{"id":1149569,"date":"2025-09-11T08:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=1149569"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:49:29","slug":"microsoft-research-montreal-mila-workshop","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/microsoft-research-montreal-mila-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research Montr\u00e9al & Mila Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Join us on Monday, October 6, 2025<\/strong>, for an exciting half-day workshop from 1:00 PM EDT to 5:00 PM EDT at the Microsoft Research Montr\u00e9al lab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop brings together researchers from across Microsoft Research and Mila (Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms) to explore cutting-edge topics in language modeling, reasoning, and AI agents. Themes include agentic systems, reasoning foundations, and FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics in AI). The scope is illustrative rather than exhaustive, leaving room for additional discussions and collaboration opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agenda will feature talks from Mila professors and students, as well as presentations from MSR teams highlighting ongoing research and innovative directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope you\u2019ll join us for this unique opportunity to engage with colleagues, share insights, and build community. Visit the Agenda tab for full details on planned talks and speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workshop details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Date<\/strong>: Monday, October 6, 2025 
Time:<\/strong> 1:00-5:00 PM EDT 
Location: <\/strong>6795 Rue Marconi Suite 401, Montreal, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A networking cocktail with food and refreshments will immediately follow the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the next two tabs, explore the tentative workshop agenda and travel tips for visiting Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This in an invite-only workshop.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft\u2019s Event Code of Conduct<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft\u2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes virtual events Microsoft hosts and participates in, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants. As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location. We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. Please report (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> any concerns, harassing behavior, or suspicious or disruptive activity. Microsoft reserves the right to ask attendees to leave at any time at its sole discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 6, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finalizing soon. Themes include agentic systems, reasoning foundations, and FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics in AI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theme<\/th>Time (ET)<\/th>Affiliation<\/th>Session Title<\/th>Researcher(s) Name<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Agentic Systems<\/strong><\/td>1:00 \u2013<\/strong> 1:30
1:30 \u2013<\/strong> 2:00
2:00 \u2013<\/strong> 2:15<\/td>		Mila x MSR Montr\u00e9al
MSR Montr\u00e9al
MSR AI Frontiers<\/td>		Interesting Questions
Training and evaluating a coding agent
Towards Human-Centered Agents<\/td>		Xiyuan (Mila) + Eric Yuan, Senior Researcher
MSR MTL ML Team
Maya Murad, Senior Technical Program Manager<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>2:15 \u2013<\/strong> 2:30<\/td><\/td>Break<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Reasoning foundations<\/strong><\/td>2:30 \u2013<\/strong> 3:00
3:00 \u2013<\/strong> 3:15
3:15 \u2013<\/strong> 3:30<\/td>		Mila x MSR Montr\u00e9al
Mila
MSR Montr\u00e9al<\/td>		The Markovian Thinker
Shape of Thought
Learning to Extract Context for Context-Aware LLM Inference<\/td>		Milad (Mila) + Amir Hossein (Mila) + Kamran (Mila)
Ayush (Mila)
Minseon Kim, Post Doc Researcher<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>3:30 \u2013<\/strong> 4:00<\/td><\/td>Break<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
FATE<\/strong><\/td>4:00 \u2013<\/strong> 4:30
4:30 \u2013<\/strong> 5:00<\/td>		MSR Montr\u00e9al
Mila x MSR Montr\u00e9al<\/td>		Rigor in AI
How Do We Know We Are Making Progress in NLP? The Evidence-Centered Benchmark Design Framework<\/td>		Alexandra Olteanu, Principal Researcher + Su Lin Blodgett, Principal Researcher
Jackie Chi Kit Cheung (Mila)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Visiting Montr\u00e9al<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are excited to welcome you to the Microsoft Research Montr\u00e9al lab!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location<\/strong>: Microsoft Research Montr\u00e9al, 6795 Rue Marconi Suite 401, Montreal, Quebec (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day of arrival<\/strong>: Upon your arrival at the lab, please report to the registration desk on the 4th floor to collect your name badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting to Microsoft Research Montr\u00e9al lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Below you can find more information on getting to our lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Montr\u00e9al International Airport (YUL)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n