June 24-25     West Lafayette, IN

MMLS 2026

Midwest Machine Learning Symposium

Machine Learning Research in the Midwest



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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 24-25, 2026

Where: Stewart Center, Purdue [Google Map]

  • Directions, transportation, and parking near the Stewart Center: here
  • General visitor parking at Purdue: here
  • Accommodations on or near campus: here
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    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! (Coming soon) 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 at TBD.

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    2026 Organizers

    Ruqi Zhang (Co-chair, Purdue) | Haohan Wang (Co-chair, UIUC) | Raymond A. Yeh (Purdue) | David Gleich (Purdue) | David Inouye (Purdue) | Vinayak Rao (Purdue) | Benjamin J. Lengerich (UW Madison) | Bryon Aragam (UChicago) | Cong Ma (UMich) | Xueru Zhang (OSU) | Qiqi Xie (UIUC)

    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



    Tong Zhang
    Tong Zhang

    Professor of Computer Science

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Jennifer Neville
    Jennifer Neville

    Professor of Computer Science

    Purdue University

    Mohit Bansal
    Mohit Bansal

    Parker Distinguished Professor

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Joyce Y. Chai
    Joyce Y. Chai

    Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

    University of Michigan

    Invited Speakers



    Maggie Makar
    Maggie Makar

    University of Michigan

    Grigorios Chrysos
    Grigorios Chrysos

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Kate Donahue
    Kate Donahue

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Qing Qu
    Qing Qu

    University of Michigan

    Yuxin Chen
    Yuxin Chen

    University of Chicago

    Zijun Cui
    Zijun Cui

    Michigan State University

    Diego Gómez-Zará
    Diego Gómez-Zará

    University of Notre Dame

    Zhihui Zhu
    Zhihui Zhu

    Ohio State University

    Qianwen Wang
    Qianwen Wang

    University of Minnesota

    Sachin Kumar
    Sachin Kumar

    Ohio State University

    Raymond A. Yeh
    Raymond A. Yeh

    Purdue University

    Mahsa Ghasemi
    Mahsa Ghasemi

    Purdue University

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    Registration


    Registration
    (Deadline June 14)
    Housing Application
    (Deadline June 5)
    Travel Award Application
    (Deadline June 5)

    Call for Posters


    Deadline for poster applications: May 24
    Notification of accepted posters on or before: May 31

    All topics related to machine learning are welcome, and posters can feature published or unpublished work. As part of the selection process, a small number of submitters will be invited to give 5-minute lightning talks at MMLS26. All submissions with an undergraduate or graduate student as first author are automatically considered for lightning talks and are also eligible for our Student Poster Awards.

    Students and postdocs will also be eligible for travel awards. Stay tuned for more details!

    Please note that accepted presenters are responsible for printing their own posters. We look forward to your submissions!

    Submit Your Poster Application

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