* Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested, thanks! * IAISS2026, A Residential Summer School in AI & Generative AI for Science and Engineering IAISS 2026 is a full-immersion 5-day Summer School in Tuscany on cutting-edge advances in AI and Generative AI with lectures delivered by world-renowned experts. Riva del Sole Resort & SPA @ Tuscany, Italy, Sept 20-24, 2026 https://2026.iaiss.cc iaiss@icas.cc LECTURERS: Each Lecturer will hold up to four lectures on one or more research topics. Stefano V. Albrecht, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Mikhail Belkin, University of California San Diego, USA Giuseppe De Giacomo, University of Oxford, UK Jamie Hayes, Google DeepMind, UK Sumi Helal, University of Bologna, Italy Marine Le Morvan, INRIA Saclay, France Bruno Lepri, FBK, Italy George Paliouras, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece Panos Pardalos, University of Florida, USA More Lecturers TBA https://2026.iaiss.cc/lecturers/ https://2026.iaiss.cc/lectures/ REGISTRATION: by May 23 (AoE) https://2026.iaiss.cc/registration/ Applicant *may* submit (during the Registration Process) a research abstract (max 2 pages; any format) for presentation. School directors and the scientific committee will review the abstracts and will recommend for poster and/or short talk. Abstract can be submitted by May 23 during the registration process. PAST EDITIONS: https://2026.iaiss.cc/previous-editions/ IAISS Norbert Wiener Best Presentation Award in Artificial Intelligence: https://2026.iaiss.cc/best-presentation-award/ VENUE: https://2026.iaiss.cc/venue/ Riva del Sole Resort & SPA Località Riva del Sole‚ Castiglione della Pescaia (Grosseto) CAP 58043‚ Tuscany‚ Italy p: +39-0564-928111 e: booking.events@rivadelsole.it w: https://www.rivadelsole.it/en/ CERTIFICATE & 8 ECTS: The International Artificial Intelligence Summer School – IAISS 2026 is a full-immersion five-day Summer School at the Riva del Sole Resort & SPA (Castiglione della Pescaia – Grosseto – Tuscany, Italy) on cutting-edge advances in AI and Generative AI with lectures delivered by world-renowned experts. The Summer School provides a stimulating environment for PhD students, Post-Docs, junior academics (only up to assistant professors), early career researchers, and industry leaders (and highly motivated, promising and brilliant Master students / BSc students). Participants will also have the chance to present their results with talks, and to interact with their colleagues, in a convivial, professional and productive environment. PhD students, PostDocs, Industry Practitioners and Junior Academics (only up to assistant professors) will be typical profiles of the IAISS attendants. The Summer School will involve a total of 36–40 hours of lectures, according to the academic system the final achievement will be equivalent to 8 ECTS points for the PhD Students (and some strongly motivated Master Student – BSc Student) attending the Summer School. Language: English. To participate in the IAISS 2026, all attendants must (1/2) register for the school (by May 23, 2026) and (2/2) book accommodation at the school venue, “Riva del Sole Resort & SPA” (by July 23, 2026); all attendants must stay at the “Riva del Sole Resort & SPA”. Once accommodation has been booked at “Riva del Sole Resort & SPA“, the participant must send this information (including the Booking Number) to the IAISS organizing committee (iaiss@icas.cc). IAISS is a residential school, so all lecturers and participants must reside in the same Hotel (Riva del Sole Resort & SPA). No exceptions are made. For privacy reasons, the Hotel cannot match people. If you have someone to share the apartment with, please send to the Hotel ( booking.events@rivadelsole.it ) the name, surname and email address. Otherwise the solution is to book an apartment in single use. IAISS is organized as a non-profit scientific event. Please note that only IAISS registered participants can book a room (in hotel or apartment) at the Riva del Sole Resort & SPA with the accommodation form attached in the registration email and with the IAISS Discounted Rates. The Booking Office of the Riva del Sole Resort & SPA will verify the names of the participants and the corresponding registration number to confirm the booking. Anyone interested in participating in IAISS 2026 should register as soon as possible: https://2026.iaiss.cc/registration/ See you in Riva del Sole in September! IAISS 2026 Organizing Committees. https://2026.iaiss.cc iaiss@icas.cc Obviously, this is only a Call for Participation, to have complete and updated information we recommend you access the relevant website: https://2026.iaiss.cc the News Section: https://2026.iaiss.cc/category/news/ and the FAQ: https://2026.iaiss.cc/faq/ * Apologies for multiple copies. Please forward to anybody who might be interested, thanks! *