Elevate Your AI Expertise with ASCOMP
Gain an unparalleled depth in Machine Learning and Optimization through our intensive program. ASCOMP 2025 features exclusive mini-courses taught by world-leading AI researchers. Network with top-tier students and young researchers, and present your work in our dedicated poster session. ASCOMP is satellite event of ICOMP 2025 hosted by Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi
AI Autumn School
on Computational Optimization
Abu Dhabi
14–16 October 2025
School program
Tuesday,
14th october
14th october
10:00—11:30
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 1
11:30—11:45
Break
11:30—13:00
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 1
13:00—14:00
Lunch
14:00—15:30
Volkan Cevher
Topic TBA
15:30—15:45
Break
15:30—17:00
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 1
17:00—17:30
Coffee break
17:30—18:15
AI4Opt competition:
Introduction
18:15—19:00
Poster 1
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 1
11:30—11:45
Break
11:30—13:00
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 1
13:00—14:00
Lunch
14:00—15:30
Volkan Cevher
Topic TBA
15:30—15:45
Break
15:30—17:00
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 1
17:00—17:30
Coffee break
17:30—18:15
AI4Opt competition:
Introduction
18:15—19:00
Poster 1
Wednesday,
15th october
15th october
10:00—11:30
Katya Scheinberg
Introduction to derivative-free and zeroth order optimization. Part 1
11:30—11:45
Break
11:30—13:00
Volkan Cevher
Topic TBA
13:00—14:00
Lunch
14:00—15:30
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 2
15:30—15:45
Break
15:30—17:00
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 2
17:00—17:30
Coffee break
17:30—18:15
Roundtable discussion:
Global AI Research Trends
18:15—19:00
Poster 2
Katya Scheinberg
Introduction to derivative-free and zeroth order optimization. Part 1
11:30—11:45
Break
11:30—13:00
Volkan Cevher
Topic TBA
13:00—14:00
Lunch
14:00—15:30
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 2
15:30—15:45
Break
15:30—17:00
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 2
17:00—17:30
Coffee break
17:30—18:15
Roundtable discussion:
Global AI Research Trends
18:15—19:00
Poster 2
Thursday,
16th october
16th october
10:00—11:30
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 2
11:30—11:45
Break
11:30—13:00
Katya Scheinberg
Introduction to derivative-free and zeroth order optimization. Part 2
13:00—14:00
Lunch
14:00—15:30
Ivan Konuykhov
Beyond Pixels: Merging Physical Models
with AI for High-Resolution Solutions
15:30—18:15
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 2
11:30—11:45
Break
11:30—13:00
Katya Scheinberg
Introduction to derivative-free and zeroth order optimization. Part 2
13:00—14:00
Lunch
14:00—15:30
Ivan Konuykhov
Beyond Pixels: Merging Physical Models
with AI for High-Resolution Solutions
15:30—18:15
Louvre Abu Dhabi
instructors
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University of Southampton“Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods”
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Flatiron Institute
"The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Networks"
- Alexander Gavrilenko
DBP-Finder: Enhanced Identification of DNA-Binding Proteins Using Fine-Tuned Protein
Language Models
link to poster - Sergey Vandanov
Parallel Clustering Algorithm for the k-medoids Problem in High-dimensional Space for Large-scale Datasets
link to poster - Artyom Matveev
- Timur Bavshin
Study of optimization methods in the task of segmentation and defect detection in structural materials
link to poster - Aleksandr Lobanov
Acceleration Exists! Optimization Problems When Oracle Can Only Compare Objective Function Values
link to poster - Aleksandr Maslovskiy
- Andrey Sadchikov
Local SGD converges faster for quadratic-like objectives and requires less communication
link to poster - Andrey Veprikov
- Daniil Medyakov
Shuffling Heuristic in Variational Inequalities Establishing New Convergence Guarantees
link to poster - Danila Rodionov
- Demyan Yarmoshik
- Denis Samatov
Automatic segmentation of epicardial fat and quantification of radiomic parameters in cardiac computed tomography
link to poster - Dmitry Bylinkin
- Elfat Sabitov
- Gleb Molodtsov
Shuffling Heuristic in Variational Inequalities Establishing New Convergence Guarantees
link to poster - Ilia Chichkanov
- Irina Maltseva
- Julia Kudryavtseva
NeRF with semantics for reconstruction of 3D scene and object segmentation by text prompts
link to poster - Kasymkhan Khubiyev
- Konstantin Baltsat
- Maryna Horbach
- Meruza Kubentaeva
Primal-Dual Gradient Methods for Searching Network Equilibria in Combined Models with Nested Choice Structure and Capacity Constraints
link to poster - Mikhail Borisov
- Nhat Trung Nguyen
- Nikita Kulakov
- Nikita Pletnev
- Victor Krasnikov
- Yury Svirschevsky
posters
How to APPLY
Fill out the registration form
The Organizing Committee will consider your application
by September 15, 2025
Registration will close on September 15, 2025
Number of places in the school is 70
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