The Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Yerevan State University, in collaboration with ENSAE, Paris, is organizing a

Summer School on
Statistics and Learning Theory

which will be held on July 12 – 19, 2026, Armenia.

The target audience of the Summer School are university undergraduate seniors, Master and PhD students and researchers, as well as industry people interested in Probability, Statistics, Machine Learning and applications. Lectures will be in English.

The above photos are from the previous event organized in Armenia, the  Summer School on Cryptography, Statistics and Machine Learning, June 29 – July 06, 2025.

The participation fee is 450 EUR for academia participants and 600 EUR for industry participants. The participation fee will cover all local expenses, including registration fee, accommodation and full board. We have a special discounted participation fee of 250 EUR for undergraduate, master and PhD students from Armenian Universities We intend to have some scholarships for academia participants to cover (fully or partially) their participation fees. For more details about how to apply for the scholarship, please see the Registration page.

Since the number of participants is very limited, the selection process is assumed for the registered participants. After receiving the participation approval, and only in that case, the payment should be made to the account provided in the confirmation email.

The deadline for registration is June 15, 2026. Please find the registration form below.

The Arrival Day is July 12, 2026, and the Departure Day is July 19, 2026.

For contact addresses, please visit the Contacts Page.

Lecturers

Michael Jordan

University of California, Berkeley, USA

Eric Moulines

MBZUAI, UAE and EPITA, France

Csaba Szepesvári

Google DeepMind and University of Alberta, Canada

Gregory Chirikjian

MBZUAI, UAE and University of Delaware, USA

Pierre Alquier

ESSEC Business School, Singapore

Yasin Abbasi-Yadkori

Sapient Intelligence, UK

Avetik Karagulyan

CNRS/L2S, France

Program

To be announced soon

Organizers

Scientific Committee

Arnak Dalalyan

ENSAE Paris/ CREST, Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Karen Keryan

YSU, AUA

Michael Poghosyan 

YSU, AUA

Organizing Committee

Julieta Boyajyan

YSU, AUA

Karen Keryan

YSU, AUA

Michael Poghosyan

YSU, AUA

Registration

To register for participation, please complete the form using the link provided below. Please note that the number of participants is limited; therefore, a selection process will be applied to all registered applicants. The Organizing Committee will review all applications and notify applicants whether their participation has been approved or declined. Payment should be made only after receiving an official confirmation email and only in the case of approval, using the account details provided therein.

The participation fee is 450 EUR for academic participants and 600 EUR for industry participants. The fee covers all local expenses, including the registration fee, accommodation, and full board. A special discounted participation fee of 250 EUR is available for undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students from Armenian universities. In addition, a limited number of scholarships will be available for academic participants to fully or partially cover the participation fee. To apply for a scholarship, please select the corresponding checkbox in the registration form; shortlisted applicants will be contacted for further details.

The registration deadline is June 15, 2026.

Schedule

The schedule will be ready in June

Sponsors

  • Yerevan State University
  • European Research Council
  • Research Mathematics Fund


If interested in becoming a sponsor, please use the addresses below to contact the organizers.

Venue

Contacts

Contact Email: mathschool@ysu.am

Address: Department of Mathematics and Mechanics,
Yerevan State University,
1 Alex Manoogian, 0025, Yerevan

Organizing Committee contacts

Julieta Boyajyan,

Email: juli.boyajyan@ysu.am


Michael Poghosyan,

Email: michael@ysu.am

Past Events