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]

  • Directions, transportation, and parking near the Logan Center : here
  • General visitor parking at UChicago : here
  • Accommodations on or near campus : here
  • More information about dormitory housing for student symposium attendees 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: Learn about various sponsorship levels, benefits, and opportunities here! 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 Anne Brown at annebrown@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 (UChicago)

    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) | Avrim Blum (TTIC) | Rebecca Willett (UChicago) | Nati Srebro (TTIC) | Po-Ling Loh (Cambridge) | Matus Telgarsky (NYU) | Mike Franklin (UChicago)

    Plenary Speakers



    Sanjeev Arora
    Sanjeev Arora

    Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science at Princeton

    Director of Princeton Language and Intelligence

    Heng Ji
    Heng Ji

    Professor of Computer Science at UIUC

    Founding Director of Amazon-Illinois Center on AI

    Tuomas Sandholm
    Tuomas Sandholm

    Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science at CMU

    Co-director of CMU AI and also a serial entrepreneur

    Ben Zhao
    Ben Zhao

    Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at UChicago

    Time Magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People in AI" (2024)

    Schedule

    Posters



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    Registration


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    Sponsors



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