[Call for Applications] CPAL Rising Stars Award (Deadline 15 Dec 2025)

[Shiwei Liu]

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce that the Annual Conference on Parsimony and Learning (CPAL) (March 23-26, 2026, Tübingen, Germany) is now accepting applications for its Rising Stars Award.

This unique opportunity is targeted at last-year PhD students, post-docs, first‐year faculty, and early‐career industry researchers (within 2 yrs of graduation) who are pushing the boundaries in machine learning, signal processing, optimization, and beyond — particularly in areas of parsimonious and low-dimensional structure. cpal.cc

✨ Why Apply?

• Full registration waiver to attend CPAL 2026 in Tübingen. 

• Dedicated poster session for selected awardees. 

• Career-development panels, roundtable dinners and 1-on-1 meetings with senior researchers. 

• Become part of a supportive network committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the ML/AI community. 

✅ Eligibility at a Glance

• Full-time grad students in their final year of PhD, or post-docs/fellows, first-year tenure-track faculty, or industry researchers within 2 yrs of graduation. 

• Working on topics aligned with parsimonious/low-dimensional structure in ML, signal processing, optimization, systems or interdisciplinary applications. 

• Applicants from all institutions worldwide are welcome. 

• One application per applicant. 

📝 What’s Required

• Name & contact information

• Resume/CV

• Tentative poster title

• 1-page research statement (goals, potential projects, long-term vision, and how you contribute to a more inclusive scientific community) 

• List of 1-2 references with emails

📅 Key Dates

• Application Deadline: December 15, 2025 

• Notification Date: January 21, 2026 

• Conference Dates: March 23-26, 2026 in Tübingen, Germany. 

🔗 Apply Now

Fill out the application form linked in the guidelines. cpal.cc
Questions? Contact: tian...@cs.unc.edu (per the call)

Best wishes,

CPAL 2026 Committee