Madelon Hulsebos
madelonhulsebos.bsky.social
Madelon Hulsebos
@madelonhulsebos.bsky.social
CS researcher at CWI & ELLIS Amsterdam https://trl-lab.github.io. Research on tabular AI to democratize insights from structured data. Prev at UC Berkeley and the University of Amsterdam.

https://www.madelonhulsebos.com
Join the TRL Seminar tomorrow for talks on query ambiguity in open-domain data analysis @daniel-gomm.bsky.social, the SQaLE dataset for training text-to-SQL models @cowolff.bsky.social, and pattern/rule inference from tabular data @erkankarabulut.bsky.social.

Info: trl-lab.github.io/trl-seminar/
TRL Seminar | TRL Lab
trl-lab.github.io
January 22, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Today I wrote an elaborate email, which I hadn't done for a while. I realize that I start to enjoy crafting nice and authentic stories, word by word, now that most texts are LLM'd.

The LLM era makes me more creative and thoughtful about my daily writing than before.

Here's to more writing in 2026!
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I’m at EurIPS in Copenhagen this week! Great seeing the AI crowd come together in Europe 🤩.

Would love to chat with people about 1) AI for tabular data, 2) new collaborations (prospective students, phd visitors, peers from other labs/disciplines), 3) the future of AI in Europe.

Some highlights:
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Looking forward to hosting Irina Saparina (Univ. of Edinburgh, saparina.github.io) this Friday for a talk in the TRL Seminar on "From Implicit Bias to Explicit Choice: Handling Ambiguity in Text-to-SQL Parsing" 👀.

📆 Fri 28 Nov 4-5pm CEST
📍 CWI lobby 3:50pm or Zoom 👇

trl-lab.github.io/trl-seminar
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Excited to introducd the SQaLe dataset for text-to-SQL training/tuning at scale. SQaLe is the first large-scale text-to-SQL dataset grounded in real schemas and covers a broad range of realistic queries (eg # joins, operations).

SQaLe provides 517K high-quality question/schema/query triples 🤩.
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Are We Asking the Right Questions?

With @daniel-gomm.bsky.social and @cowolff.bsky.social we wrote a reflection on ambiguity in natural language queries for tabular data analysis: What queries should we expect, facilitate? On what should tabular data analysis systems be evaluated, and how? See thrd
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm hiring PhDs through the ELLIS PhD program for research on table representation learning to democratize insights from tabular data!

Info: trl-lab.github.io/open-positio...
Apply: apply.ellis.eu (31 Oct)

Join us in beautiful Amsterdam at @cwi-amsterdam.bsky.social & @ellisamsterdam.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚀 Excited to announce the AI for Tabular Data workshop at EurIPS 2025 in Copenhagen!

CfP: sites.google.com/view/eurips2... (papers due 20 Oct)

Join us @euripsconf.bsky.social to discuss neural tabular models and systems for predictive ML, tabular reasoning and retrieval, table synthesis and more ✨
September 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Off to London 🇬🇧 for @vldb.bsky.social!

Looking forward to the panel discussion on neural models and tabular data Tue 10:45 🔥. I’ll share my thoughts on the state of affairs, promising paradigms, and future directions for TRL.

Will share my input and some take-aways of the discussions post conf.
September 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Excited to be at ACL! Join us at the Table Representation Learning workshop tomorrow in room 2.15 to talk about tables and AI.

We also present a paper showing the sensitivity of LLMs in tabular reasoning to e.g. missing vals and duplicates, by @cowolff.bsky.social at 16:50: arxiv.org/abs/2505.07453
July 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
The paper's called:
"How well do LLMs reason over tabular data, really?" 📊

We dig into two important questions:
1️⃣ Are general-purpose LLMs robust with real-world tables?
2️⃣ How should we actually evaluate them? (2/4)
July 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Very excited about this! Aligns well with my 🇪🇺 focus this year.
EurIPS is coming! 📣 Mark your calendar for Dec. 2-7, 2025 in Copenhagen 📅

EurIPS is a community-organized conference where you can present accepted NeurIPS 2025 papers, endorsed by @neuripsconf.bsky.social and @nordicair.bsky.social and is co-developed by @ellis.eu

eurips.cc
July 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
Join us for discussions and talks on data management aspects for end-to-end ML on 27 June at @deem-workshop.bsky.social in Berlin. Keynotes by @pinartozun.bsky.social and @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social 🤩

Check the full schedule deem-workshop.github.io#schedule & proceedings dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Proceedings of the Workshop on Data Management for End-to-End Machine Learning | ACM Conferences
dl.acm.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
🚨What is SOTA on tabular data, really? We are excited to announce 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮, a living benchmark for machine learning on IID tabular data with:

📊 an online leaderboard (submit!)
📑 carefully curated datasets
📈 strong tree-based, deep learning, and foundation models

🧵
June 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
Let’s collaborate on democratizing insights from tabular data in Amsterdam! ✨

PhD directions: 1) fundamental techniques for tabular foundation models, 2) reliable mechanisms for AI-powered tabular data analysis.

Sharing w/ friends appreciated! ⬇️
ellis.eu ELLIS @ellis.eu · Jun 5
🏹 Job alert: 2 fully-funded PhD Positions at Table Representation Learning Lab - @ellisamsterdam.bsky.social

📍 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
📅 Apply by June 30
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4519pj1
Open positions | TRL Lab
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join us for discussions and talks on data management aspects for end-to-end ML on 27 June at @deem-workshop.bsky.social in Berlin. Keynotes by @pinartozun.bsky.social and @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social 🤩

Check the full schedule deem-workshop.github.io#schedule & proceedings dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Proceedings of the Workshop on Data Management for End-to-End Machine Learning | ACM Conferences
dl.acm.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Let’s collaborate on democratizing insights from tabular data in Amsterdam! ✨

PhD directions: 1) fundamental techniques for tabular foundation models, 2) reliable mechanisms for AI-powered tabular data analysis.

Sharing w/ friends appreciated! ⬇️
ellis.eu ELLIS @ellis.eu · Jun 5
🏹 Job alert: 2 fully-funded PhD Positions at Table Representation Learning Lab - @ellisamsterdam.bsky.social

📍 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
📅 Apply by June 30
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4519pj1
Open positions | TRL Lab
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
🏹 Job alert: 2 fully-funded PhD Positions at Table Representation Learning Lab - @ellisamsterdam.bsky.social

📍 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
📅 Apply by June 30
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4519pj1
Open positions | TRL Lab
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
"Can LLMs really reason over tabular data, really?"
That’s the title and central question of my first paper in my new role as a PhD student, which has been accepted to the 4th Table Representation Learning Workshop @ ACL 2025! arxiv.org/pdf/2505.07453

🧵Here’s what we found:
May 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
Eager to contribute to democratizing insights from tabular data? We have 2 new PhD openings! ✨

1) Fundamental Techniques in Table Representation Learning
2) Reliable AI-powered Tabular Data Analysis Systems

⏰ Apply by: 30 June 2025
📅 Start: Fall/Winter 2025
🔗 Info: trl-lab.github.io/open-positions
Open positions | TRL Lab
trl-lab.github.io
May 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Eager to contribute to democratizing insights from tabular data? We have 2 new PhD openings! ✨

1) Fundamental Techniques in Table Representation Learning
2) Reliable AI-powered Tabular Data Analysis Systems

⏰ Apply by: 30 June 2025
📅 Start: Fall/Winter 2025
🔗 Info: trl-lab.github.io/open-positions
Open positions | TRL Lab
trl-lab.github.io
May 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We’re running a TRL reading group, and captured some reflections on the survey “Large Language Models on Tabular Data: Prediction, Generation, and Understanding“: trl-lab.github.io/blog/2025/re... by @daniel-gomm.bsky.social @effylix.bsky.social @zeyuzhang.bsky.social @cowolff.bsky.social and me!
TRL reading group discussion: "Large Language Models(LLMs) on Tabular Data: Prediction, Generation, and Understanding - A Survey" | TRL Lab
Discussion protocol and results of the TRL reading group on the paper
trl-lab.github.io
April 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This talk is today, 4-5pm UvA lab42 Amsterdam and Zoom. Looking forward 🤩
Excited to share the new monthly Table Representation Learning (TRL) Seminar under the ELLIS Amsterdam TRL research theme! To recur every 2nd Friday.

Who: Marine Le Morvan, Inria (in-person)
When: Friday 11 April 4-5pm (+drinks)
Where: L3.36 Lab42 Science Park / Zoom

trl-lab.github.io/trl-seminar/
April 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
Good news for authors of submissions to the Table Representation Learning workshop @ ACL: we're extending the deadline a little bit. Papers are due 21 April. No exceptions from there :).
April 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Excited to share the new monthly Table Representation Learning (TRL) Seminar under the ELLIS Amsterdam TRL research theme! To recur every 2nd Friday.

Who: Marine Le Morvan, Inria (in-person)
When: Friday 11 April 4-5pm (+drinks)
Where: L3.36 Lab42 Science Park / Zoom

trl-lab.github.io/trl-seminar/
April 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM