Focus Period Lund 2026 Optimization for Learning

Visiting scholars

During the focus period we invited visiting scholars to stay in our environment at Lund University for 3-5 weeks to network through seminars, organised common activities, and informal day-to-day interaction, with the aim of initialising collaborations and formulating novel research challenges.

The list of visiting scholars will be updated continuously.

Part 1

April 20 – May 8

Ahmet Alacaoglu

Ahmet Alacaoglu

Aaron Defazio

Aaron Defazio

- Invited Speaker - Research Scientist at FAIR

Michael Timothy Crawshaw

Michael Timothy Crawshaw

PhD Student at George Mason University

Manish Krishan Lal

Manish Krishan Lal

Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Munich

Frederik Kunstner

Frederik Kunstner

Postdoctoral Researcher at INRIA Paris

Nicolas Loizou

Nicolas Loizou

- Invited Speaker - Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University

Henry Shugart

Henry Shugart

PhD Student at University of Pennsylvania

Manu Upadhyaya

Manu Upadhyaya

Postdoc at INRIA Paris

Alp Yurtsever

Alp Yurtsever

- Invited Speaker - Assistant Professor at Umeå University

Part 2

May 6 – May 22

Kimon Antonakopoulos

Kimon Antonakopoulos

Postdoctoral Researcher at EPFL

Jaeyoung Cha

Jaeyoung Cha

PhD Student at KAIST

Alex Damian

Alex Damian

- Invited Speaker - Research Fellow at Kempner Institute at Harvard University

Ilyas Fatkhullin

Ilyas Fatkhullin

PhD Student at ETH Zurich and ETH AI Center Fellow

Yan Gao

Yan Gao

PhD Student at Saarland University and CISPA

Kaja Gruntkowska

Kaja Gruntkowska

PhD Student at KAUST

Guy Kornowski

Guy Kornowski

PhD Student at Weizmann Institute of Science

Hanmin Li

Hanmin Li

PhD Student at KAUST

Hooman Maskan

Hooman Maskan

Postdoctoral Researcher at Uppsala University

Henry Shugart

Henry Shugart

PhD Student at University of Pennsylvania

Manu Upadhyaya

Manu Upadhyaya

Postdoc at INRIA Paris