KCDS Summer School 2026
from
Monday, September 21, 2026 (8:00 AM)
to
Friday, September 25, 2026 (5:00 PM)
Monday, September 21, 2026
8:00 AM
Registration
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Room: Room 1.067
8:45 AM
Registration: Kick-off
Kick-off
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Room: Room 1.067
9:00 AM
Introduction to GNNs: Intro 1
Intro 1
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room 1.067
10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Room 0.014
10:30 AM
Introduction to GNNs: Intro 2
Intro 2
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Room 1.067
11:30 AM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Introduction to GNNs: Intro 3
Intro 3
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 1.067
2:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Room 0.014
2:30 PM
Introduction to GNNs: Practical to Intro
Practical to Intro
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Room 1.067
4:00 PM
Poster Session and Drinks
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 0.014
7:00 PM
Social: Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
9:00 AM
Equivariance as Design Principle in Modern Machine Learning
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room 1.067
10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Room 0.014
10:30 AM
Equivariance as Design Principle in Modern Machine Learning
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Room 1.067
11:30 AM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
GTs & GFMs: Graph Representation Learning 1
Graph Representation Learning 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 1.067
2:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Room 0.014
2:30 PM
GTs & GFMs: Graph Representation Learning 2
Graph Representation Learning 2
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Room 1.067
3:45 PM
Poster Session and Drinks: Poster Session
Poster Session
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Room 0.014
5:00 PM
Online Talk: Petar Veličković
Petar Veličković
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Room 1.067
7:30 PM
Social: Turmberg (optional)
Turmberg (optional)
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
9:00 AM
GTs & GFMs: Graph Transformers
Graph Transformers
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room 1.067
10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Room 0.014
10:30 AM
GTs & GFMs: Graph Foundation Models
Graph Foundation Models
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Room 1.067
11:30 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 0.014
12:00 PM
GTs & GFMs: Practical
Practical
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Room 1.067
1:00 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Social: Hike
Hike
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Thursday, September 24, 2026
9:00 AM
GNNs for Spatial-Temporal and Earth system Modeling
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room 1.067
10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Room 0.014
10:30 AM
GNNs for Spatial-Temporal and Earth system Modeling
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Room 1.067
11:30 AM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
GNNs for Spatial-Temporal and Earth system Modeling
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 1.067
2:00 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Room 0.014
2:30 PM
GNNs for Spatial-Temporal and Earth system Modeling
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Room 1.067
5:00 PM
Social: Bouldering (optional)
Bouldering (optional)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 AM
Geometric GNNs and Generative AI for Materials Discovery
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room 0.014
10:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 1.067
10:30 AM
Geometric GNNs and Generative AI for Materials Discovery
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Room 0.014
11:30 AM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Geometric GNNs and Generative AI for Materials Discovery
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 0.014