Invited speakers Lund 2026

Focus Period Lund 2026 Optimization for Learning

Invited Speakers

In the third week of the focus period, a three day symposium (May 6 – 8) is organized in Lund, with several invited top-level researchers. In their presentations, they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and their respective research, and point out key research challenges and opportunities.

The list of speakers will be updated continuously.

Jason Altschuler

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Jeremy Cohen

Research fellow, The Flatiron Institute

Alex Damian

Research fellow, The Kempner Institute at Harvard University

Aaron Defazio

Research Scientist, FAIR, Meta Superintelligence labs

Anastasia Koloskova

Assistant Professor, University of Zurich

Nicolas Loizou

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Chulhee Yun

Assistant Professor, KAIST

Scientific Committee

The scientific committee consists of internationally renowned researchers, active within the topic of the focus period. The committee members, in collaboration with the organizers, suggest speakers for the symposium, and visiting scholars for the focus periods. The majority of the members of the scientific committee also contribute to the event as speakers during the symposium.