Schedule

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Time Event Location
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 45-102
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
Sertac Karaman (MIT, LIDS Director)
45-230
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Plenary Talk
Melanie Weber (Harvard University)
45-230
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break 45-102
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Student Session I: Optimization & Networks 45-230
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch 45-102
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Plenary Talk
Anurag Anshu (Harvard University)
45-230
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Coffee Break 45-102
2:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Student Session II: Machine Learning 45-230
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Transition / Break 45-230
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Academic Panel 45-230
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Dinner 8th floor Main space


Friday, January 30, 2026

Time Event Location
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 45-102
8:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Student Session III: Control & Decision Making 45-230
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 45-102
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Plenary Talk
Preston Culbertson (Cornell University)
45-230
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch 45-102
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Student Session IV: Statistics 45-230
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break 45-102
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Plenary Talk
Aaditya Ramdas (CMU)
45-230
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Award Presentation - Best Paper 45-230
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Social Hour / Reception with LIDS Director
Sertac Karaman
8th floor Main space