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Katharina Eggensperger

@keggensperger.bsky.social

Professor for ML and AI at Lamarr Institute / @tu-dortmund.de. Working on AutoML and Tabular Data. All opinions are my own.

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Yes, yes, yes! I’m super happy and excited that this work is out! πŸ™Œ

MaxUCB combines strong empirical performance on CASH problems with solid theoretical results. Something for everyone!

Check it out and meet @amirbalef.bsky.social, @claireve.bsky.social and me at #NeurIPS / #EurIPS ✨

07.10.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One more time (and now with a working link) πŸ˜…

Several PhD positions in two brand-new labs at the Lamarr Intitute / TU Dortmund.

Lots of exciting research on #tabulardata, #autom and #benchmarking.

πŸ‘‰ Apply now, there's less than a week left!

28.08.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Tutorials – AutoML

The final day of #AutoMLConf is dedicated to tutorials & workshops!

β˜• CAFE Workshop: peter-i-frazier.github.io/cafe-worksho...
πŸ” Tutorials: foundation models, LLM-driven tuning, HPO & more πŸ‘‰ 2025.automl.cc/tutorials/

Sounds interesting? Register now! 2025.automl.cc/registration...

20.08.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, a big shoutout to the TRL organizers @trl-research.bsky.social πŸ™

31.07.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
In-Context Learning of Soft Nearest Neighbor Classifiers for... With in-context learning foundation models like TabPFN excelling on small supervised tabular learning tasks, it has been argued that "boosted trees are not the best default choice when working with...

openreview.net/forum?id=vLt...

TL;DR: A SoftKNN-based training task makes your ICL model for predictive tabular tasks more intelligible while empirically not decreasing performance.

31.07.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Greetings from #ACL in Vienna! πŸ‘‹

Just had a great time presenting our work "In-context learning of Soft Nearest Neighbor Classifiers for Intelligible Tabular Machine Learning" at the Table Representation Learning Workshop.

@matthiasfeurer.bsky.social and Mykhailo! πŸ™Œ

31.07.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Non-Archival Content – AutoML

🚨 Late-breaking call for #AutoML 2025! 🚨

Got a fresh paper or want to discuss a new project? The non-archival track is open until Aug 4 (AoE)! We are looking for:
πŸ“ Short papers
πŸ”₯ Hot-off-the-press work
πŸŽ₯ Demos, blog posts, videos & more!

Light review and no proceedings.

10.07.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for a PostDoc position?

And you're also interested in models for biological and artificial vision?

Here's a unique opportunity with lots of freedom to develop your own research agenda πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

03.07.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Non-Archival Content – AutoML

Deadline is June 27th for submitting to the AutoML 2025 Non-archival track @automl-conf.bsky.social
We are looking for (1) journal/conference papers, (2) original 4-page papers, and (3) non-traditional content on the topic of AutoML.
Details: 2025.automl.cc/call-for-non...

19.06.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

@matthiasfeurer.bsky.social @mlindauer.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social @balazskegl.bsky.social @klein-aaron.bsky.social @boulesteixlaure.bsky.social @dholzmueller.bsky.social @benjamc.bsky.social

20.06.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AutoML Freiburg Hannover TΓΌbingen This channel features videos about automated machine learning (AutoML) from the AutoML groups at the University of Freiburg, Leibniz University Hannover and University of TΓΌbingen. Common topics inclu...

Missed the school? We have uploaded recordings of most talks to our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@AutoML_org πŸ™Œ

20.06.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at the 5th #AutoML Summer School in TΓΌbingen for four days of talks, hands-on sessions, discussions, great food, and a punting boat trip!

Next stop: Dortmund 2026!

20.06.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@automl-conf.bsky.social

04.06.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Non-Archival Content – AutoML

See 2025.automl.cc/call-for-non...

04.06.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We are looking for journal/conference papers and original short papers.

We also welcome non-traditional content, such as blog posts, podcasts, videos, or anything else that sparks discussion.

04.06.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

😱 Less than 2 weeks left to submit to the **AutoML 2025 Non-archival track**!

04.06.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@ml4science.bsky.social @mlindauer.bsky.social @matthiasfeurer.bsky.social

21.05.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

See you in TΓΌbingen!

21.05.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Elena Raponi (LIACS) will talk about automated algorithm design (incl. Bayesian optimization) using LLMs
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Jonas KΓΌbler/Kailash Budhathoki (AWS) will talk about automated inference optimization for large models
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Anne-Laure Boulesteix (LMU) will deliver a keynote lecture on neutral benchmarking

21.05.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AutoML School 2025 Scope AutoML has become a cornerstone in the toolkit of many developers and researchers. With the rise of foundation models, AutoML's potential has expanded even further, enabling smarter, more powerf...

πŸ“’ Only 3 Weeks to Go!

The AutoML summer school (June 10-13th) is just around the corner, and there is not much time left to register!

---> www.automlschool.org <---

πŸ‘‡ We added several new speakers to the program

21.05.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to all co-organizers @mlindauer.bsky.social, Frank, Marcel, @matthiasfeurer.bsky.social and Bernd) and also to @ml4science.bsky.social and CyberValley πŸ™

28.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The schedule allows for lots of interaction in a poster session, panel discussions, and over lunch. Of course, there will also be a bit of time to enjoy TΓΌbingen πŸ’¬πŸ₯¨

28.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We have an excellent lineup of speakers: @klein-aaron.bsky.social, Anirudh Dagar, @boulesteixlaure.bsky.social, @balazskegl.bsky.social, Bernd Bischl, Jennifer D'Souza, Jonas Geiping, David Salinas, and Maximilian Muschalik. We’re still extending, so stay tuned.

28.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AutoML School 2025 Scope AutoML has become a cornerstone in the toolkit of many developers and researchers. With the rise of foundation models, AutoML's potential has expanded even further, enabling smarter, more powerf...

Early Bird registration is still open (until May 1st). The program is shaping up, and our speaker list is growing, so _now_ is the perfect time to secure your spot at a reduced rate!

πŸ“… June 10th-13th, TΓΌbingen, Germany
πŸ”— www.automlschool.org

28.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re getting more and more excited for the 5th AutoML School, happening June 10 - 13 in TΓΌbingen, Germany and we’d love for you to be there.

28.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
NAS Unseen-Data

The 5th NAS Unseen-Data Challenge at #AutoML25 is on! πŸ₯Š How well do your #NAS pipelines perform on completely new, unseen datasets? πŸ“Š
Phase 1 is open until June - grab the starter kit and start building! Winners will be announced at #AutoMLConf in #NYC πŸ—½
More info πŸ‘‰ www.nascompetition.com

22.04.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“’ Early Bird Deadline extension to May 1st!

We've extended the early bird deadline to give everyone who only just heard about the #AutoML School a fair chance to register at the reduced rate.

See you in TΓΌbingen πŸ‘‹

10.04.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friday was amazing! A huge thank you to all the participants and speakers who made this event possible. It’s amazing to see this community growing! A special thanks to the @ml4science.bsky.social for their support. Looking forward to seeing you at the next event!

17.03.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
AutoML

The #AutoMLConf deadline was extended! We’re looking for groundbreaking contributions in #AutoML, NAS, LLMs, agent-based systems, hyperparameter optimization, benchmarking, algorithm selection, and more. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work in #NYC!
πŸ“… Deadline: March 31
🌐 CfP: 2025.automl.cc

13.03.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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AutoML School 2025 Scope AutoML has become a cornerstone in the toolkit of many developers and researchers. With the rise of foundation models, AutoML's potential has expanded even further, enabling smarter, more powerf...

Turns out the link is not working. While we're working on a fix, you can use this one: www.automlschool.org

11.03.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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