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
The ICTP-IBM Brahmagupta AI Prize for Young Scientists Ceremony will be held on 23 July 2026.
18 Apr 2026 for applicants requesting financial and/or visa support, 9 May 2026 for all other applicants
**DEADLINE: 09/05/2026**
Organizers
Elisabetta Cornacchia (Bocconi University, Italy), Sebastian Goldt (SISSA, Italy), Marco Mondelli (Institute of Science and Technology, Austria), Local Organiser: Jean Barbier (ICTP)