LemanTh 2026
After two successful editions in 2024 and 2025, we are delighted to announce the third edition of the Lausanne Event on Machine Learning and Neural Network Theory (LemanTh), which will be held at the Bernoulli Centre at EPFL from 20–24 April 2026.
Over the past decade, machine learning has undergone a remarkable transformation: algorithms now tackle problems and process volumes of data that, not long ago, belonged to the realm of science fiction. This year’s program will focus on the theoretical foundations of machine learning and neural networks, and their deep connections with high-dimensional statistics, statistical physics, and computer science. It will foster discussions at the crossroads of probability theory, statistical physics, optimization, and theoretical computer science.
Schedule
Dates: Monday–Friday, April 20–24, 2026
| Time | Monday (20/04) |
Tuesday (21/04) |
Wednesday (22/04) |
Thursday (23/04) |
Friday (24/04) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00–9:45 | Yue Lu | Francis Bach | Sanjit Dandapanthula | Takashi Takahashi | Maasaki Imaizumi |
| 9:45–10:30 | Babak Hassibi | Lenka Zdeborová | Pierre Marion | Brice Huang | Francisco Pernice |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 11:00–11:45 | Courtney Paquette | Matthieu Wyart | Raphael Urfin | Galen Reeves | Antoine Maillard |
| 11:45–12:30 | Niao He | Mahdi Soltanolkotabi | Yoshiyuki Kabashima | Trip to Yvoire (invited speakers) Leaving from Bernoulli 12:20 |
Emanuele Troiani |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch break | Lunch break | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00–14:45 | Zahra Kadkhodaie | Afonso Bandeira | Eliot Paquette | ||
| 14:45–15:30 | Nikolaos Tsilivis | Nathan Srebro | Lenaic Chizat | ||
| 15:30–16:00 | Break | Break | Poster session | ||
| 16:00–16:45 | Hugo Cui | Yatin Dandi | Poster session | ||
| 18:00–21:00 | Conference dinner at Wannaz (invited speakers) |
Thursday Social Event:
Boat excursion, restaurant lunch, and visit of Yvoire.
Registration
Registration is free, but due to space constraints it is mandatory and on a first come, first served basis.
You can register here.
Venue
Bernoulli Center, EPFL, Lausanne.
Invited speakers
- Francis Bach (INRIA Paris)
- Afonso Bandeira (ETHZ)
- Lenaic Chizat (EPFL)
- Hugo Cui (Orsay)
- Sanjit Dandapanthula (CMU)
- Babak Hassibi (Caltech)
- Niao He (ETHZ)
- Brice Huang (Stanford)
- Maasaki Imaizumi (RIKEN)
- Yoshiyuki Kabashima (Tokyo)
- Zahra Kadkhodaie (Flatiron & NYU)
- Yue Lu (Harvard)
- Antoine Maillard (INRIA Paris)
- Pierre Marion (INRIA Paris)
- Courtney Paquette (McGill)
- Eliot Paquette (McGill)
- Francisco Pernice (MIT)
- Galen Reeves (Duke)
- Mahdi Soltanolkotabi (USC)
- Nati Srebro (TTIC)
- Emanuele Troiani (EPFL)
- Takashi Takahashi (Tokyo)
- Nikolaos Tsilivis (NYU)
- Raphael Urfin (ENS)
- Matthieu Wyart (JHU / EPFL)
- Lenka Zdeborová (EPFL)
Organisers
- Florent Krzakala (EPFL, IdePhics Lab.)
- Bruno Loureiro (CNRS & DI-ENS)
- Matteo Vilucchio (EPFL, IdePhics Lab.)