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Upcoming schools

March 1-12, 2027 Onna (Okinawa), Japan Event Website
Organizers: Makoto Yamada, Kenji Fukumizu, Masashi Sugiyama, Amedeo Roberto Esposito

MLSS 2027 Okinawa is the next edition of MLSS 2024 Okinawa. It is open to all applicants, and we aim to select 200 highly motivated participants. Our main target audience is master's and Ph.D. students with a strong technical background in machine learning related areas. A small number of industry practitioners, professors, researchers, and outstanding undergraduate students may also be considered depending on space and availability. Industry applicants may be able to attend through sponsorship from their company. All participants are expected to have experience programming in Python, a strong interest in machine learning, and a basic understanding of linear algebra, calculus, probability, and statistics.

OIST is located in Onna Village, Okinawa, Japan, which is known as a beautiful resort area. The average temperature in Okinawa in March is around 16–21°C (61–70°F), and there are many beaches near OIST. One of the participants from MLSS 2024 made a YouTube video about the event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvD8mQ8_UG4), so please take a look!

Venue: OIST Auditorium

February 2-13, 2026 Melbourne, Australia Event Website
Organizers: Lukas Wesemann, Fabian Waschkowski, Dave Lemphers

The MLSS series started in 2002 out of the Australian National University in Canberra with the goal of bringing excellent ML speakers to Australia. While the summer school series flourished (47 events on 5 continents), the last event on Australian soil is more than 10 years ago. We are bringing MLSS back to Australia, specifically to Melbourne in early 2026.

We are inviting 50 exceptional PhD students and early-career researchers to learn from 15 world-class speakers in seminars, tutorials and talks. The topics range from foundational ML theory to state-of-the-art methods to novel ideas and approaches. MLSS will be hosted in a beautiful venue in Port Melbourne in the middle of Australian summer. Applications are open until August 31 - apply now on our website.

Venue: Sandridge Event Center, Port Melbourne, Australia