Research Workshop on Mathematics in Machine Learning

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

Agenda

11:00 – 11:10 | Welcome and Introduction

  • Opening remarks and welcome by the workshop initiator, prof. dr. Vladimir Jaćimović, University of Montenegro
  • Brief overview of the agenda and goals of the workshop
  • Introduction to the speakers and their topics

11:10 – 11:30 | Speaker 1: PhD Cesare Molinari, Postdoc researcher, University of Genova

Topic: Optimization for machine learning

11:30 – 11:50 | Speaker 2: PhD Samuel Vaiter, Research Scientist, Université Côte d’Azur

Topic: Successes and pitfalls of bilevel optimization in machine learning

11:50 – 12:10 | Speaker 3: Hendrik Kleikamp, PhD student, University of Münster

Topic: Certified machine learning for model order reduction of parametrized problems

12:10 – 12:30 | Speaker 4: prof. dr. Vladimir Jaćimović

Topic: Non-Euclidean data and geometric machine learning

12:30 – 13:15 | Round Table Discussion

  • Facilitated discussion with all speakers and presenters
  • Open floor for participant questions and shared insights

13:15 – 13.30 | Katarína Valentová, Ulysseus research deputy coordinator, Technical University of Košice

Topic: Presentation on the formation of reserach groups within Ulysseus and other forms of research collaboration

13:30 – 13.45 | Branka Žižić, project manager, University of Montenegro

Topic: Presentation on mobility and project collaborations within Ulysseus

13:45 – 14:00 | Closing Remarks

  • Summary of key points from the workshop
  • Next steps and upcoming events
  • Thank you and farewell