The School on Large Scale Problems in Machine Learning and Workshop on Common Concepts in Machine Learning and Statistical Physics, co-sponsored by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy) and SNN Adaptive Intelligence, Radboud University of Nijmegen, is being held in Trieste, Italy on 20-31 August 2012.  CXTeam member Christian Alis is attending the school/workshop.