Registration is open for the conference on Deep Learning theory. Details below:

Dear Community, 

We are happy to announce that registration is live for DeepMath 2021 (https://deepmath-conference.com/)! Please register online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deepmath-2021-registration-172453000567 and see below for important information about this year’s DeepMath conference. This year we are excited to have speaking at DeepMath:

Becca Willet - U Chicago

Stephane Mallat - College de France

Caroline Uhler - MIT

Yannis Kevrekidis - Johns Hopkins

Aarti Singh - Carnegie Mellon University

Raman Arora - Johns Hopkins

Kamalika Chaudhuri - UCSD

DeepMath 2021 will be a fully online event. Like last year, we will use Gather to  create a virtual DeepMath experience that brings online some of the spontaneous interaction and discussion that we all enjoyed before the pandemic.  Gather is an online gathering space that combines a 2d map with seamless drop-in / drop-out video chats to make something a bit more interactive than a single giant video call. Gather worked smoothly the last time, and  we feel confident that this is the right choice for DeepMath 2021 as well. Our plenary talks will still be streamed over a Zoom webinar and re-streamed for free to YouTube, but the remainder of the event will be held entirely over Gather. We will soon be opening up registration, and look forward to seeing you there! 

How to register:

Click on the registration link (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deepmath-2021-registration-172453000567).  This will bring you to eventbrite.

Make an eventbrite account if you don't already have one.

Buy a ticket for the conference.

Once you have purchased a ticket, an account with the same email will be propagated to both Zoom and Gather. Note that this process may take some time, so your accounts may not be available immediately. 

Upon registration, you will also be granted access to the EventBrite conference website, which will include a link to enter our Gather conference venue. The venue will open 2 days ahead of the main conference so you can familiarize yourself with its features if you would like. Our Zoom webinar link will be available in the Gather main conference hall. 

You will arrive in our gather.town conference venue.  This space will open 2 days ahead for you to explore.  

All conference events will be linked to from this space.  Talks will be held on zoom, but can be accessed through the auditorium.  There is another room for posters, one for talking with virtual whiteboards, and several spaces for socializing.

Some features of our conference map.  

Gather is a 2d interactive space you can move around in using your arrow keys or the WASD keys on your keyboard. When you come within a few squares of another avatar, a video chat automatically opens between you. Moving your avatar away disengages the video chat. Occasionally you will be able to interact with objects by pressing ‘x’, for example to view a poster PDF or open a whiteboard or Zoom link. 

Main room: 

There will be an information desk, as well as a pamphlet describing how to navigate Gather. Press x to interact with either. Volunteers will be available in this space for the duration of the conference to address any questions or concerns you may have. 

Auditorium

Enter this room to access the zoom link for talks.  Clicking on the link will automatically turn off your audio and video on ather, eliminating feedback issues.  You can also access the zoom talks directly, but be careful of feedback issues.

Poster rooms

Posters will be displayed here. The poster browsing radius is set slightly larger than the video-call interaction radius, so you will be able to browse posters and decide which one you would like to “walk up” to.  Press x to display the poster.  Talk to the author and others at the poster.

Whiteboard rooms

Meet and talk at a numbered whiteboard.  Writing persists at the boards, is not erased when you leave.  So if you return to the same board, you can continue where you left off.  (Unless the next person erases the board!  Just like in real life.  :)  )

Private areas

In the rooms, look for areas demarcated by potted trees or carpeting.  In these areas, only the people within the demarcated space can see and hear each other.  If you step over the line, even if you're within the interaction radius, you will no longer see anyone in the demarcated space.

Thanks!

DeepMath committee