We are happy to announce our workshop “Linear Operators in AI”.
The worlds of scientific computing and artificial intelligence are mostly developing in parallel. While "classical" scientific methods have strong mathematical foundations, they come with practical limitations, for example, in higher dimensions. AI methods are often used in such contexts, but they lack theoretical results on convergence and generalization. The workshop "Linear Operators for AI" aims to reduce this gap and focuses on the connection between scientific computing and AI through linear operators. Specifically, the workshop will consider two interconnected topics: understanding neural networks through operators and learning operators with neural networks.
The first topic covers, among others, bounding the generalization properties of neural networks with Gaussian processes and learning data geometry with the Laplace-Beltrami operator. The second topic considers operators emerging in dynamical systems, such as the Koopman operator and the solution operator for PDEs. We invite speakers to present reliable and scalable neural surrogate models for such operators.
The workshop will take place on 24-25 July 2025 (Thursday-Friday) at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. The workshop program will start at noon on Thursday and include invited talks and discussion sessions on the future of AI-driven scientific computing. We expect 30 to 40 participants and will provide funding for invited speakers.
Invited speakers (the list will be updated):
- Erik Bolager, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
- Tyrus Berry, George Mason University (USA)
- Gustav Conradie, University of Cambridge (UK)
- Ana Čukarska, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
- Debarghya Ghoshdastidar, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
- Stefan Klus, Heriot-Watt University (UK)
- Igor Mezić, University of California, Santa Barbara (USA), virtually
- Zahra Monfared, Heidelberg University (Germany)
- Feliks Nüske, Max Planck Institute (Germany)
Information for participants
Location of the workshop
The workshop takes place in Munich at TUM Garching Forschungszentrum, in rooms of the TUM School of Engineering and Design.
Main room
The talks are hosted in the room 5501.02.101 (MW 2101) that is located on the second floor in the first finger of the building. You may use stairs or the elevator behind the finger doors. You can refer to this photo for navigation.
Discussion room
Discussions will take place in another room: 5510.02.050 (MW 2050). You can find the room right across the hall from the main room, but one needs to go back to the ground floor to move between the rooms. The elevator is available in the second finger. You can refer to this photo for navigation.
Schedule
The workshop's program will start on Thursday at 12:45 and end on Friday at 16:45. You can see the full schedule by following this link.
Hotels in the vicinity
- https://www.stellaris-apartment.de/en/home
- https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/muccg-courtyard-munich-garching/overview/
- https://www.motel-one.com/en/hotels/munich/hotel-munich-garching/
- https://all.accor.com/hotel/3679/index.de.shtml
Travel information
From the city center, you can take the U6 to the end (exit at "Garching Forschungszentrum" and not at "Garching" or "Garching Hochbrück"!). Please note that the U6 is split into two sections because of the construction works, and one needs to change trains at "Kieferngarten". Trains on the second section from "Kieferngarten" to "Garching Forschungszentrum" run every 15 minutes; thus, we advise you to allow for extra time to commute.
You can also reach TUM from the airport by S1 to Neufahrn and then by taking RegionalBus 690 "Garching, Forschungszentrum".
The up-to-date schedule can be found on the MVV website: www.mvv-muenchen.de.
Organizing committee
Iryna Burak, Nadiia Derevianko, Felix Dietrich