I am going to ICML, ping me if you want to chat. I am particularly interested at meeting people from frontier labs.
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Francesco Orabona invites ICML attendees to connect as Shubhendu Trivedi misses the conference over visa restrictions
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At ICML 2026 in Seoul, Francesco Orabona is actively lining up chats with frontier-lab researchers while Shubhendu Trivedi sits this one out, citing the same visa lock-in that has kept him grounded before.
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Visa rules keep clipping researcher travel
Trivedi’s O-1A status, held for years, still blocks routine conference hops, turning what should be routine networking into a recurring no-show.
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In-person formats expose participation gaps
With tutorials and workshops locked to physical attendance in Korea, the exchange quietly spotlights who can actually show up when global movement stays restricted.
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Users thank mentions of Francesco Orabona attending ICML because it highlights attendance by researchers from Prior Labs.
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Alex Shtoff@AlexShtf
@bremen79 @AlanArazi1536 perhaps I can connect you two :)
Alan works in Prior Labs, that develop SOTA ICL tabular foundation models.
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Shubhendu Trivedi@_onionesque
@bremen79 Couldn't make it unfortunately, as usual, this time due to visa-induced lock-in. Would have been great to catch up.
Francesco Orabona@bremen79
I am going to ICML, ping me if you want to chat. I am particularly interested at meeting people from frontier labs.
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Alan Arazi@AlanArazi1536
@AlexShtf @bremen79 Thanks @AlexShtf ! Sadly I won't be attending but there a bunch of people from Prior Labs! @LennartPurucker @innixma
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