The IAIFI Summer Workshop brings together researchers from across Physics and AI for plenary talks, poster sessions, and networking to promote research at the intersection of Physics and AI. We are also accepting submissions for contributed talks and/or posters.

  • The 2025 Summer Workshop will be held August 11–15, 2025
  • Location: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
  • Registration is now open for the 2025 IAIFI Summer Workshop; Register by July 31, 2025 ($200 registration fee).

Register for the 2025 IAIFI Summer Workshop Submit a Talk/Poster by June 1, 2025

Here’s what attendees at previous IAIFI Summer Workshops had to say about the experience:

Agenda Speakers FAQ Accommodations Past Workshops

About

The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) is enabling physics discoveries and advancing foundational AI through the development of novel AI approaches that incorporate first principles, best practices, and domain knowledge from fundamental physics. The goal of the Workshop is to serve as a meeting place to facilitate advances and connections across this growing interdisciplinary field.

Agenda

The agenda will be announced in Spring 2025.

Speakers

Speakers will be announced as they are confirmed.

Alexandre Adam
University of Montreal
Noemi Anau Montel
Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Dylan Foster
Microsoft
Matthew Ho
Columbia University
Shih-Chieh Hsu
University of Washington
Robert Huang
Caltech and Google
Sven Krippendorf
University of Cambridge
Simonetta Liuti
University of Virginia
Peter Melchior
Princeton University
Moritz Münchmeyer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lina Necib
MIT and IAIFI
Tri Nguyen
Northwestern University and SkAI
Costis Papageorgakis
Queen Mary University of London
Eluned Smith
MIT and IAIFI
Hidenori Tanaka
Harvard University and IAIFI
Sokratis Trifinopoulos
MIT and IAIFI
Amy Zhang
UT Austin


Accommodations

We have established discounted rates for August 10–August 16, 2025 at the following hotels:

  • Porter Square Hotel, 1924 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02142.

    $235-275 nightly rate (1-2 people per room)

    Deadline to book: First come, first served

    To book, call 617-499-3399 and reference code 141315.

  • Hotel 1868, 1868 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02142.

    $225-265 nightly rate (1-2 people per room)

    Deadline to book: First come, first served

    To book, call 617-499-3399 and reference code 141315.

Workshop attendees are also welcome to book dorms for a discounted rate at Harvard University:

  • Harvard University Dorms, 36 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

    $110 nightly rate (1 person per room only)

    Book now

FAQ

  • Who can attend the Summer Workshop? Any researcher working at or interested in the intersection of physics and AI is encouraged to attend the Summer Workshop.
  • What is the cost to attend the Summer Worskhop? The registration fee for the Summer Workshop is 200 USD and includes a welcome dinner, as well as coffee breaks and snacks.
  • If I come to the Summer School, can I also attend the Workshop? Yes! We encourage you to stay for the Workshop and you can stay in the dorms for both events if you choose (at your expense).
  • Will the recordings of the talks be available? We plan to share the talks on our YouTube channel.

Submit a question or comment

2025 Organizing Committee

  • Fabian Ruehle, Chair (Northeastern University)
  • Bill Freeman (MIT)
  • Cora Dvorkin (Harvard)
  • Thomas Harvey (IAIFI Fellow)
  • Sam Bright-Thonney (IAIFI Fellow)
  • Sneh Pandya (Northeastern)
  • Yidi Qi (Northeastern)
  • Manos Theodosis (Harvard)
  • Marshall Taylor (MIT)
  • Marisa LaFleur (IAIFI Project Manager)
  • Thomas Bradford (IAIFI Project Coordinator)