Workshop · Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit · UCL · June 18-19, 2026

Advances in Adaptive
Experimentation Workshop

A two-day workshop at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, on June 18-19, 2026, focused on adaptive experimentation, causal inference, online learning, and modern statistical methods for sequential decision-making.

We warmly encourage applications from researchers and students interested in these topics. Accepted applicants will be asked to pay a registration fee (TBC) for the workshop.

Workshop Application Venue Details

Hosted by the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL, with support from ELLIS Unit London and CSML.

01 — About

Workshop Overview

This workshop brings together researchers working on adaptive experimentation, causal inference, online learning, and related methods for sequential decision-making. It is intended as a focused meeting point for theory, methodology, and discussion across neighboring communities.

Hosted at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL on June 18-19, 2026, the workshop will feature invited talks, informal discussion, and a poster session. The goal is to create an event with strong technical depth and enough room for interaction.

Adaptive Experimentation

Exploration-exploitation tradeoffs, stability conditions, adaptive data collection.

Bandits and Online Learning

Regret minimization, best arm identification, structured feedbacks.

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Causal Inference

Identification, nuisance-robust methods, semiparametric efficiency theory.

Open Problems

Novel and/or open questions at the interface of online experimentation, learning and inference.

02 — Invited Speakers

Confirmed Speakers

Confirmed speakers spanning bandits, online learning, inference, and modern adaptive methods.

Tor Lattimore

DeepMind

Gergely Neu

ICREA & UPF

Koulik Khamaru

Rutgers University

Kelly Zhang

Imperial College London

Aurélien Bibaut

Netflix

Ian Waudby-Smith

UC Berkeley

03 — Schedule

Two-Day Programme

The programme spans two full days at Gatsby UCL on June 18-19, 2026, with invited talks, an open problems session, and posters across both days. Speaker order and exact timings can be refined once the programme is finalized.

Days at Gatsby UCL

Day 1 Thursday, June 18 Invited talks, coffee breaks, and an open problems session.

Day 2 Friday, June 19 Invited talks, a contributed talk, and the poster session.

Open Problems Session

The workshop will include a dedicated open problems session: a space for sharp questions, partial ideas, and technically interesting obstacles that deserve collective attention.

Pitch the question Present a problem, conjecture, limitation, or unresolved technical point in a concise format.

Open the discussion Use the room to test intuitions, connect methods, and surface approaches from neighboring areas.

Leave with leads The goal is not a polished result, but a better question, a sharper framing, or a new collaboration.

Day 1 · June 18

09:00

Coffee

09:30 - 09:45

Introduction

Organizers

09:45 - 10:45