IAIFI Summer School 2026

The IAIFI Summer School is a five-day intensive for PhD students working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and physics, hosted by the NSF Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions at the University of Massachusetts Boston from 3 to 7 August 2026. It runs primarily in-person, with virtual attendance options noted on the official site.

The programme is built around four topics: generative modelling and diffusion, simulation-based inference, computer vision, and symbolic regression. Confirmed lecturers are Jun-Yan Zhu (Carnegie Mellon), Christoph Weniger (University of Amsterdam), IAIFI Fellow Berthy Feng, and Miles Cranmer (University of Cambridge), with tutorial leads still to be announced. Sessions combine lectures with hands-on tutorials.

There is no registration fee, and dormitory accommodation is reimbursed for five nights on attendance, though participants cover their own travel. Applications for the 2026 cohort are now closed, so this is one to watch for a future edition; confirm the next call and any virtual-participation details on the official site.