Statistics, ML & AI events

Statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics, ML, and AI conferences and seminars in Atlanta and nearby Georgia, with dates, venues, and official links.

2026-09-26

Places to share research, meet collaborators, and follow developments in statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence around Atlanta. The directory includes upcoming research conferences, applied workshops, student presentations, and ongoing seminar series, with health-related events covering clinical research, epidemiology, biomedical imaging, and biomolecular design.

Upcoming research conferences and workshops

2026

IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) — September 28–October 1, 2026 · Georgia State University, Atlanta. Statistical learning and signal processing, including generative models, multimodal learning, and biomedical applications. Venue: Centennial Hall.
Georgia Statistics Day — October 5, 2026 · Georgia Tech, Atlanta. A regional statistics meeting with research talks and student posters, connecting statistics with applications across disciplines.
Emory AI for Health Symposium — December 4–5, 2026 · Emory University, Atlanta. The fourth symposium on AI in medicine and health, at 1760 Haygood Drive NE.
NeurIPS 2026 — Atlanta satellite — December 9–13, 2026 · Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta. Main-conference sessions and tutorials run December 9–11; workshops follow December 12–13. See the venue information and the official list of 26 Atlanta workshops. Topics include uncertainty-aware decisions, evaluation of agents, reliable clinical simulation, and biomolecular design. Sydney hosts the main meeting December 6–12, while Atlanta and Paris have their own local programs.
- World Models for High-Stakes Health — December 12. Clinical-trial simulation, treatment-effect estimation, causal inference, and uncertainty quantification using longitudinal patient data; rooms C208–C209.
- Agentic Intelligence for Medical Imaging and Multimodal Clinical Data (AIM-NeurIPS) — December 12. AI agents that combine medical images, clinical records, and analysis tools, with an emphasis on evaluation, reliability, and human oversight.
- Generative and Experimental Perspectives for Biomolecular Design (GEM) — December 13. Generative models, active learning, and experimental validation for proteins, molecules, and nucleic acids; relevant to computational biology and drug discovery.
Machine Learning & the Physical Sciences — December 11, 2026 · Georgia Tech, Atlanta. Hosted by the AI4Science Center, this independent workshop connects machine learning with physical-science research. It is near the NeurIPS venue but is not an official NeurIPS workshop in 2026.

2027

Suddath Symposium — March 3–4, 2027 · Georgia Tech, Atlanta. Experimental, computational, and AI approaches to predictive biomedical models, drug development, and toxicity assessment. Venue: Petit Biotechnology Building, Suddath Seminar Room 1128.
APHL ID Lab Con — March 15–18, 2027 · Hyatt Regency Atlanta. An applied public-health laboratory conference with tracks on pathogen genomics, infectious-disease outbreaks, and surveillance. The March 15 Advanced Molecular Detection workshop covers metagenomic sequencing, bioinformatics workflows, and genomic epidemiology. Abstracts are due October 2, 2026.
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS27) — May 23–27, 2027 · Hilton Atlanta. Includes data-driven and AI-informed dynamical systems, stochastic dynamics, and scientific applications.
ACM Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC) — June 5–11, 2027 · Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Co-located computing conferences connect statistical modeling, learning theory, simulation, and computing systems. Relevant meetings include:
- STOC 2027 — June 6–11. Theory of computation, including a day on theoretical computer science and AI.
- SIGMETRICS 2027 — June 7–11. Measurement, statistical modeling, and performance analysis of computing systems.
- SIGSIM-PADS 2027 — June 9–11. Simulation methods and systems for modeling complex processes.
- SPAA and PLDI — parallel algorithms and programming-language research during FCRC week; useful for researchers working on scalable ML and AI systems.

Student research and regional networking

These events offer opportunities to present work and meet researchers or practitioners across disciplines.

UGA Statistics Industry Day — November 11, 2026 · University of Georgia, Athens. Statistics and industry connections, featuring Shan Ba; Caldwell Hall, Room 204.
Georgia State Graduate Conference for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity — November 18, 2026 · Student Center East, Atlanta. Graduate research from all disciplines. The 2026 call for abstracts lists an October 2 submission deadline.
Kennesaw State Fall Analytics Day — December 4, 2026 · KSU Center Atrium, Kennesaw. Student analytics projects and conversations with regional industry practitioners; 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM (ERN) — March 4–6, 2027 · Hyatt Regency Atlanta. A broad student research conference. The organizer has announced the 2027 dates; submission requirements for that edition are still being updated.
ASA DataFest at UGA — April 9–11, 2027 · University of Georgia, Athens. A student data-analysis competition; consult the departmental calendar for participation and venue details.

Industry and practitioner conferences

Atlanta AI Week — April 2027 · Atlanta; exact dates and venue pending. Sessions and workshops on implementing AI, enterprise applications, and the local startup community.
AI Connect Expo — September 8–9, 2027 · Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta. An industry exhibition and conference focused on AI applications and technology providers; the organizer’s event information lists the dates and venue.

Seminar series and local calendars

Biostatistics, bioinformatics, and health data science

Emory Biostatistics and Bioinformatics — The BIOS Beat — the department’s biweekly newsletter lists research events and webinars in biostatistics and bioinformatics. Use the Stay In Touch section for current and past issues.
Georgia CTSA Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Research Forum — a recurring forum connecting statistical methods with clinical and translational research across Emory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, and UGA. Themes have included clinical trials, wearable data, and AI in health care; check the organizer for the next edition.
Emory Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series — research talks on clinical prediction, medical imaging, electronic health records, and AI for patient care. The calendar also links to Georgia CTSA informatics lunch-and-learn events; attendance formats vary by session.
Emory Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center events — seminars and workshops connecting infectious-disease research with epidemiology, real-world evidence, and AI/ML. Consult individual announcements for local viewing locations and online participation.

Atlanta and nearby Georgia

Georgia State Statistics Seminar — statistics talks organized by Yichuan Zhao. The Mathematics and Statistics calendar provides departmental event announcements.
Georgia Tech ISyE Statistics Seminar — statistical theory, methods, and applications.
Machine Learning at Georgia Tech — current ML seminar and robotics seminar schedules.
Georgia Tech IDEaS seminars and events — AI foundations, machine learning, and high-performance computing talks and workshops.
Georgia Tech CSIP Seminar — signal processing, statistical learning, and information theory.
Emory Data Science lecture series — data science, causal inference, and applications across research disciplines.
Emory CODES seminars — computational and data-enabled science, with an associated student scientific-computing seminar.
University of Georgia Statistics events — colloquia, lectures, and statistics events in Athens.
Atlanta Combinatorics Colloquium — a joint Georgia Tech, Georgia State, and Emory series for related mathematical foundations.

Online and other seminar series

Monte Carlo Online Seminar — Monte Carlo methods and computational statistics.
Online Causal Inference Seminar — causal-inference research talks.
McGill Statistics Seminar — statistics seminar information and schedules.
Centre de recherches mathématiques activities — CRM scientific events and programs.

Other conferences of interest

SLDS 2026: Inference and Intelligence — November 1–3, 2026 · Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, New York. Statistical learning and data science. Abstract submission and invited-speaker registration are due September 30. This meeting is outside the Atlanta region.

Completed events are now collected in Past Conference.

Notes

Updated September 26, 2026. Dated entries were checked against organizers’ or host institutions’ pages. Coverage focuses on announced 2026–2027 events in metropolitan Atlanta and nearby Georgia, including Decatur, Alpharetta, Kennesaw, and Athens. A few conferences and online seminars outside this area are retained in separate sections. Workshops, training programs, student meetings, and industry events are identified by type.

This directory is a snapshot, not an exhaustive or automatically updated calendar. Events may be announced or revised after this update; consult the linked organizers for current dates, locations, eligibility, registration, and submission requirements. Unannounced future editions are not assigned estimated dates.