Ulysseus Research Workshop on Mathematics in Machine Learning

Ulysseus Research Workshop on Mathematics in Machine Learning

The workshop on mathematics in ML is primarily a networking event to gather relevant Ulysseus researchers, present their current research and discuss potential further steps for collaboration.

Background

Novel conceptual approaches in Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics require increasingly demanding and diverse mathematical apparatus. Statistics and optimization are two mathematical fields that provided theoretical framework for ML from its beginnings. Previous decades witnessed a growing significance of various mathematical theories that have previously been almost invisible in ML. These include Riemannian geometry, Lie group theory, game theory, control theory, information theory and others.

Recent trends emphasize the necessity for systematic and theoretically sound approaches based on mathematical rigor and imagination. Creating the synergy between various research groups working in mathematics and computer science is one of the primary challenges.

Objectives

The workshop on mathematics in ML is primarily a networking event to gather relevant Ulysseus researchers, present their current research and discuss potential further steps for collaboration.

The main goals may be substantiated in the following three points:

  1. Widening horizons of researchers through the exchange of information.
  2. Identification of potential for collaborations within the network and with non-academic sector.
  3. Examining potential for joint applications and exchange of master and Ph. D. students and creation of a Ulysseus research group.

 

Format

The workshop will be held online.

Interested participants can propose contributions of different kinds. Along with talks on particular mathematical results with (potential) applications in ML, we are also interested in presentations of research groups and broad directions.  Finally, talks on mathematical education for ML engineers are also welcome.

The talks are expected to last for 25 minutes.

The event will be concluded by the round table discussion.

Speakers from partner institutions should submit their names, affiliations and titles of talks. Short abstracts (maximum half of the page) are welcome, but not mandatory.

Topics

• Optimization in ML
• Probability in ML
• Game Theory in ML. Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning.
• Geometry in ML and Data Science. Geometric Deep Learning.

• Control Theory and ML
• Mathematics for innovative ML solutions and neural network architectures. Geometry informed and physics informed ML.
• Cooperation with industry and potential applications

If you are interested as a speaker or as a participant, please complete the following form before November 20 if you would like to participate in this workshop