Machine Learning Summer School 2027

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan | March 1–12, 2027

About

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, so please take a look!

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Registration

Registration for MLSS Okinawa 2027 is expected to open in August 2026. Applications will be collected through OpenReview .

Confirmed Speakers

The speaker lineup is subject to change. More speakers will be announced soon.

Arthur Gretton

Arthur Gretton

UCL
Kernel Methods

Marco Cuturi

Marco Cuturi

Apple / ENSAE
Optimal Transport

Shai Ben-David

Shai Ben-David

University of Waterloo / Vector Institute
Learning Theory

Han Zhao

Han Zhao

UIUC
Robust Machine Learning

Bo Han

Bo Han

Hong Kong Baptist University
Trustworthy ML

Gintare Karolina

Gintare Karolina

Google DeepMind
Data Attribution

Peter Richtarik

Peter Richtarik

KAUST
Distributed Optimization

Sherry Yang

Sherry Yang

NYU / Google DeepMind
Representation Learning

Pierre Alquier

Pierre Alquier

ESSEC
PAC-Bayes Theory

Taiji Suzuki

Taiji Suzuki

University of Tokyo / RIKEN
Statistical Learning Theory

Frank Wang

Frank Wang

NTU / NVIDIA
Computer Vision

Arnaud Doucet

Arnaud Doucet

Google DeepMind
Diffusion Models

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Venue

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) is located in the beautiful Onna village.
Visit OIST website

Organizers

Makoto Yamada

Makoto Yamada

Program co-chair
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Kenji Fukumizu

Kenji Fukumizu

Program co-chair
Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Masashi Sugiyama

Masashi Sugiyama

Program co-chair
University of Tokyo / RIKEN AIP

Amedeo Esposito

Amedeo Esposito

Program co-chair
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Han Bao

Han Bao

Program committee
Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Yuko Kuroki

Yuko Kuroki

Program committee
University of Massachusetts Boston

Ryuichiro Hataya

Ryuichiro Hataya

Program committee
SB Intuitions, Kyoto University

Yuki Takezawa

Yuki Takezawa

Program committee
Kyoto University / OIST

Eduard Gorbunov

Eduard Gorbunov

Program committee
MBZUAI

Contact

Email: mlss2027@oist.jp