Annual Summer School on Mathematical Aspects of Data Science

(22 Jun 2026–01 Jul 2026)

Organizing Committee

  

Members

 

Contact Information

Contact person: Jonathan Scarlett scarlett(AT)comp.nus.edu.sg

Overview

This is a summer school targeted primarily at PhD students (and also open to others such as Masters and post-docs), covering the foundations of mathematical tools and techniques in modern data science. The first 5 days (Week 1) will consist of tutorial-style introductions to selected topics in this domain, and the final 3 days (Week 2) will consist of two-part talks covering introductory/tutorial content followed by recent research. This school is the third in the series following Darwin 2024 and Switzerland (Bernoulli Center) 2025.

Activities

Format of Summer School:

  • First 5 days (Week 1): Six speakers delivering multi-session lectures/tutorial.
  • Final 3 days (Week 2): A larger number of speakers giving single-session talks with an ‘introduction/mini-tutorial’ component and a ‘recent research’ component.
  • Both weeks: Discussion sessions and possible poster sessions

Speakers of Mini-Courses in Week 1:

  • Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi (University of Milan, Italy) [Topic: Sequential decision-making]
  • Shuangping Li (Yale University, USA) [Topic: Statistical physics of random computational problems]
  • Stanislav Minsker (University of Southern California, USA) [Topic: Moment and deviation inequalities for random matrices]
  • Ankur Moitra (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Shay Moran (Technion, Israel) [Topic: PAC learning and beyond]
  • Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira (IMPA, Brazil)
  • Alexandre Tsybakov (CREST-ENSAE Paris, France) [Topic: Online learning]

Speakers on Week 2 (more names will be added): 

  • Arnab Bhattacharrya (University of Warwick, UK) [Topic: Causal discovery]
  • Sinho Chewi (Yale University, USA) [Topic: Sampling]
  • Kevin Jamieson (University of Washington, USA) [Topic: Bandits and reinforcement learning]
  • Holden Lee (Johns Hopkins University, USA) [Topic: Sampling algorithms and diffusion models]
  • Jasper Lee (University of California Davis, USA) [Topic: All-purpose mean estimation]
  • James Saunderson (Monash University, Australia) [Topic: Sparsification]
  • Van Vu (Yale University, USA) [Topic: Matrix perturbation bounds and their applications]
  • Pengkun Yang (Tsinghua University, China) [Topic: Functional estimation]
  • Pierre Youssef (New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) [Topic: Random matrices and deep neural networks]
DateAbstract
Week 1: Mini-Courses 22–26 Jun 2026N/A
Week 2: Research Talks 29 Jun–01 Jul 2026N/A

Location

Institute for Mathematical Sciences
National University of Singapore
Block S17, Level 3
10 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119076

Application is now open.

Click here to apply.

We are now accepting applications for attendance from international students (residing outside Singapore).  Registration for local researchers (in Singapore) will be done at a later date.  For international applicants, please note the following:

  • For full consideration, please submit your application by Friday February 27 (11:59pm AoE).  The application form may remain open for 1-2 weeks after that, but late applications may be given lower priority.
  • We expect to send outcomes by March 20 or earlier.  The outcome will be one of “invite with free accommodation”, “invite without accommodation”, or “unable to invite”.
  • Since spaces are limited, we ask that you only apply if you are confident about being able to attend if invited.
  • There is no registration fee.
  • Accommodation will be prioritised for those attending both parts, and having student status at the time of the event (we will collect proof of student status closer to the event).
  • For those given accommodation, it will be on-campus student-type accommodation, allocated by gender.  Accompanying person(s), if any, are not allowed to stay in the same place, and will instead have to make their own accommodation arrangements.
  • As part of your application, you will need to send a CV and an advisor/supervisor endorsement letter to the email address indicated in the application form.
  • Successful applicants will be responsible for their own visa (if required).
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