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 and return at the beginning of September 2025.

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).

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Past Sessions

Watch the recordings of the latest sessions.

page cover Context in AI Research: Specificity in an Age of Generality

Context in AI Research: Specificity in an Age of Generality

July 25, 2025

presentation cover - cooperation and collusion of artificial agents

Cooperation and Collusion of Artificial Agents

July 4, 2025

 

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Avoiding catastrophic risks from uncontrolled AI agency with the Scientist AI

June 13, 2025

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From Data to Prediction: A Multimodal AI Framework for Treatment Response in Cance

June 6, 2025

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Automated Testing and Safety Analysis of Deep Neural Networks

May 30, 2025

cover presentation Interactive Continual Learning for Long-term Autonomy

Interactive Continual Learning for Long-term Autonomy

May 23, 2025

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Autonomous UI Agents: Open-Source Tools, Best Practices, and Safety

May 15, 2025

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New genomics machine learning models are transforming drug discovery

May 9, 2025

Tea talks cover presentation "Democratizing Open LLMs for Global Sovereign AI Applications"

Democratizing Open LLMs for Global Sovereign AI Applications

May 2, 2025

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