Travel and study in Europe: 2025 Schedule of ELLIS PhD Winter and Summer Schools announced
What is the ELLIS PhD/Postdoc Program?
The ELLIS PhD/Postdoc program provides a platform for exceptional PhD students and Postdocs to conduct research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at some of the top research institutions in Europe. The program offers a stimulating research environment, interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities, and advising by leading researchers in the field from different European countries.
ELLIS Winter and Summer Schools: Level up your skills and expand your network
The ELLIS Winter and Summer Schools are short, intensive programs designed to provide ELLIS PhD students and Postdocs with in-depth knowledge and practical skills in specific areas of AI research. The schools are organised by ELLIS Units and their members and offer a unique opportunity to learn from the leaders in the field and network with your peers.
2025 ELLIS Winter and Summer Schools Schedule
Check out the following locations hosting a Winter or Summer School in 2025 and for more information about registration, agenda, costs, accommodations, and/or travel, contact the organiser or Unit directly.
For general information or questions about the ELLIS PhD/Postdoc Program, please email phd@ellis.eu.
Date: January 27-31, 2025
Topic: Multimodal Learning with a focus on Generative Models, Embodied AI/Robotics & Sustainability
Organising Institutions: ELIAS & VISMAC
Event Website: https://elias-ai.eu/event/ellis-vismac/
Contact: vismac2025@gmail.com
Date: March 18-21, 2025
Topic: Foundation Models
Organising Institution: University of Amsterdam
Participating Industry & Partner Institutions:
Qualcomm Amsterdam
SURF
Meta & Google
Unit Website: https://ivi.fnwi.uva.nl/ellis/events/2025-ellis-winter-school-on-foundation-models-fomo/
Contact: Prof. Yuki M. Asano at y.m.asano@uva.nl
Date: June 3-5, 2025
Topic: Machine Learning for Healthcare & Biology
Organising Institution: University of Manchester
Participating Industry & Partner Institutions:
Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research & Innovation
Other health innovation organisations involving the relevant industry
Hospitals
Speakers:
Chen (Cherise) Chen (University of Sheffield)
Luisa Cutillo (University of Leeds)
Tom Diethe (AstraZeneca)
Jason Hartford (The University of Manchester)
José Miguel Hernández-Lobato (University of Cambridge)
Ti John (Aalto University)
Ava Khamseh (University of Edinburgh)
Emma Robinson (Kings College London)
Mingfei Sun (The University of Manchester)
Catalina Vallejos (University of Edinburgh)
Dennis Wang (Imperial College London)
David Wong (University of Leeds)
Hongpeng Zhou (The University of Manchester)
Unit Website: https://www.ellismcr.org/ss2025
Contact: Dr. Mauricio Álvarez at mauricio.alvarezlopez@manchester.ac.uk
Date: July 7-11, 2025
Topic: Machine Learning & AI for Health
Organising Institution: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Event Website: https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/epfl-ellis/ellis-phd-postdoc-program/ellis-unit-lausanne-summer-school-2025/
Contact: Dr. Dorina Thanou at dorina.thanou@epfl.ch
Date: July 7-11, 2025
Topic: Information Retrieval
Organising Institution: University College London
Participating Industry & Partner Institutions:
West Midlands Growth Funds
Microsoft Research
Bloomberg
Event Website: https://2025.essir.eu/
Contact: Prof. Emine Yilmaz at emine.yilmaz@ucl.ac.uk
Date: July 14-18, 2025
Topic: Probabilistic Machine Learning
Organising Institution: University of Cambridge
Participating Industry & Partner Institutions:
Invenia
Microsoft Research
ARM
AstraZeneca
Cambridge Innovation Capital
IQ Capital
Schlumberger
Secondmind
DeepMind
Samsung
Unit Website: http://www.ellis.eng.cam.ac.uk/
Contact: Prof. José Miguel Hernández-Lobato at jmh233@cam.ac.uk
Date: August 4-8, 2025
Topic: Trustworthy AI (Secure and Safe Foundation Models)
Organising Institution: CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Participating Industry & Partner Institutions: ELSA Network
Speakers:
Antti Honkela (University of Helsinki)
Battista Biggio (University of Cagliari/Pluribus One)
Jenia Jitsev (LAION)
Borja Balle (DeepMind)
Andrew Paverd (Microsoft)
Mario Fritz (CISPA)
Franziska Boenisch (CISPA
Event Website: https://cispa.de/summer-school-2025
Contact: Prof. Dr. Mario Fritz via summer-school@cispa.de
Date: September 1-5, 2025
Topic: AI for Earth and Climate Sciences
Organising Institution: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Participating Industry & Partner Institutions:
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Carl Zeiss Foundation
Unit Website: https://www.ellis-jena.eu/summer-school-2025/
Contact: Dr. Conrad Philipp at conrad.philipp@uni-jena.de