Workshop on Uncertainty in Machine Learning (February 2-4 2026 in Tartu, Estonia)
Motivation and Focus
The notion of uncertainty is of major importance in machine learning and constitutes a key element of modern machine learning methodology. In recent years, it has gained in importance due to the increasing relevance of machine learning for practical applications, many of which are coming with safety requirements. In this regard, new problems and challenges have been identified by machine learning scholars, which call for new methodological developments. Indeed, while uncertainty has long been perceived as almost synonymous with standard probability and probabilistic predictions, recent research has gone beyond traditional approaches and also leverages more general formalisms and uncertainty calculi. For example, a distinction between different sources and types of uncertainty, such as aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty, turns out to be useful in many machine learning applications. The workshop will pay specific attention to recent developments of this kind.
VENUE
The workshop will be hosted at the University of Tartu, Delta Centre, in Tartu, Estonia. The address is: Narva maantee 18, Tartu, Estonia
REGISTRATION
Registration is open here: https://forms.gle/y1RQbg8qr1rBJK7g8 and it will remain open until January 7, 2026. However, we kindly ask for early registration to facilitate planning of the workshop.
WEBSITE AND PREVIOUS EVENTS
https://sites.google.com/view/wuml2026/home
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE (TENTATIVE)
Monday, February 2
09.00 Registration opens
09.30 – 11.30 Pre-Workshop Tutorial on Uncertainty
11:30: Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.00 Welcome & Opening
12.00 – 13.00 Keynote
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 15.30 Poster session
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17:30 Presentations
Conference dinner
Tuesday, February 3
09.00 – 10.00 Keynote
10.00 – 11.30 Poster session and coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Presentations
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 14.30 Invited Talk
14.30 – 16.00 Presentations
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.30 Presentations
Social mixer
Wednesday, February 4
09.00 – 10.30 Presentations
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 13.00 Presentations
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 14.15 Closing
14.15 – 17.00 Presentations & project meetings
Optional program
The event is supported by the Ministry of Education and Research Centres of Excellence grant TK213 (Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (EXAI)).
The event will be organized by the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (EXAI) and the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu.