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 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



Ben Zhao
Ben Zhao

Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at UChicago

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

Heng Ji
Heng Ji

Professor of Computer Science at UIUC

Founding Director of Amazon-Illinois Center on AI

Sanjeev Arora
Sanjeev Arora

Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science at Princeton

Director of Princeton Language and Intelligence

Tuomas Sandholm
Tuomas Sandholm

Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science at CMU

Co-director of CMU AI and also a serial entrepreneur

Schedule



More information forthcoming in Winter 2025.

Posters



More information forthcoming in Winter 2025.

Sponsors



More information forthcoming in Winter 2025.