austin.stromme@ensae.fr
I am an Assistant Professor in the Statistics Department at ENSAE/CREST. I work at the high-dimensional intersection of optimization, geometry, and probability, and am particularly interested in statistical questions in optimal transport. I recently received my PhD from MIT EECS, where I was fortunate to be advised by Philippe Rigollet and Guy Bresler.
I have funding available for a one year postdoc in the Paris area, with the option to renew for a second year. I am searching for candidates with a strong background in mathematical statistics, optimization, Riemannian geometry (especially geometry of manifolds with group symmetries), or functional inequalities. The research directions are dependent on the interest and experience of the candidate but would involve applying the above to problems in statistical optimal transport, the theory of deep learning, Euclidean/manifold optimization, and sampling. The position pays approximately 2500€/month, and there is no required teaching. There is also 5000€/year for travel expenses. Please email me at austin.stromme@ensae.fr if you are interested.
I am currently co-organizing an online seminar on statistics and geometry, please see the seminar homepage here. The aim is to promote communication between the two fields, and we encourage speakers to give synthetic and pedagogical talks of about one hour, aimed at a broad mathematical audience. We are happy to have Flavien Léger joining us for our upcoming seminar:
Flavien Léger
INRIA Paris
2pm CET Friday, December 13th 2024