Topic: Following the success of our previous event, the Newcastle Sampling workshop is back for a second year! This workshop was conceived with the intent to bring together researchers at the forefront of modern sampling techniques and related disciplines to discuss recent advances in the field. 

This event is funded by the ProbAI Hub and Normal Computing.

Where and When: The workshop will be held from 2-4 September, 2026, at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne. The talks will take place Lindisfarne Room, Hadrian Building.

Registration fee — £35

Includes:

• Lunch on all three days

• Refreshments at every coffee break

• The Wednesday evening poster reception, with food and drink

Workshop dinner — £35 (optional)

Thursday 3 September, 19:30, at Khai Khai on Queen Street. Please register by 26 August; we cannot add places after that date.

Registration: Registration is now closed. Most of the talks will be live-streamed via Teams and people can attend online without registration.

Poster Session:

Every registrant is welcome to present their posters at our poster session. There will be a Best Poster Award!

Workshop Programme: The full program is now available (PDF)

Confirmed speakers:

Adrien Corenflos (University of Warwick)

Thomas Cowperthwaite (University of Cambridge)

Francesca Romana Crucinio (Università degli Studi di Torino)

Sam Duffield (Normal Computing)

Michael Faulkner (University of Warwick)  

Karen Habermann (University of Warwick)  

Lars Holdijk (University of Oxford)

Gurtej Kanwar (University of Edinburgh)

Qing Li (Lily) (University of Edinburgh) 

Song Liu (University of Bristol)

Samuel Livingstone (University College London)

Nikolas Nusken (King's College London)

Marcelo Pereyra (Heriot-Watt University)

Francisco Vargas (Xaira Therapeutics)

Darren Wilkinson (Durham University)

David Yallup (University of Cambridge)

Rui-Yang Zhang (Lancaster University)

Previous Meeting: You can find more about last year's meeting  here.

Organisers:

Sam Duffield (Normal Computing)

Mariya Mamajiwala (University of Nottingham)

Sam Power (University of Bristol)

Louis Sharrock (University College London)

Giorgos Vasdekis (Newcastle University)

Andi Wang (University of Warwick)