BLISS AI Speaker Series: Understanding Reasoning from Pretraining to Post-Training – Pavel Izmailov
AI research talk with Anthropic’s Pavel Izmailov on how reasoning develops from pretraining to post-training, followed by networking with Berlin’s ML community.
The BLISS AI Speaker Series welcomes Pavel Izmailov, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic, for a talk on “Understanding Reasoning from Pretraining to Post-Training.” The approximately 45-minute session focuses on current AI research and is aimed at people interested in state-of-the-art developments in machine learning.
After the talk, participants can continue the discussion with other members of Berlin’s AI community over free drinks and pizza. The event is open to everyone interested in AI research, with students, PhD candidates, academic researchers, and industry professionals with a machine-learning research focus particularly encouraged to attend.
- Date: November 10, 2026
- Time: 6:45–8:45 PM
- Location: Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623 Berlin
- Organizer: BLISS Berlin e.V.
- Speaker: Pavel Izmailov, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic
- Talk: Understanding Reasoning from Pretraining to Post-Training
- Talk duration: Approximately 45 minutes
- Admission: RSVP via Luma required to guarantee entry
- Entry: Doors close at 7:15 PM
- Audience: Students, PhD candidates, academic researchers, industry professionals, and anyone interested in current AI research
- Focus: AI reasoning, pretraining, post-training, machine learning, AI research
- Catering: Free drinks and pizza
- Note: Photography may take place during the event