June 23–24     Chicago, IL

MMLS 2025

Midwest Machine Learning Symposium

Machine Learning Research in the Midwest



About the Event

The Midwest ML Symposium aims to convene regional machine learning researchers for stimulating discussions and debates, to foster cross-institutional collaboration, and to showcase the collective talent of ML researchers at all career stages. [past events]

When: June 23–24, 2025

Where: University of Chicago, Logan Center for the Arts [Google Map]

Information about registration, accommodation, and transportation forthcoming. 

UChicago sun through trees       [Image Credit]
Sponsor Opportunities

The Midwest ML Symposium invites sponsors to have opportunities for exposure and connection with our community. In addition to supporting the regional Machine Learning community, you will be gratefully recognized in various media and materials, and have the opportunity to closely engage with symposium participants.

Information: Sponsors are encouraged to contact the Midwest ML Symposium local organizing committee. To discuss special requirements and to ask general questions regarding sponsorship of the Symposium, please contact Maria Fernandez at mvfernandez@uchicago.edu.

UChicago Quad       [Image Credit]
2025 Organizers

Haifeng Xu (Co-chair, UChicago) | Chenhao Tan (Co-chair, UChicago) | Ce Zhang (UChicago) | Zhiyuan Li (TTIC) | Ruqi Zhang (Purdue) | Ren Wang (IIT) | Emma Alexander (Northwestern)

Local Organizer Committee (UMN)

Haifeng Xu (Co-chair) | Chenhao Tan (Co-chair) | Rebecca Willett (Stats/CS) | David Uminsky (DSI) | Maria Fernandez (DSI) | Mark Schulze (DSI)

Advisory Board

Rob Nowak (Chair, UW Madison) | Maxim Raginsky (UIUC) | Laura Balzano (UMich) | Mikhail Belkin (UCSD) | Avrim Blum (TTIC) | Rebecca Willett (UChicago) | Nati Srebro (TTIC) | Po-Ling Loh (Cambridge) | Matus Telgarsky (NYU) | Mike Franklin (UChicago)