Kimon Antonakopoulos

Focus Period lund 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL (Switzerland) Kimon Antonakopoulos completed his Bachelor’s degree in mathematics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, followed by a Master’s...

Yuan Gao

Focus Period lund 2026 PhD Student Saarland University & CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security (Germany) Yuan Gao is a PhD student at Saarland University and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. He is a member of the Machine Learning and...

Kaja Gruntkowska

Focus Period lund 2026 PhD Student King Abdullah University of Science and Technology – KAUST (Saudi Arabia) Kaja Gruntkowska is a PhD student at KAUST, advised by Prof. Peter Richtárik. Her research focuses on developing the algorithmic and mathematical foundations...

Jaeyoung Cha

Focus Period lund 2026 PhD Student Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI – KAIST (South Korea) Jaeyoung Cha is a third-year PhD student at the Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, KAIST, advised by Chulhee “Charlie” Yun (OptiML Lab). His research focuses...

Hooman Maskan Hezaveh

Focus Period lund 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher Uppsala University (Sweden) Hoomaan Maskan Hezaveh completed his PhD in Mathematical Statistics at Umeå University, where he worked under the supervision of Alp Yurtsever, funded by the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems...

Henry Shugart

Focus Period Lund 2026 PhD Student University of Pennsylvania (USA) Henry  Shugart is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Wharton Department of Statistics and Data Science at the University of Pennsylvania, advised by Prof. Jason Altschuler. His research interests lie...