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
09:00—10:00
Registration of participants
10:00—11:30
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 1
11:30—11:45
Break
11:45—13:15
Volkan Cevher
Training neural networks at any scale
13:15—14:15
Lunch
14:15—15:45
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 1
15:45—16:00
Break
16:00—17:30
AI4Opt workshop & competition
17:30—18:00
Coffee break
18:00—18:45
Poster session
Registration of participants
10:00—11:30
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 1
11:30—11:45
Break
11:45—13:15
Volkan Cevher
Training neural networks at any scale
13:15—14:15
Lunch
14:15—15:45
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 1
15:45—16:00
Break
16:00—17:30
AI4Opt workshop & competition
17:30—18:00
Coffee break
18:00—18:45
Poster session
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
11:45—13:15
Volkan Cevher
Adversarial training should not be cast as a non-zero sum game
13:15—14:15
Lunch
14:15—15:45
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 1
15:45—16:00
Break
16:00—17:30
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 2
17:30—18:00
Coffee break
18:00—18:45
Global AI Research Trends
Katya Scheinberg
Introduction to derivative-free and zeroth order optimization. Part 1
11:30—11:45
Break
11:45—13:15
Volkan Cevher
Adversarial training should not be cast as a non-zero sum game
13:15—14:15
Lunch
14:15—15:45
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 1
15:45—16:00
Break
16:00—17:30
Daniel Kuhn
Distributionally Robust Optimization. Part 2
17:30—18:00
Coffee break
18:00—18:45
Global AI Research Trends
Thursday,
16th october
16th october
09:30—11:00
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 2
11:00—11:15
Break
11:15—12:45
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 2
12:45—13:15
Lunch
13:15—14:45
Katya Scheinberg
Introduction to derivative-free and zeroth order optimization. Part 2
14:45—15:00
Break
15:00—16:00
Ivan Konuykhov
Beyond Pixels: Merging Physical Models
with AI for High-Resolution Solutions
16:00—18:30
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Selin Ahipasaoglu
Minimum Volume Ellipsoids: Formulations, applications, theory, and methods. Part 2
11:00—11:15
Break
11:15—12:45
Robert M. Gower
The Muon Optimizer and Non-Euclidean gradient descent for Neural Network. Part 2
12:45—13:15
Lunch
13:15—14:45
Katya Scheinberg
Introduction to derivative-free and zeroth order optimization. Part 2
14:45—15:00
Break
15:00—16:00
Ivan Konuykhov
Beyond Pixels: Merging Physical Models
with AI for High-Resolution Solutions
16:00—18:30
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"
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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