Connectionists: Learning over Time (LOT 2.0) Spring School - Barcelona, April 27-30 2026

[Paolo Dini]

Dear all,

The second edition of the *Spring School on Learning Over Time (LOT 
2.0)* will be held in Barcelona from *April 27 to 30, 2026*. Save the 
date! (Previous edition: Siena, Italy - https://collectionless.ai/school 
<https://collectionless.ai/school>)

The school focuses on machines that continuously and sustainably learn 
over time, with a particular emphasis on rethinking the role of data in 
this process and on lean learning solutions, inspired by Collectionless 
AI (https://collectionless.ai/).

The school is organized by:
- Paolo Dini (CTTC)
- Marco Miozzo (CTTC)
- Vincenzo Lomonaco (LUISS University)
- Stefano Melacci (University of Siena)

Fees:
500€ Academy, 700€ Industry (50€ Gala Dinner).

*Are you planning to participate? *
Register your contact here now! 
<https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=iPQ27TuojkyOYnKSeu16xkqxJJ6i_p1Lqrion7emcRlUMk0xVTNCVTdCU1Y3NzVRWUFCTVVZN0xSNC4u>

More info (we will send a new message soon with further details)

...Beyond training, test and deploy
...Beyond datasets
...Beyond CENTRALIZED LEARNING (and energy-hungry datacenters)
...Back to lean and optimized learning algorithms

Topics

  * Collectionless AI
  * Continual/Lifelong Learning
  * Reinforcement Learning
  * Time Series
  * Representation Learning and Universal Representation
  * Collaborative Learning
  * Distributed / Decentralized Learning
  * Brain-inspired Computing
  * Online Learning
  * Active Learning
  * Curriculum Learning
  * Domain Adaptation
  * Transfer Learning
  * In-Context Learning
  * On-device Learning

When:
*April 27-30, 2026*

Where:
Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia
Castelldefels, Barcelona (Spain)

See you there!

Paolo Dini, Marco Miozzo, Vincenzo Lomonaco, Stefano Melacci

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*Paolo Dini*
Researcher (R4)
** Sustainable Artificial Intelligence (SAI) research unit
Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 7 - Building B4
08860 - Castelldefels
Tel.: +34 93 645 29 00

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