[Summer School] Probabilistic AI School (ProbAI) — August 3–7, 2026
Eliezer de Souza da Silva
You are invited to apply for the 8th edition of the Probabilistic AI School (ProbAI) 2026, taking place August 3–7 in Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹.
Whether you are a PhD student, advanced MSc or BSc student, experienced researcher, engineer, or enthusiast, you are welcome to join.
APPLY NOW — deadline April 14
What to expect from ProbAI School 2026?
The mission of the Probabilistic AI School (ProbAI) series is to provide an inclusive education environment serving state-of-the-art expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence with a probabilistic flavour.
With a carefully designed curriculum combining theoretical knowledge with practical exercises, our expert team of invited lecturers will guide you through five intensive days, each dedicated to different topics.
The ProbAI School 2026 has been registered as a PhD course (DT8122 at NTNU) and awards 7.5 ECTS credit points. See the Application webpage for details.
Program & Lecturers
Learn from leading researchers, from foundational concepts to state-of-the-art methods.
Day 1:
Introduction to Probabilistic Models — Silja Renooij (Utrecht University)
Bayesian Workflow and PPLs — Eliezer de Souza da Silva (University of Coimbra)
Topic to be announced — Gintare Karolina Dziugaite (Google DeepMind & Mila – Quebec AI Institute)
Day 2:
Variational Inference and Optimization — Helge Langseth (NTNU) and Thomas Dyhre Nielsen (Aalborg University)
Day 3:
Simulation-Based Inference — Jonas Arruda (University of Bonn)
Causal Machine Learning — Sara Magliacane (University of Amsterdam & Saarland University)
Day 4:
Contextual Bandits — Claire Vernade (University of Technology Nuremberg)
Reinforcement Learning — Zita Marinho (Google DeepMind & University of Lisbon)
Day 5:
Kernel Methods — Dimitri Meunier (University College London)
Bias and Safe AI — Rūta Binkyte (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security)
Registration Fee
Students (including PhD): 175 EUR
Academia: 500 EUR
Industry: 1000 EUR
The registration fee includes all courses, coffee breaks, lunches and banquet.
Organizers
The 8th edition of the ProbAI School is being organized by Probabilistic AI Collective (non-profit) in partnership with Artificial Intelligence Association of Lithuania (AIAL), and it’s hosted by the Artificial Intelligence Methods Lab (AIML) at Vilnius University.
Contacts
Website: https://probai.school
Twitter/X: https://x.com/probabilisticai/
Organizers: https://probabilistic.ai