BIFOLD Colloquium 15/2025 – Tabular Foundation Models (TFMs): An Overview

BIFOLD Colloquium 15/2025: Tabular Foundational Models: An Overview

Date and Time: December 16, 2025, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location: Franklinstr. 28/29, 10587 Berlin, Room 701

Speaker: David Salinas (Research Group Leader at the ELLIS Institute and University of Freiburg)

Topic: Advances, limitations, and applications of Tabular Foundation Models (TFMs), including time-series forecasting and the introduction of the new benchmark TabArena.

Short Description:
In this talk, David Salinas will explain the functionality and recent progress of Tabular Foundation Models (TFMs). He will discuss their limitations, particularly the lack of built-in symmetries, and present an application in time-series forecasting. He concludes by introducing TabArena, a recent benchmark for tabular models. Salinas brings extensive experience from his time as a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon and NAVER LABS Europe.

Franklingebäude

Franklinstr. 28/29, 10587 Berlin, Raum 701

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