by Susanna Lönnqvist | Mar 10, 2026 | Lund 2026
Focus Period lund 2026 Professor University of California – UCLA (USA) Hayden Schaeffer is the Director of Applied Mathematics and a Professor of Mathematicsat the University of California, Los Angeles. His research is in mathematical and scientific machine...
by Susanna Lönnqvist | Mar 10, 2026 | Lund 2026
Focus Period lund 2026 PhD Student École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL (Switzerland) Andreea-Alexandra Musat is a PhD student at EPFL, supervised by Prof. Nicolas Boumal. She works on nonconvex optimization, sometimes in settings with geometric...
by Susanna Lönnqvist | Mar 9, 2026 | Lund 2026
Focus Period lund 2026 Professor Saarland University (Germany) Peter Ochs received his M.Sc. degree in mathematics from Saarland University in Germany in 2010, and his Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the University of Freiburg in 2015. During his Ph.D., he spent...
by Susanna Lönnqvist | Mar 9, 2026 | Lund 2026
Focus Period lund 2026 PhD Student École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL (Switzerland) Aditya Varre is a PhD student at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), supervised by Prof. Nicolas Flammarion. His research focuses on the theoretical...
by Susanna Lönnqvist | Mar 3, 2026 | Calls and open positions, News
Since 2019, ELLIIT has been setting aside a budget to broader societal goals, such as promoting gender equality in STEM research. The allocated budget can cover both time for the contributing researchers and the actual costs of relevant activities. In 2026, we now...
by Emma Swahn | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Focus Period Halmstad University 2026 Full Professor Umeå University (Sweden) Kary Främling is a Finnish-born computer scientist and professor in Data Science at Umeå University, Sweden, where he leads the research on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI). He has...
by Susanna Lönnqvist | Feb 27, 2026 | News
Read the first newsletter of 2026, presenting for example two ELLIIT focus periods in spring and one in fall term, and meet two recruited faculty! ELLIIT Newsletter issue 28 - February 2026 Download the newsletter by clicking the icon. Previous newsletters can be...
by Susanna Lönnqvist | Feb 27, 2026 | News
In machine learning, optimization is part of the fundamental toolbox for enabling the large language models we are using today. The ELLIIT focus period on optimization for learning will gather visiting scholars in Lund from mid-April to mid-May, to address...
by Tove Kvarnström | Feb 26, 2026 | News
This spring (April 7 – May 8, 2026) we are organizing an ELLIIT focus period on Wireless Sensing Technologies for Emerging Applications at Linköping University. More information about the focus period can be found here. The highlight of the 5-week focus period...
by Susanna Lönnqvist | Feb 24, 2026 | Lund 2026
Focus Period lund 2026 Thomas Pethick did his PhD with Prof. Volkan Cevher at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). His research is broadly concerned with optimization for machine learning with a focus on stabletraining of deep learning...
