Conference on Parsimony and Learning (CPAL)

March 2026, Tübingen

Program at a Glance

All times below are in Central European Time (CET, UTC+1).

For attendance logistics and venue information, see the logistics page.

• 08:00 AM
• 08:30 AM
• 09:00 AM
• 09:30 AM
• 10:00 AM
• 10:30 AM
• 11:00 AM
• 11:30 AM
• 12:00 PM
• 12:30 PM
• 01:00 PM
• 01:30 PM
• 02:00 PM
• 02:30 PM
• 03:00 PM
• 03:30 PM
• 04:00 PM
• 04:30 PM
• 05:00 PM
• 05:30 PM
• 06:00 PM
• 06:30 PM
• 07:00 PM
• 07:30 PM
• 08:00 PM

• Day 1 (Mar 23)
  Monday

  • Registration
    8:30 AM–9:00 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 / MPI Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 4
  • Tutorial Session 1
    T1: Orthogonal Training for Foundation Models (MPH)
    T2: Training Neural Networks at Any Scale (MPI)
    9:00 AM–11:30 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 / MPI Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 4
  • Lunch Break
    11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  • Tutorial Session 2
    T1: Inference Optimization Playbook for Serving LLMs in the Industry (MPH)
    T2: Where to Spend Parameters: From Layerwise Efficiency To Federated Architecture Search (MPI)
    12:30 PM–3:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 / MPI Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 4
  • Coffee Break
    3:00 PM–3:30 PM
  • Tutorial Session 3
    T1: Reward Modeling in Large Language Models (MPH)
    T2: Theoretical Insights on Training Instability in Deep Learning (MPI)
    3:30 PM–6:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 / MPI Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 4

• Day 2 (Mar 24)
  Tuesday

  • Registration
    8:00 AM–8:30 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Opening Remarks
    8:30 AM–9:00 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Yingyu Liang
    9:00 AM–10:00 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Coffee Break
    10:00 AM–10:30 AM
  • Taiji Suzuki
    10:30 AM–11:30 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Lunch Break
    11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  • Rising Stars Talks I
    12:30 PM–1:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Wellness Session
    1:30 PM–2:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Jared Tanner
    2:30 PM–3:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Highlight Talks I
    3:30 PM–4:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Poster Session I
    4:00 PM–6:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Reception
    6:00 PM–8:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6

• Day 3 (Mar 25)
  Wednesday

  • Matthias Bethge
    9:00 AM–10:00 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Coffee Break
    10:00 AM–10:30 AM
  • Fanny Yang
    10:30 AM–11:30 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Lunch Break
    11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  • Rising Stars Talks II
    12:30 PM–1:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Highlight Talks II
    1:30 PM–2:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Coffee Break
    2:00 PM–2:30 PM
  • Francis Bach
    2:30 PM–3:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Poster Session II
    3:30 PM–5:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6

• Day 4 (Mar 26)
  Thursday

  • Niao He
    9:00 AM–10:00 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Coffee Break
    10:00 AM–10:30 AM
  • Andreas Krause
    10:30 AM–11:30 AM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Lunch Break
    11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  • Rising Stars Talks III
    12:30 PM–1:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Highlight Talks III
    1:30 PM–2:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
  • Coffee Break
    2:00 PM–2:30 PM
  • Leena Chennuru Vankadara
    2:30 PM–3:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Bernhard Scholkopf
    4:00 PM–5:00 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6
    "TBA"
  • Closing Remarks
    5:00 PM–5:30 PM
    MPH Lecture Hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6