Mona Alinejad

Explore how AI systems can perceive, reason, and act in the real world. Join Oier Mees (Microsoft, ETH Zürich) for a deep dive into Embodied Multimodal Intelligence with Foundation Models, where vision, language, and action come together to shape the next generation of intelligent agents. MLx Representation Learning & Generative AI University of Oxford Mathematics Discover how foundation models are moving beyond text and images into real-world interaction. Secure your place: oxfordml.school/2026 In-person seats are limited. Register by 22 May 2026. #OxML #MultimodalAI #RepresentationLearning #FoundationModels #Robotics @oier_mees @Microsoft @ETH_en @OxUniMaths

One of the most important frontiers in AI is turning foundation models into systems that can perceive, reason & act in the real world. At #OxML 2026, we'll explore embodied multimodal intelligence, generalist robot policies & reasoning-enhanced robotics. oxfordml.school

Causal inference becomes much harder when the structure is uncertain. Estimating effects from off-policy data is not enough on its own. At #OxML 2026, Prof. Ricardo Silva (@ucl) will explore causal discovery and the extrapolation of causal effects. 👉oxfordml.school

📣 Announcing the OxML 2026 Poster Challenge We are excited to launch the OxML 2026 Poster Challenge, taking place this July at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. The challenge highlights outstanding research and applied work across machine learning and AI, and offers a platform to present your work, receive feedback, and engage with the OxML community. Submissions are invited in two tracks: 🟢 MLx Health & Bio 🟢 MLx Representation Learning & Generative AI 🏆 Top posters in each track will receive $1,000 awards. 📅 Submission deadline: 15 May 2026 We particularly encourage submissions from researchers preparing or submitting work to venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and ACL, as well as early-stage and applied contributions. Submit via EasyChair: easychair.org/conferences/?c… Full call for posters: easychair.org/cfp/oxml26 #OxML2026 #OxML #MachineLearning #AI #GenerativeAI #RepresentationLearning #HealthAI #BioAI, @GRESEARCHjobs

Multimodal AI will shape the next phase of ML. As AI moves beyond single-modality systems, stronger foundations in fusion, alignment, reasoning, & generation will matter even more. At #OxML 2026, we’ll explore the principles behind multimodal AI. 👉oxfordml.school/2026

Looking back at OxML 2025 – MLx Representation Learning & Generative AI. A week filled with inspiring lectures, engaging discussions, and meaningful connections. With participants joining from 100+ countries, it was amazing to see such a global community come together to learn, share ideas, and explore the future of representation learning and generative AI. We’re excited to continue building this community at OxML 2026. Registrations are open: oxfordml.school 2025 Speakers featured: Ashley Edwards, Edward Johns,Christian Rupprecht, Aymeric Dieuleveut, Gerhard Neumann, Yingzhen Li, Xuan-Son Nguyen, Fazl Barez, Mergen Nachin, Abdul Fatir Ansari 2025 Committee: Mona Alinejad, D.Phil. (Oxon), Reza Khorshidi, D.Phil. (Oxon), Yali Du, Karo Moilanen #OxML2026 #OxfordMachineLearning #MachineLearning #RepresentationLearning #GenerativeAI #DeepLearning #AICommunity

Oxford Machine Learning School (OxML) returns for its 7th edition in 2026, bringing together leading researchers and practitioners in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The programme offers advanced, research-driven courses taught by world-class AI scientists and designed for PhD students, researchers, and industry practitioners who want to deepen their expertise in modern machine learning. Participants can choose from three specialised tracks: • MLx Cases – Hands-on development of generative AI systems and real-world applications • MLx Health & Bio – AI for healthcare, biomedicine, and life sciences • MLx Representation Learning & Generative AI – Foundation models, modern machine learning, and AI for mathematics Courses combine theoretical foundations with practical system-level insights, providing a rigorous learning experience at the intersection of research and applied AI. 📍 Oxford, UK & Online | May & July 2026 🔗 oxfordml.school #OxML #OxML2026 #MachineLearning #AI #DeepLearning #GenerativeAI @CIFAR_News @oxmartinschool @OxUniMaths

We’re excited to share the speaker lineup for MLx Representation Learning & Generative AI at OxML 2026. MLx Representation Learning & Generative AI explores the latest advances in representation learning and the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI and frontier models. The program also features the OxML 2026 Poster Challenge, a competitive research poster session where researchers, students, and practitioners present and discuss new work across machine learning and AI. 📍 Oxford Mathematical Institute & Online 📅 15–18 July 2026 📝 Register by May 22. oxfordml.school/register Current speakers include: • Kevin Buzzard — Imperial College London • Tom Rainforth — University of Oxford • Amanda Prorok — University of Cambridge • Oier Mees — Microsoft, ETH Zürich • Petar Veličković — Google DeepMind • Tim Rocktäschel — UCL • Ricardo Silva — UCL • Paul Liang — Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Fazl Barez — University of Oxford • Alexander Tong— Aithyra • Peter Gostev — Arena AI Join us in Oxford to learn, exchange ideas, and connect with the global ML community. #OxML #MachineLearning #GenerativeAI #RepresentationLearning #AIResearch #OxfordML @UniofOxford @Cambridge_Uni @MIT @MSFTResearch @ucl @arena @aprorok @FazlBarez @_rockt @tom_rainforth @AlexanderTong7 @pliang279 @PetarV_93 @oier_mees

Foundation models didn’t replace fundamentals — they scaled them. The people who move into research and system-level roles aren’t just using models. They understand how they learn, optimise, and fail. At #OxML2026 — #MLxCases, we build from first principles. User → Builder.

Proud to launch the Crisis Access Scholarship for Iranian talents to attend #OxML2026. As an Iranian founder, this initiative is deeply personal to me. Wishing everyone equal and fair access to education. Apply: forms.gle/QSG3a1PVjcRBt8… #IranMassacre #Iran #AIforgood #OxML

Education should never be interrupted by repression. Today, AI for Global Goals launches the Crisis Access Scholarship – Iran for the OxML 2026 cohort. The scholarship provides a full waiver for the online components of the programme to exceptional applicants whose education has been disrupted by recent violence and repression in Iran. Founded by an Iranian academic, this initiative is deeply personal. Talent should not be silenced, and access to education should not depend on circumstance. To apply, visit: forms.gle/QSG3a1PVjcRBt8… #OxML #OxML2026 #MachineLearning #AIForGood #AccessToEducation #Iran

Most people are learning how to prompt. Very few are learning how models actually work. That gap will define careers. At OxML 2026 — MLx Cases, we build a MiniGPT from scratch. Transformer architecture. Training & scaling. Tokenisation. Inference trade-offs. #OxML

Don’t stop talking about #Iran. They died so tyranny could end — we must not look away. #IranMassacre

"I never said thank you" ... This is what it feels like these days, being an Iranian in diasphora, thinking about all those great lives massacred by the Islamic regime. #Iran #IranMassacre #BeTheirVoice

Don't stop talking about Iran #IranMassacre #Iran #IranianRevolution2026

President @realDonaldTrump, @marcorubio, and @PeteHegseth, if you are going to watch any footage of Iran, this mini documentary is it. Please watch the first 15 minutes and you will bear witness to one of the greatest crimes against humanity in recent decades. The United States is the most powerful country in the world. The IRGC has been an exporter of terror around the world with nuclear ambitions only recently temporarily thwarted by our incredible military. Leaving these monsters in control of the second largest oil reserves in the Middle East — which they will continue to use to fund terror around the world, rebuild their nuclear capability, and support our arch enemies — remains an extremely serious persistent and long-term existential threat to the United States and to the world at large. President Trump, you are a man of your word. You drew a red line about the regime killing protesters. They have now reportedly killed 43,000 and blinded and maimed hundreds of thousands more. You have called out to the Iranian people to continue their protests as they have bravely done unarmed and at massive cost in tens of thousands of young lives lost to this genocidal regime. You have lived up to every commitment that you have made to the American people and to the world. Your reputation for keeping your word has restored the United States to again being respected as the most powerful nation in the world. And let’s not forget that they have attempted to assassinate you twice. President Trump, it is time to finish the job. We have important strategic, moral, economic, and ethical reasons for doing so. A world without the IRGC controlling Iran would generate a massive peace dividend forever experienced around the world. It would set a powerful and important example that the United States does not tolerate the worst form of evil. It would be one of your most important forever legacies as President of the United States. The Iranian people are an amazing people who deserve to be free from terror and evil. The United States has the most powerful military in the world as you so remarkably and masterfully demonstrated against Maduro in Venezuela. It appears that we are now locked and loaded. Let’s let them live.

It’s impossible to watch this without breaking down. #IranMassacre is a crime against humanity — carried out deliberately by Khamenei and the regime/cartel he leads. History will record this, and so should the conscience of the world.

On 8-9 January 2025, a massacre by Khamenei’s regime has devastated Iran. The dead are counted in tens of thousands—but the grief is measured in millions. 1/ #IranMassacre

Good. Now, take some actions: 1.Close the embassies 2. Expel the regime's "diplomats" and their families 3. Help Iranians -- stop the #IranMassacre and end the #IranBlackout

The Iranian uprising has become an awkward dilemma for much of the left. It is openly pro-Western, unapologetically secular, and explicitly hostile to political Islam. There is no favored “exotic victim” to romanticize, no anti-American slogans to recycle, no colonial guilt to put to use and for that very reason, exposes how selective so many proclaimed solidarities really are.