Thematic CERN School of Computing on Machine Learning 2026

from Sunday, 7 June 2026 (14:00) to Saturday, 13 June 2026 (11:00)
Orkanen Building (Room D222)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
7 Jun 2026
8 Jun 2026
9 Jun 2026
10 Jun 2026
11 Jun 2026
12 Jun 2026
13 Jun 2026
AM
08:45 Opening session - Alberto Pace (CERN)   (Room D222)
09:45 Machine learning methods: L1 Introduction to Statistics - Toni Sculac (University of Split Faculty of Science (HR))   (Room D222)
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Machine learning methods: L2 Statistics and Machine Learning - Toni Sculac (University of Split Faculty of Science (HR))  
08:45 Machine Learning Methods: L4 Introduction to Deep Learning - Toni Sculac (University of Split Faculty of Science (HR))  
09:45 Machine Learning Methods: L5 Advanced Deep Learning - Francesco Vaselli (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN Pisa (IT))  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Machine Learning methods: exercise 3 - Francesco Vaselli (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN Pisa (IT))   (Room C127)
08:15 Lightning talks - part 1 (Alin, Valdor) - Paula Desire Valdor (CERN) Hans Alin  
08:45 Machine Learning in Accelerators: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning - Michael Schenk (CERN)  
09:45 Machine Learning in Accelerators: Advanced concepts for Reinforcement Learning - Verena Kain (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Machine learning in accelerators: Exercise 2 - Michael Schenk (CERN) Verena Kain (CERN)   (Room C127)
08:15 Lightning talks - part 2 (Fuligno, Zarucki) - Dr Mateusz Zarucki (CERN) Davide Fuligno (University of Pisa and INFN Trieste (IT))  
08:45 Machine Learning in Data Analysis: Complex tasks, basic blocks. The importance of primitives in Machine Learning - Francesco Vaselli (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN Pisa (IT))  
09:45 Machine learning in Data Analysis: Introduction to Machine Learning for HEP, Anomaly detection and real time applications - Dr Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 Group photo  
11:05 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Machine learning in Data Analysis: The data reconstruction step - a pattern recognition problem - Dr Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN)  
08:45 Machine learning in Data Analysis: Generative Models for HEP - Dr Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN)  
09:45 Machine learning in Data Analysis: Systematics in ML - Dr Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee + walk to Niagara building ---
11:30 Machine learning in Data Analysis: Exercise 3 - Dr Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN)   (Room A0406)
08:00 Departures  
PM
15:30 Registration at Hotel  
17:00 Welcome, Logistics and self presentation - Alberto Pace (CERN) Andrzej Nowicki (CERN) Kristina Gunne (CERN)  
18:00 Short walk in Malmö  
19:00 --- Welcome to Malmö dinner ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Machine learning methods: L3 Classical Machine Learning - Toni Sculac (University of Split Faculty of Science (HR))  
14:30 --- Move to Exercise room ---
14:35 Technical setup   (Room C127)
14:50 Machine Learning methods: excercise 1 - Francesco Vaselli (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN Pisa (IT))   (Room C127)
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:15 Machine Learning methods: excercise 2 - Francesco Vaselli (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN Pisa (IT))   (Room C127)
17:15 Malmö: from harbor industry to startup-city  
19:00 --- Dinner at Slottsträdgårdens café ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Machine Learning in Accelerator Technologies: Machine Learning for particle accelerators - Verena Kain (CERN)  
14:30 Machine Learning in Accelerator Technologies: Bayesian Optimisation - Verena Kain (CERN)  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 Machine learning in accelerators: Exercise 1 - Verena Kain (CERN) Michael Schenk (CERN)   (Room C127)
17:00 Study time or daily sports  
19:00 --- Dinner at Kockums Fritid ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Transport to half day excursion  
14:45 Half day excursion  
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Machine learning in Data Analysis: Exercise 1 - Dr Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN) Francesco Vaselli (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN Pisa (IT))   (Room C0319)
14:30 Machine learning in Data Analysis: Exercise 2 - Dr Sofia Vallecorsa (CERN)   (Room C0319)
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 Machine learning in accelerators: Exercise 3 - Verena Kain (CERN)   (Room C 0319)
17:00 Study time or daily sports  
19:00 --- Dinner at Blue boat ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Exam  
14:30 --- Coffee break ---
15:00 Closing ceremony - Alberto Pace (CERN)  
16:00 Sports and leisure time  
19:00 --- Closing dinner at Kockums fritid ---