{"id":2509,"date":"2025-11-05T09:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/?post_type=events&p=2509"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:03:23","slug":"winter-school-on-foundation-models-fomo-2026-registration-opens-on-14-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/events\/winter-school-on-foundation-models-fomo-2026-registration-opens-on-14-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter School on Foundation Models (FoMo) 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Winter School aims to highlight groundbreaking innovations in foundation models across a range of subfields, offering participants a deep understanding of how Europe is shaping its own research priorities in this rapidly evolving area.<\/p>\n

Over four immersive days, participants will engage in cutting-edge lectures delivered by leading experts from academia and industry, explore collaborative research activities, and connect with like-minded peers who share a passion for the future of foundation models.<\/p>\n

The programme features three lectures per day, a poster session, and interactive sessions designed to spark interdisciplinary exchange and inspire new research ideas. In addition to the academic components, social activities will provide space for informal discussion, networking, and collaboration in a stimulating and inclusive environment.<\/p>\n

We are excited to announce the lineup of speakers for the FOMO 2026!<\/p>\n

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  1. Elisa Ricci, ELLIS Fellow, University of Trento & FBK<\/li>\n
  2. Nuria Oliver, ELLIS fellow, ELLIS Alicante Foundation<\/li>\n
  3. Katia Shutova, ELLIS Scholar, University of Amsterdam<\/li>\n
  4. Hinrich Sch\u00fctze, ELLIS FELLOW, LMU MUNICH<\/li>\n
  5. Frank Hutter, ELLIS Fellow, University of Freiburg<\/li>\n
  6. Alexei(Alyosha) Efros, UC Berkeley<\/li>\n
  7. Saining Xie, NYU COURANT, GOOGLE DEEPMIND<\/li>\n
  8. Robert Geirhos, Google DeepMind<\/li>\n
  9. Robin Rombach, Black Forest Labs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The 2026 FoMo School is hosted and funded by the ELLIS unit Amsterdam, with the support of the ELLIS<\/a> Society network,\u00a0 ELIAS – European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability<\/a> and ELLIOT \u2013 European Large Open Multi-Modal Foundation Models For Robust Generalisation On Arbitrary<\/span>\u00a0Data Streams<\/span><\/a> Projects (funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme). The event is also supported by the ELZA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Application <\/b><\/p>\n

    The 2024 FoMo Winter School brought together 150 participants representing 90 institutions and 40 nationalities. In 2025, the event grew even further, hosting 220 participants from 100 institutions and 43 nationalities.<\/p>\n

    While preference will be given to ELLIS PhD candidates, applications are warmly welcomed from qualified individuals worldwide.<\/p>\n

    Please submit your application by 14 December 2025 at 23:59 CET<\/strong>. Conditional results will be shared by January 2026<\/strong>, and your spot will be secured once the registration fee is paid after acceptance.<\/p>\n

    The participation fee for the winter school are, as follows:<\/p>\n