Madelon Hulsebos
@madelonhulsebos.bsky.social
Faculty at CWI & ELLIS Amsterdam https://trl-lab.github.io. Research on AI and tabular data to democratize insights from structured data. Prev at UC Berkeley and the University of Amsterdam.
https://www.madelonhulsebos.com
https://www.madelonhulsebos.com
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 ✨
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
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 ✨
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 ✨
🚀 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 ✨
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
🚀 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 ✨
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 ✨
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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)
"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
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)
"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)
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
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
Very excited about this! Aligns well with my 🇪🇺 focus this year.
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...
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
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...
Check the full schedule deem-workshop.github.io#schedule & proceedings dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
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
🧵
📊 an online leaderboard (submit!)
📑 carefully curated datasets
📈 strong tree-based, deep learning, and foundation models
🧵
June 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨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
🧵
📊 an online leaderboard (submit!)
📑 carefully curated datasets
📈 strong tree-based, deep learning, and foundation models
🧵
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! ⬇️
PhD directions: 1) fundamental techniques for tabular foundation models, 2) reliable mechanisms for AI-powered tabular data analysis.
Sharing w/ friends appreciated! ⬇️
🏹 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
📍 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
📅 Apply by June 30
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4519pj1
Open positions | TRL Lab
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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! ⬇️
PhD directions: 1) fundamental techniques for tabular foundation models, 2) reliable mechanisms for AI-powered tabular data analysis.
Sharing w/ friends appreciated! ⬇️
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...
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
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...
Check the full schedule deem-workshop.github.io#schedule & proceedings dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
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! ⬇️
PhD directions: 1) fundamental techniques for tabular foundation models, 2) reliable mechanisms for AI-powered tabular data analysis.
Sharing w/ friends appreciated! ⬇️
🏹 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
📍 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
📅 Apply by June 30
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4519pj1
Open positions | TRL Lab
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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! ⬇️
PhD directions: 1) fundamental techniques for tabular foundation models, 2) reliable mechanisms for AI-powered tabular data analysis.
Sharing w/ friends appreciated! ⬇️
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
📍 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
📅 Apply by June 30
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4519pj1
Open positions | TRL Lab
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🏹 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
📍 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
📅 Apply by June 30
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4519pj1
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:
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
"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:
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:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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/
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
This talk is today, 4-5pm UvA lab42 Amsterdam and Zoom. Looking forward 🤩
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
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 :).
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/
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
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/
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/
To international (US?!) academic friends and followers: be prepared to apply for some great research funding opportunities to continue or start your lab in the Netherlands (www.nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-...).
Feel free to reach out -- although I might not have all answers..
Feel free to reach out -- although I might not have all answers..
NWO works on facilitating the transfer of top international researchers to the Netherlands | NWO
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is working on a new fund to facilitate the relocation of international top researchers to the Netherlands. The fund will enable scientists to continue their research a...
www.nwo.nl
March 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
To international (US?!) academic friends and followers: be prepared to apply for some great research funding opportunities to continue or start your lab in the Netherlands (www.nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-...).
Feel free to reach out -- although I might not have all answers..
Feel free to reach out -- although I might not have all answers..
This was a very inspiring and energizing gathering in Amsterdam, with research on tabular QA, retrieval, KGs, etc: tinyurl.com/56nd7hk5.
Thanks to all speakers, attendees, organizers, volunteers and support! Looking forward to more exchanges around table representation learning and related topics!
Thanks to all speakers, attendees, organizers, volunteers and support! Looking forward to more exchanges around table representation learning and related topics!
🚀 Under the recently established research theme on Table Representation Learning, @madelonhulsebos.bsky.social (CWI), @iacercalixto.bsky.social (Amsterdam UMC), Michael Cochez (VU) & Andrew Yates (UvA) organized a workshop focusing on representation learning and generative models
March 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This was a very inspiring and energizing gathering in Amsterdam, with research on tabular QA, retrieval, KGs, etc: tinyurl.com/56nd7hk5.
Thanks to all speakers, attendees, organizers, volunteers and support! Looking forward to more exchanges around table representation learning and related topics!
Thanks to all speakers, attendees, organizers, volunteers and support! Looking forward to more exchanges around table representation learning and related topics!
Good point!
Glad we’ll also be hosting the Table Representation Learning workshop at ACL in Vienna this year (deadline 15 April) 🇪🇺
I wonder if NeurIPS could still be routed to Canada or another country? Would it send a (good) message?
Glad we’ll also be hosting the Table Representation Learning workshop at ACL in Vienna this year (deadline 15 April) 🇪🇺
I wonder if NeurIPS could still be routed to Canada or another country? Would it send a (good) message?
If you are organizing a workshop in the United States, please consider adding a statement on remote attendance.
Given the stories in the media about academia being under threat and grants being canceled based on their topic, it doesn't feel safe to go there if you work on those topics.
Given the stories in the media about academia being under threat and grants being canceled based on their topic, it doesn't feel safe to go there if you work on those topics.
March 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Good point!
Glad we’ll also be hosting the Table Representation Learning workshop at ACL in Vienna this year (deadline 15 April) 🇪🇺
I wonder if NeurIPS could still be routed to Canada or another country? Would it send a (good) message?
Glad we’ll also be hosting the Table Representation Learning workshop at ACL in Vienna this year (deadline 15 April) 🇪🇺
I wonder if NeurIPS could still be routed to Canada or another country? Would it send a (good) message?
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
Youtube and LinkedIn has *a lot* of click-baity optimism when it comes to AI tools. Not all of it is bad, but I figured it might be fun to dive into AI-fails some more instead.
March 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Youtube and LinkedIn has *a lot* of click-baity optimism when it comes to AI tools. Not all of it is bad, but I figured it might be fun to dive into AI-fails some more instead.
Submissions (long and short) are due in roughly 4 weeks! ✨
We're excited to share that the 4th Table Representation Learning (TRL) workshop will be held at ACL 2025 in Vienna 🇪🇺
We invite papers on all things LLMs/ML and tabular data! table-representation-learning.github.io/ACL2025/
In 2025, TRL@ACL being in Europe and in summer complements TRL@NeurIPS ☀️
We invite papers on all things LLMs/ML and tabular data! table-representation-learning.github.io/ACL2025/
In 2025, TRL@ACL being in Europe and in summer complements TRL@NeurIPS ☀️
Table Representation Learning Workshop
TRL Workshop ---
table-representation-learning.github.io
March 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Submissions (long and short) are due in roughly 4 weeks! ✨
Reposted by Madelon Hulsebos
How can we make LLMs understand tabular data better? My latest blog post compares table serialization techniques using the Table Serialization Kitchen, showing large gaps between approaches in table retrieval settings.
daniel-gomm.github.io/blog/2025/Ta...
daniel-gomm.github.io/blog/2025/Ta...
Table Serialization Kitchen - A Recipe for Better LLM Performance on Tabular Data | Daniel Gomm
This blog post explores table serializations and their impact on downstream tasks using the Table Serialization Kitchen.
daniel-gomm.github.io
March 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
How can we make LLMs understand tabular data better? My latest blog post compares table serialization techniques using the Table Serialization Kitchen, showing large gaps between approaches in table retrieval settings.
daniel-gomm.github.io/blog/2025/Ta...
daniel-gomm.github.io/blog/2025/Ta...