#About the conference

The ML in PL Conference is an event focused on the best of Machine Learning both in academia and in business. This year we will gather to listen to the invited speakers from top research facilities, discuss bright ideas presented on the poster sessions and in the contributed talks, as well as focus on the practical aspects of ML during the workshops day.

To find out more about the previous edition, we invite you to read the summary of the last year's event.

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Learn from the best specialists in the world

Unique atmosphere

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Meet the community!

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#Invited Speakers

Josef Sivic is a senior researcher (Directeur de recherche) at Inria, Distinguished researcher at Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague. Recipient of an ERC Starting Grant (2013), Sullivan Phd Thesis Prize (2007), and the CVPR (2017) and two ICCV (2017) test-of-time awards. Fellow in the Learning in Machines and Brains program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Josef Sivic is a senior researcher (Directeur de recherche) at Inria, Distinguished researcher at Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague. Recipient of an ERC Starting Grant (2013), Sullivan Phd Thesis Prize (2007), and the CVPR (2017) and two ICCV (2017) test-of-time awards. Fellow in the Learning in Machines and Brains program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Razvan Pascanu is a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, London. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Montreal under the supervision of Yoshua Bengio. While in Montreal he was a core developer of Theano. Razvan is also one of the organizers of the Eastern European Summer School. He has a wide range of interests around deep learning including optimization, RNNs, meta-learning and graph neural networks.

Razvan Pascanu is a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, London. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Montreal under the supervision of Yoshua Bengio. While in Montreal he was a core developer of Theano. Razvan is also one of the organizers of the Eastern European Summer School. He has a wide range of interests around deep learning including optimization, RNNs, meta-learning and graph neural networks.

Jakub Tomczak is an assistant professor of Artificial Intelligence in the Computational Intelligence group at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a deep learning researcher in Qualcomm AI Research in Amsterdam. From October 2016 to September 2018 he was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow in Prof. Max Welling’s group at the University of Amsterdam. He obtained his Ph.D. in machine learning from the Wroclaw University of Technology. His research interests include probabilistic modeling, deep learning, approximate Bayesian modeling, and deep generative modeling (with special focus on Variational Auto-Encoders and Flow-based model).

Jakub Tomczak is an assistant professor of Artificial Intelligence in the Computational Intelligence group at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a deep learning researcher in Qualcomm AI Research in Amsterdam. From October 2016 to September 2018 he was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow in Prof. Max Welling’s group at the University of Amsterdam. He obtained his Ph.D. in machine learning from the Wroclaw University of Technology. His research interests include probabilistic modeling, deep learning, approximate Bayesian modeling, and deep generative modeling (with special focus on Variational Auto-Encoders and Flow-based model).

Agnieszka Grabska-Barwińska is a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, London, where she combines her knowledge in the fields of neuroscience and machine learning. Previously she was a post-doc at the UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit and at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. She obtained her Ph.D. from the International Graduate School of Neuroscience.

Agnieszka Grabska-Barwińska is a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, London, where she combines her knowledge in the fields of neuroscience and machine learning. Previously she was a post-doc at the UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit and at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. She obtained her Ph.D. from the International Graduate School of Neuroscience.

Łukasz Bolikowski, is a Lead Data Scientist at BCG Gamma, where he builds advanced mathematical models working on big data sets for the largest global clients. Lukasz is also a scientific advisor and technical code reviewer for Gamma cases. Before joining BCG, founder and leader of Applied Data Analysis Lab at Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at University of Warsaw. PhD in Computer Science from Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, MSc in Computer Science from MIM, University of Warsaw. Independent expert of the OECD and European Commission.

Łukasz Bolikowski, is a Lead Data Scientist at BCG Gamma, where he builds advanced mathematical models working on big data sets for the largest global clients. Lukasz is also a scientific advisor and technical code reviewer for Gamma cases. Before joining BCG, founder and leader of Applied Data Analysis Lab at Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at University of Warsaw. PhD in Computer Science from Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, MSc in Computer Science from MIM, University of Warsaw. Independent expert of the OECD and European Commission.

Martin Jankowiak is a Research Scientist at Uber AI Labs. Before joining Uber he worked as a Research Scientist at the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress. Before switching to machine learning he obtained a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from Stanford University. His research interests span probabilistic machine learning, including gaussian processes, probabilistic programming, and variational inference.

Martin Jankowiak is a Research Scientist at Uber AI Labs. Before joining Uber he worked as a Research Scientist at the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress. Before switching to machine learning he obtained a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from Stanford University. His research interests span probabilistic machine learning, including gaussian processes, probabilistic programming, and variational inference.

Gül Varol is a postdoctoral researcher in computer vision at the University of Oxford, working with Andrew Zisserman. She obtained a PhD from the WILLOW team of INRIA Paris and Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) under the supervision of Ivan Laptev and Cordelia Schmid. Before that, she received her BS and MS degrees from Bogazici University. Her research is focused on human understanding in videos, with a particular emphasis on action recognition and body shape analysis.

Gül Varol is a postdoctoral researcher in computer vision at the University of Oxford, working with Andrew Zisserman. She obtained a PhD from the WILLOW team of INRIA Paris and Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) under the supervision of Ivan Laptev and Cordelia Schmid. Before that, she received her BS and MS degrees from Bogazici University. Her research is focused on human understanding in videos, with a particular emphasis on action recognition and body shape analysis.

Filip Wolski is a Research Scientist at OpenAI, where he is working on reinforcement learning systems such as the OpenAI Five for DOTA 2. Before he got involved in machine learning, he was an accomplished competitive programmer having won both International Collegiate Programming Contest and the International Olympiad in Informatics, and has worked for top American companies involved in high-frequency trading.

Filip Wolski is a Research Scientist at OpenAI, where he is working on reinforcement learning systems such as the OpenAI Five for DOTA 2. Before he got involved in machine learning, he was an accomplished competitive programmer having won both International Collegiate Programming Contest and the International Olympiad in Informatics, and has worked for top American companies involved in high-frequency trading.

Anton Osokin is a Leading Research Fellow at the Samsung-HSE Laboratory, Moscow, Russia, where he works with the Bayesian Methods Research Group. After obtaining his Ph.D. at Lomonosov Moscow State University, he was a post-doc at the SIERRA lab and then at the WILLOW lab at INRIA/ENS in Paris. His research interests focus on machine learning, computer vision, and discrete optimization.

Anton Osokin is a Leading Research Fellow at the Samsung-HSE Laboratory, Moscow, Russia, where he works with the Bayesian Methods Research Group. After obtaining his Ph.D. at Lomonosov Moscow State University, he was a post-doc at the SIERRA lab and then at the WILLOW lab at INRIA/ENS in Paris. His research interests focus on machine learning, computer vision, and discrete optimization.

Marcin Andrychowicz is a researcher at Google Brain in Zurich where he works on Reinforcement Learning. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw where his research concerned cryptography and cryptocurrencies. Afterward, he worked on meta-learning and memory-augmented neural networks at DeepMind and on Reinforcement Learning for robotics at OpenAI.

Marcin Andrychowicz is a researcher at Google Brain in Zurich where he works on Reinforcement Learning. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw where his research concerned cryptography and cryptocurrencies. Afterward, he worked on meta-learning and memory-augmented neural networks at DeepMind and on Reinforcement Learning for robotics at OpenAI.

Joao Henriques is a Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, working at the Visual Geometry Group (VGG) at the University of Oxford. He created the KCF and SiameseFC visual object trackers, which are widely deployed in robotics and consumer hardware, and won two times the prestigious VOT Challenge, outperforming all competing visual tracking systems worldwide. His research focuses on robotics with deep learning, and meta-learning systems.

Joao Henriques is a Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, working at the Visual Geometry Group (VGG) at the University of Oxford. He created the KCF and SiameseFC visual object trackers, which are widely deployed in robotics and consumer hardware, and won two times the prestigious VOT Challenge, outperforming all competing visual tracking systems worldwide. His research focuses on robotics with deep learning, and meta-learning systems.

Wojciech Kotlowski is an assistant professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland. From 2009 to 2012, he was a post-doctoral researcher in Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) in the group of Peter Grünwald. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Poznan University of Technology in 2009 under supervision of Roman Słowiński. His main research interests are in the theory of machine learning, particularly in the online learning with adversarial data.

Wojciech Kotlowski is an assistant professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland. From 2009 to 2012, he was a post-doctoral researcher in Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) in the group of Peter Grünwald. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Poznan University of Technology in 2009 under supervision of Roman Słowiński. His main research interests are in the theory of machine learning, particularly in the online learning with adversarial data.

#Registration

Regular Registration has ended! All tickets to the conference had been sold.

Below you can find a comparison between the two rounds that were available this year:

Early Bird Registration Regular Registration
Selective registration, based on the application form First come, first serve manner
Delayed notification of acceptance Immediate results
100 PLN for students, 200 PLN otherwise 150 PLN for students, 400 PLN otherwise
50 PLN for workshop participation (non-obligatory). 100 PLN for workshop participation (non-obligatory).
Greater chance for a workshop participation -

#Conference Agenda

November 22nd
15:30

REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION
Location: Audytorium Maximum, University of Warsaw

16:00
16:00

OPENING REMARKS
OPENING REMARKS
Location: Audytorium Maximum, University of Warsaw

16:15
16:15

Visual recognition: from Internet images towards robots that see

Josef Sivic

Location: Audytorium Maximum, University of Warsaw

Visual recognition: from Internet images towards robots that see

Josef Sivic

Location: Audytorium Maximum, University of Warsaw
17:30

BREAK
BREAK

17:45

Source AI: a platform that enables deployment of unbiased machine learning at scale

Łukasz Bolikowski

Source AI: a platform that enables deployment of unbiased machine learning at scale

Łukasz Bolikowski

18:30

BREAK
BREAK

18:45

Continual learning for deep learning and deep reinforcement learning

Razvan Pascanu

Continual learning for deep learning and deep reinforcement learning

Razvan Pascanu

20:00
20:30

BCG Cocktail Party (Invite Only)
BCG Cocktail Party (Invite Only)

23:59
#Workshops

Thank you all for comming!

Below you can find a list of MLinPL 2019 Workshops:

  1. Flow-based Generative Models - Michał Stypułkowski (University of Wroclaw, Tooploox), Maciek Zięba, Maciek Zamorski (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Tooploox)
  2. Crash course in Reinforcement Learning - Maciej Wolczyk, Aleksandra Nowak, Damian Leśniak, Igor Sieradzki (Group of Machine Learning Research at the Jagiellonian University),
  3. Hands-on introduction to Neural Network-based Recommender Systems - Jonasz Pamuła, Krystian Koziatek, Piotr Cerobski (RTB House),
  4. Machine Learning Methods in Cheminformatics - Tomasz Danel, Łukasz Maziarka (Ardigen, Group of Machine Learning Research at the Jagiellonian University), Krzysztof Rataj (Ardigen), Maciej Szymczak (Group of Machine Learning Research at the Jagiellonian University),
  5. ConvNets in-depth, layer by layer, in PyTorch - Piotr Migdał, Weronika Ormaniec,
  6. Bayesian Deep Learning - Marcin Możejko (TCL).

Detailed Workshops Agenda can be found here.

#Students' Day

Students' Day is an event fully dedicated to students' AI societies from universities all over Poland. The main goal is to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and connect students from different regions of the country. During this event attendees will be able to listen to lectures presented by student research groups and talk to representatives of leading Machine Learning companies in Europe.

Students' Day is a result of a three-way partnership between Machine Learning Society at MIM UW, Artificial Intelligence Society “Golem” from Warsaw University of Technology, and ML in PL Association.

The event is open for everyone to attend. It's also about sharing your experiences with fellow students – present your project, idea, or a subject you are interested in. As a speaker, you will get a free ticket to the main conference!

Please find the Students' Day Agenda below or click here to view it in higher resolution.

Students Day Agenda
#Call for Contributions

Call for Contributions has closed! You should've already receive information about you application status. Same applies to Scholarship applications.

Accepted talks together with their abstracts are available here. List of accepted posters is available here.

We believe that anyone can make a valuable contribution to the field of machine learning and in our eyes, an important contribution is not necessarily the most novel research. Therefore, we aim to bring together a broad array of researchers, specialists, practitioners, educators, students and others to present their works at ML in PL Conference 2019.

Feel free to contact us at contributions@conference.mlinpl.org in case you have any questions regarding Call for Contributions.

#Sponsors

It wouldn't be possible to create such a successful event without support from our great sponsors who present their recent research results and business applications of machine learning during the conference. If you are interested in supporting our initiative, contact our sponsorship team at sponsors@conference.mlinpl.org

Strategic sponsor
Gold sponsors
Silver sponsors
#Scientific Board
Jan Madey

Jan Madey, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. Full professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw, a past Vice-Rector at the University.

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Jacek Tabor

Jacek Tabor in his scientific work deals with broadly understood machine learning, in particular with deep generative models. He is also a member of the GMUM group (gmum.net) aimed at popularization and development of machine learning methods in Cracow.

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Krzysztof Geras

Krzysztof is an assistant professor at NYU. His main interests are in unsupervised learning with neural networks, model compression, transfer learning, evaluation of machine learning models and applications of these techniques to medical imaging.

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Krzysztof Choromanski

Krzysztof Choromanski is a research scientist at Google Brain Robotics Team in New York. He works on several topics in robotics and machine learning including: reinforcement learning, evolution strategies, structured random matrices, as well as quasi-Monte Carlo methods.

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Henryk Michalewski

Henryk Michalewski obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics and Habilitation in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw. Henryk spent a semester in the Fields Institute, was a postdoc at the Ben Gurion University in Beer-Sheva and a visiting professor in the École normale supérieure de Lyon.

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Piotr Miłoś

Piotr Miłoś is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science of the University of Warsaw. He received his Ph.D. in probability theory. From 2016 he has developed interest in machine learning. Since then he collaborated with deepsense.ai on various research projects. His focus in on problems in reinforcement learning.

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Marek Cygan

Marek Cygan was doing research on the theory of algorithms for many years. He did his scientific internships at University of Maryland, College Park and University in Lugano. Recently, however, he has switched to machine learning. In 2017, he co-founded a startup NoMagic.AI which focuses on AI for robotics.

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Przemysław Biecek

Przemysław Biecek obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics and MSc in Software Engineering at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. He is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology, and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw.

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Krzysztof Dembczyński

Krzysztof Dembczyński is an assistant professor at Poznan University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. and Habilitation degrees in computer science from the same university. As a post-doctoral researcher he spent two years from 2009 to 2011 in the Knowledge Engineering & Bioinformatics Lab at Marburg University.

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Tomasz Trzciński

Tomasz Trzciński is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Computer Graphics in the Institute of Computer Science at Warsaw University of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Vision at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He has (co)-authored several papers and serves as a reviewer in prestigious computer science conferences and journals.

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Jan Chorowski

Jan Chorowski is an Associate Professor at Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Wrocław. He received his M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Wrocław University of Technology and Ph.D. from University of Louisville.

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Piotr Biliński

Piotr Biliński is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw, as well as an Associate Member in the Active Vision Laboratory at the Oxford University.

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#Organizers

About us

We are a group of young people who are determined to bring the best of Machine Learning to Central and Eastern Europe by creating a high-quality event for every ML enthusiast. Although we come from many different academic backgrounds, we are united by the common goal of spreading the knowledge about the discipline.

Associations

Aleksander Buła

Project Leader

Michał Królikowski

Vice Project Leader

Magdalena Augustyńska

Conference Branding Coordinator

Karolina Drabent

Workshops Coordinator

Michał Filipiuk

Sponsorship Coordinator

Adam Goliński

Scientific Program Coordinator

Aleksandra Petrykiewicz

Marketing Coordinator

Łukasz Pszenny

Logistics Coordinator

Tomasz Wąs

Finance Coordinator

Marek Wydmuch

Call for Contributions Coordinator

Kamil Biduś

Call for Contributions Officer

Kamil Bladoszewski

Marketing Officer

Karolina Bolesta

Marketing Officer

Filip Czerniawski

Sponsorship Officer

Mateusz Frankowski

Marketing Officer

Daniel Klepacki

Student Relations Officer

Krzysztof Kowalczyk

Student Relations Officer

Jakub Łaguna

Workshops Officer

Kajetan Ostoja-Ciemny

Legal Officer

Natalia Piećko

Logistics Officer

Piotr Styczyński

Web Designer

Agnieszka Sitko

Project Mentor

Michał Zmysłowski

Project Mentor

Marcin Kosiński

Project Mentor

Piotr Kozakowski

Workshops Mentor

#Conference partners

#Honorary Patronages

Minister of Science and Higher Education

Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology

Ministry of Digital Affairs

Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications

National Information Processing Institue

National Center of Research and Development

Polish Chamber of Digital Broadcasting

Polish Information Processing Society

Polish Economic Society

Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling UW

His Magnificence, Rector of the University of Warsaw

Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics

#Location

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics
Banacha 2 Street – 02-097 Warsaw

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