ELLIS Institute Finland x RIKEN AIP joint workshop

On May 11, 2026, a hybrid workshop will bring together researchers and topics from both ELLIS Institute Finland and the RIKEN Center for Artificial intelligence Project. In-person speakers from the institute and online speakers from RIKEN AIP will discuss common research themes in AI and ML.

The workshop is intended for the researchers of the ELLIS Institute and RIKEN AIP. It will be followed by the Distinguished Lecture from the director of RIKEN AIP, Masashi Sugiyama, which is open to all.

Date and time 

May 11, 2026, 9:00-12:00 EEST (UTC +3)

Location

1501 Sklodowska-Curie, Kide, Aalto University (Konemiehentie 1, Espoo)

Schedule and speakers

9:00 Introduction to ELLIS Institute Finland - Samuel Kaski
9:10 Introduction to RIKEN AIP - Masashi Sugiyama
9:20 Arno Solin (ELLIS Institute Finland): Inference and Representation in a Continuous World with Discrete Models
9:40 Emtiyaz Khan (RIKEN AIP): Adaptive Intelligence via Bayesian Principles: A Summary of Recent Results
10:00 Antti Oulasvirta (ELLIS Institute Finland): Modeling Human Behavior with Deep Reinforcement Learning
10:20 Shinji Ito (RIKEN AIP): Environment-Adaptive Sequential Decision-Making Methods
10:40-10:50 Coffee break
10:50 Luigi Acerbi (ELLIS Institute Finland): Test-Time Lessons from Amortized Inference for Amortized Causal Inference
11:10  Masaaki Imaizumi (RIKEN AIP): Principles of Learning by Neural Network / Transformers: Feature Unlearning and Oscillation
11:30 Discussion for the next steps

The schedule is subject to minor updates.