Mila Tea Talks

A cornerstone of our community for many years, Tea Talks are scientific keynote-like talks held every week during the academic year. These presentations cover a range of technical subjects related to machine learning. The talks are also open to the public.

Yoshua Bengio with other professors and students talking together

How do Tea Talks Work?

Typically, an in-house or guest speaker gives a talk lasting around an hour, with around 15 minutes devoted to questions throughout. As most of the participants are Mila students and professors, the content is geared towards this level of understanding. 

Speakers are also encouraged to stay after the lecture to talk with students in individual or group meetings to discuss research interests and ideas. 

When Will the Next Tea Talks Take Place? 

Tea Talks are typically held in Mila's auditorium on Friday mornings at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The talks are also live-streamed on Google Meet via the following link: https://meet.google.com/nqu-embv-juy 

The Tea Talks series is taking a break for the summer. The Fall 2024 program will be published progressively on this page from September onwards.

Get Schedule Notifications

To join the Tea Talks external mailing list, visit this link, click on the 'Ask to join group' button, and provide a brief description of yourself (e.g., name and affiliation/organization).

Get Tea Talks schedule notifications

Past Sessions

Watch the recordings of the latest sessions.

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Identifying Latent Structures in Data

March 14, 2025

Cover presentation of "Advancing Foundation Models Through Interaction"

Enhancing Foundation Models Through Interaction

March 7, 2025

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Multi-Fidelity Active Learning for Scientific Discoveries

February 28, 2025

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Brain-Like Learning With Exponentiated Gradients

February 21, 2025

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How our Mila Team Won the XPRIZE Rainforest Competition

February 14, 2025

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Designing Robust Safety Systems for LLM Services and Multi Agents

February 7, 2025

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