Learning and Optimization in High Dimensions (StatPhys29 Satellite Workshop)

Room AS02
Via G. Roentgen 1, Milan, Italy

09/07/2025, 09:00 - 11/07/2025, 18:00

Many foundational challenges in AI, machine learning, inference, and optimization stem from navigating complex, high-dimensional landscapes. Over recent decades, the statistical physics of disordered systems has contributed numerous analytical and numerical frameworks to address these high-dimensional problems, where data enters as a quenched disorder. The relevance of these research directions is underscored by two recent Nobel prizes awarded to Giorgio Parisi and John Hopfield.

Our StatPhys29 Satellite workshop, taking place at Bocconi University on July 9th-11th 2025, will gather leading physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and computational neuroscientists to discuss recent advancements and exchange insights on pressing shared open problems.

The talks will be by invitation only, but applicants will have the opportunity to present their own research during a poster session. Attendance will be free for students and researchers, while the Department of Computing Sciences at Bocconi University will provide financial support for the event.