Conference Program

Join us on January 5, 2024, for a day filled with insightful lectures and engaging activities.

January 5, 2024

14:00 – 14:20: Registration

14:20 – 14:50: Opening Remarks by Bakhrom Abdullaev, Guido Montufar, and Volodymyr Melnykov

15:00 – 16:50: Speaker: Guido Montufar - Learning from data, I

16:00 – 17:50: Speaker: Volodymyr Melnykov - Introduction to unsupervised machine learning and model-based clustering, I

17:00 – 17:50: Speaker: Jamolbek Mattiev - Associative classification model based on clustering

18:30 – 21:00: Welcome Reception and Dinner

January 6, 2024

09:00 – 09:50: Speaker: Guido Montufar - Learning from data, II

10:00 – 10:50: Speaker: Guido Montufar - Statistical learning theory, I

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:20: Recitation Session (Moderator: Kedar Karhadkar)

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 16:00: Free Time/Rest (Faculty Housing)

16:00 – 16:50: Speaker: Volodymyr Melnykov - Introduction to unsupervised machine learning and model-based clustering, II

17:00 – 17:50: Speaker: Volodymyr Melnykov - Advances in model-based clustering

18:30 – 21:00: Dinner

January 7, 2024

09:00 – 09:50: Speaker: Guido Montufar - Statistical learning theory, II

10:00 – 10:50: Speaker: Guido Montufar - Models, architectures, regimes

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:20: Recitation Session (Moderator: Kedar Karhadkar)

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 16:00: Free Time/Rest (Faculty Housing)

16:00 – 16:50: Speaker: Volodymyr Melnykov - Modeling matrix- and tensor variate data

17:00 – 17:50: Speaker: Volodymyr Melnykov - Semi-supervised machine learning and model-based clustering

18:30 – 21:00: Dinner

January 8, 2024 - Khorezm Mamun Academy in Khiva

09:00 – 09:50: Speaker: Rishi Sonthalia - From Classical Regression to the Modern Regime

10:00 – 10:50: Speaker: Michael Murray - An Introduction to Benign Overfitting

11:00 – 11:50: Guided Tour of Mamun Academy

12:00 – 12:50: Speaker: Michael Porter - Modeling contagion, excitation, and social influence

13:30 – 15:00: Lunch (Ichan Kala)

15:00 – 19:00: Guided Tour of Ichan Kala

19:00 – 21:00: Dinner (Ichan Kala)

January 9, 2024 - Khorezm Mamun Academy in Khiva

09:00 – 09:50: Speaker: Guido Montufar - Geometric techniques

10:00 – 10:50: Speaker: Guido Montufar - Optimization and algorithmic biases

11:00 – 11:50: Speaker: Angelica Torres - Algebraic Geometry meets Structure from Motion

12:00 – 13:30: Lunch

14:00 – 14:50: Speaker: Volodymyr Melnykov - Modeling time-dependent categorical sequences

15:00 – 15:50: Speaker: Volodymyr Melnykov - Finite mixture modeling in stylometry

16:00 – 18:00: Free time/shopping in Ichan Kala

18:30 – 21:30: Banquet in Urgench