The 3rd New England Mechanistic Interpretability (NEMI) workshop

August 14, 2026, Boston University

About the Workshop

The New England Mechanistic Interpretability (NEMI) workshop aims to bring together academic and industry researchers from the New England and surrounding regions who are advancing the field of mechanistic interpretability in machine learning systems. The workshop will serve as a forum to share recent progress, challenges, and ideas in reverse-engineering, circuit analysis, and other techniques that seek to understand how models compute internally. NEMI seeks to foster a participatory and collaborative environment where researchers at all levels—including graduate students, early-career scientists, and established experts—can engage in discussion and feedback. We particularly encourage submissions from rising researchers currently enrolled in graduate programs at New England-based universities. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) interpretability of neural circuits, probe-based analysis, feature attribution methods, model simplification, actionable interp, and interp for science. The workshop will feature a dynamic program including invited keynote speakers, selected oral presentations, interactive poster sessions, and opportunities for open discussion.

2025 NEMI Photo

Registration

Registration for NEMI is now open! We aim to foster deeper connections between New England-based researchers and encourage anyone interested in mechanistic interpretability to join us regardless of experience level.

Submission Guidelines

We invite submissions for the NEMI 2026 workshop. We welcome submissions on all aspects of interpretability.

Venue

George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215

Student Organizers

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Gabriel Franco

Boston University
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Zhengyang Shan

Boston University
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Divya Appapogu

Boston University
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Themistoklis Nikas

Boston University
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Micah Benson

Boston University

Senior Program Committee

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Aaron Mueller

Boston University
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Mark Crovella

Boston University
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Tamar Rott Shaham

MIT
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Naomi Saphra

Boston University

Sponsors

We thank our sponsors for their generous support!