Touch Sensing and Processing Summer School 2026

Compared to vision or hearing, touch is a poorly understood sensing modality. Thanks to recent advances in hardware development, it will soon be possible to digitize touch at scale. This creates important opportunities for both basic research and applications, such as robotics. In this context, it is increasingly important the role of Touch Processing – the science of making sense of touch through the use of machine learning.

The Touch Sensing and Processing Summer School (TSPSS) aims to provide a stimulating opportunity for young researchers and Ph.D. students to participate and benefit from direct interaction and discussions with world leaders in touch sensing and processing. Participants will also have the possibility to present the results of their research, and to interact with their scientific peers, in an informal and constructive environment.

Important dates:

Application deadline: 12 April 2026 (Anywhere on earth)
Acceptance notifications: 17 April 2026
Summer school: 24-28 August 2026

Speakers

Lorenzo Jamone (University College London)
Edward Adelson (MIT)
Calogero Maria Oddo (University of Pisa)
Robert Haschke (University of Bielefeld)
Avishai Sintov (Tel Aviv University)
Aviv Tamar (Technion)

Application

Applications are re-opened.

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Logistics

All participants, including speakers, at TSPSS 2026 will be hosted at the Jugendgästehaus Liebethal just outside of Dresden, from 23-28 August 2026.

The registration fee for this year will be 550Euro and will include accommodation, meals and social activities throughout the summer school.

Accommodation is provided in same-sex shared rooms. Only for exceptional cases, we might be able to provide a limited number of single rooms.

Dresden is an old Baroque German city, the capital of Saxony. The city offers rich historical experience, surrounded with beautiful natural landmarks around the city and down the river Elbe.

Organizing Committee

Robin Koch (TU Dresden)
Philipp Hanisch (TU Dresden)
Roberto Calandra (TU Dresden)

Sponsors

Contact

For more information, you can contact us at tspss@lasr.org.

Summer School organized by Robot Learning e.V.

Touch Sensing and Processing Summer School (TSPSS)

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