The OT+OPT workshop aims to bring together researchers from optimal transport, optimization, statistics, CS, and Econ to discuss the latest theoretical advances and interesting applications, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration.
The workshop will take place from May 24 to 29, 2026, in the picturesque village of Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
Les Diablerets is a charming mountain village in the French-speaking Vaud Alps in Switzerland. It offers a stunning backdrop of majestic peaks and alpine scenery, providing an ideal setting for focused discussion and collaboration.
Anna Korba
Anthony So
Austin Stromme
Axel Munk
Bernard Schmitzer
Bharath Sriperumbudur
Frank Nielsen
Gabriele Steidl
Gergely Neu
Jiajin Li
Jie Wang
Johan Karlsson
Jose A. Carrillo
Jose Blanchet
Kenji Fukumizu
Leon Bungert
Luhao Zhang
Macro Cuturi
Rui Gao
Ruodu Wang
Sinho Chewi
Stefanie Jegelka
Tianyi Lin
Victor Panaretos
Xin Chen
Xue-Mei Li
Yao Xie
Zijian Guo
ENSAE/ CREST
CUHK
ENSAE/ CREST
University of Göttingen
University of Göttingen
Penn State U
Sony
TU Berlin
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
UBC
CUHK-Shenzhen
KTH
Oxford
Stanford
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo
University of Würzburg
JHU
ENSAE/ CREST
UT Austin
Waterloo
Yale
TUM
Columbia
EPFL
Gatech
EPFL
Gatech
Zhejiang U
Monday May 25 to Friday May 29, 2026.
The workshop has limited available slots for public registration. We are working on the registration link and will release it soon.
Niao He (ETH Zurich)
Yifan Hu (Rutgers University)
Daniel Kuhn (EPFL)
Jia-Jie Zhu (KTH)
This event is generously supported by NCCR SwissMAP – The Mathematics of Physics.
We also thank the support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the priority programme ”Theoretical Foundations of Deep Learning” (SPP 2298)