Yan 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

Focus Period lund 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher Uppsala University (Sweden) Hooman Maskan 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 and...

Hanmin Li

Focus Period Lund 2026 PhD Student King Abdullah University of Science and Technology – KAUST (Saudi Arabia) Hanmin Li is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), supervised by Prof. Peter Richtárik. His...

Guy Kornowski

Focus Period Lund 2026 PhD Student Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) Guy Kornowski is a PhD student at the Weizmann Institute of Science, advised by Prof. Ohad Shamir. He previously held student research positions at Apple ML Research, working with Vitaly Feldman...

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...
Newsletter issue 27 is out

Newsletter issue 27 is out

Read the last newsletter of the year, and get updated on focus periods, save the dates and news about appointments and awards. Please find the newsletter by clicking the icon below.   ELLIIT Newsletter Issue 27 - December 2025 Download the newsletter by clicking the...

Manish Gupta

Focus Period Halmstad University 2026 Principal Applied Researcher Microsoft India R&D Private Limited (India) Manish Gupta is a Principal Applied Researcher at Microsoft India R&D Private Limited at Hyderabad, India. He is also an Adjunct Faculty at...

Sašo Džeroski

Focus Period Halmstad University 2026 Full Professor Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School (Slovenia) Sašo Džeroski is Head of the Department of Knowledge Technologies at the Jozef Stefan Institute and full professor at the Jozef Stefan International...