March 16 – 20, 2026

Workshop on Polyhedral Geometry for Neural Networks

at the University of Technology Nuremberg

Welcome to the Workshop on Polyhedral Geometry for Neural Networks

taking place on March 16–20 in the historic city of Nuremberg. The goal of the event is to bring together researchers interested in the connection between polyhedral geometry and the theory of neural networks.

Our workshop receives funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) via priority programme SPP 2458 Combinatorial Synergies and via DFG project number 574350099.

Limited travel funds are available for young researchers.

If you have any questions, please write to moritz.stargalla[at]utn.de or any other organizer.

To help us with room planning, please register until November 30, 2025.

Caution: Scam emails about accommodation bookings for our workshop have been reported. Do not respond to these messages or share your details.

Keynote Speakers

Gennadiy Averkov

Gennadiy Averkov

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Amitabh Basu

Amitabh Basu

Johns Hopkins University

Christian Haase

Christian Haase

Freie Universität Berlin

Katharina Jochemko

Katharina Jochemko

KTH Stockholm

Marissa Masden

Marissa Masden

University of Puget Sound

Anthea Monod

Anthea Monod

Imperial College London

Daniel Reichman

Daniel Reichman

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ngoc Mai Tran

Ngoc Mai Tran

Former UT Austin professor

Amir Yehudayoff

Amir Yehudayoff

University of Copenhagen & Technion-IIT

We welcome contributed talks and posters including short research pitches.

Adrian Göß - University of Technology Nuremberg
Alexander Martin - University of Technology Nuremberg
Andrei Balakin - TU Berlin
Ayush Kumar Tewari - RICAM Linz
Baran Hashemi - TUM
Bella Finkel - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chih-Chun Wang - LMU Munich
Egor Bakaev - University of Copenhagen
Florestan Brunck - University of Copenhagen
Florian Krowiorz - Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg
Günter Rote - Freie Universität Berlin
Hanna Wilhelm - OVGU Magdeburg
Hrishikesh V - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Itay Safran - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Johanna Marie Gegenfurtner - Technical University of Denmark
Juan Tzintzun - University of Alberta
Julia Grübel - University of Technology Nuremberg
Kamillo Ferry - TU Berlin
Linus Wiegmann - Universität Bremen
Lukas Brandl - Technische Universität München
Lukas Koller - Technical University of Munich
Manjot Singh - LMU Munich
Manmatha Roy - Indian Statistical Institute
Mateusz Skomra - LAAS-CNRS
Moritz Grillo - MPI MIS Leipzig
Muhammad Imran - Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University
Nataliia Kushnerchuk - Aalto University
Nermin Saber - Elsewedy University of Technology Polytechnic of Egypt
Roan Talbut - Durham University
Se Eun Choi - University of Osnabrueck
Shelby Cox - MPI MIS
Timm Oertel - FAU
Tobias Ladner - Technical University of Munich
Volker Kaibel - OVGU Magdeburg
William Jones - Cardiff University
Yaoying Fu - Boston College
Yue Ren - Durham University

Schedule

The workshop will begin on Monday at noon and end on Friday at noon.

Organizers

Marie-Charlotte Brandenburg

Marie-Charlotte Brandenburg

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Christoph Hertrich

Christoph Hertrich

University of Technology Nuremberg

Georg Loho

Georg Loho

Freie Universität Berlin & University of Twente

Moritz Stargalla

Moritz Stargalla

University of Technology Nuremberg