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2026 Summer Workshop Program

Join top researchers, students, and industry leaders as they explore breakthroughs and foster collaboration across fields in computer science.

Nirmit Joshi Announced as Apple AI Fellow

April, 2026 - Nirmit Joshi was selected as a 2026 recipient of the Apple Scholars in AIML PhD Fellowship.

Emily Chang Named NSF Graduate Research Fellow

April, 2026 - TTIC PhD student Emily Chang receives prestigious NSF fellowship.

TTIC at ICLR 2026

April, 2026 - TTIC researchers present their work at ICLR 2026.

Zhiyuan Li and Colleagues Receive $3M DARPA Grant

March, 2026 - Professor Zhiyuan Li and colleagues lead a $3M DARPA project on emergent AI.

Yoshiaki Nakano Joins TTIC’s Board of Trustees

December, 2025 - TTIC is pleased to welcome Yoshiaki Nakano as a new Trustee.

2025 Junior Theorists Workshop

December, 2025 - TTIC and Northwestern University to host Junior Theorists Workshop.

Nati Srebro Announced as New Lenore Blum Professor

November, 2025 - TTIC is pleased to announce Nati Srebro as the Lenore Blum Professor of Computer Science.

TTIC Announces Three Tenure-Track Faculty Hires

June, 2025 - TTIC is pleased to announce Yossi Gandelsman, Will Merrill, and Nick Tomlin will join its faculty in fall 2026.

Postdoc Highlight: Dravyansh Sharma

February, 2026 - Postdoctoral researcher Dravyansh Sharma is strengthening the theory behind modern AI.

Faculty Highlight: David McAllester

October, 2025 - Professor David McAllester became Professor Emeritus after 23 years of service at TTIC.

Faculty Highlight: Matthew Turk

August, 2025 - Matthew Turk concludes his six-year presidency at TTIC, marked by community building and academic excellence.

Student Alumni Highlight: Freda Shi

April, 2025 - Ph.D. Graduate Freda Shi Advances NLP Research as an Assistant Professor.

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