Yassir Akram, July 2026
Implicit Biases of Modern Deep Learning Architectures
Co-referees: João Sacramento, Google, Zurich; Razvan Pascanu, DeepMind, London; Walter Senn, Bern
Nicolas Zucchet, August 2025
Artificial models of biological learning: Exploring recurrence and data diversity
Co-referees: João Sacramento, Google, Zurich; Blake Richards, McGill/MILA
Seijin Kobayashi, March 2025
Loss Landscapes and Optimization Dynamics of Models with Multiplicative Interactions
Co-referees: Guillaume Lajoie, MILA, Montreal; Razvan Pascanu, DeepMind, London; João Sacramento, Google, Zurich
Simon Schug, February 2025
Meta-Learning & Compositional Generalization in Neural Networks
Co-referees: João Sacramento, Google, Zurich; Brenden Lake, Princeton; Razvan Pascanu, DeepMind, London
Robert Meier, January 2025
Towards Understanding Curiosity and Online Learning
Co-referees: João Sacramento, Google, Zurich; Walter Senn, Bern
Alexander Meulemans, June 2024
Control-based theories for credit assignment in neural networks and reinforcement learning
Co-referees: Gregory Wayne, DeepMind; João Sacramento, ETH Zürich; Walter Senn, Bern
Kalina Petrova, February 2024
Embedding Large Structures in Adversarially Modified Graphs and Hypergraphs
Co-referees: Raphael Steiner, ETH Zürich; Julia Böttcher, LSE
Johannes von Oswald, December 2023
Interpretability of Learning Algorithms Encoded in Deep Neural Networks
Co-referees: Guillaume Lajoie, MILA, Montreal; Razvan Pascanu, DeepMind, London; João Sacramento,ETH Zürich
Asier Mujika, July 2023
Harnessing Temporal Information: Methods for Long-term Dependency Learning in Autoregressive Models
Co-referees: João Sacramento, ETH Zürich; Yann Ollivier, Facebook AI Research Paris
Maxime Larcher, May 2023
Randomness as an Obstacle and a Tool for Optimisation
Co-referees: Johannes Lengler, ETH Zürich; Benjamin Doerr, EP Palaiseau
Xun Zou, February 2023
Towards Understanding Bio-Inspired Computing for Optimization and Learning
Co-referees: Johannes Lengler, ETH Zürich; Dirk Sudholt, Passau
Charlotte Knierim, December 2022
On Partition Problems in Combinatorics
Co-referees: Anusch Taraz, TU Hamburg-Harburg; Shagnik Das, National Taiwan University
Frederik Benzing, August 2022
Towards an Empirically Guided Understanding of the Loss Landscape of Neural Networks
Co-referees: Razvan Pascanu, DeepMind; Laurence Aitchison, University of Bristol
Christian Henning, February 2022
Knowledge uncertainty and lifelong learning in neural systems
Co-referees: Joachim Buhmann, ETH Zürich; Jean-Pascal Pfister, Universität Bern
Miloš Trujić, October 2021
Dirac-type Problems in Random Graphs
Co-referees: Michael Krivelevich, Tel Aviv University
Pascal Su, March 2021
Properties of Randomness in Graph Theory and Algorithms.
Co-referees: Tibor Szabo, FU Berlin; Konstantinos Panagiotou, LMU München
Florian Meier, February 2020
On Bio-inspired Optimization and Learning.
Co-referees: Walter Senn, University of Bern; Johannes Lengler, ETH Zürich
Pascal Pfister, July 2019
Processes on Random Graphs and other Random Processes.
Co-referees: Wojciech Samotij, Tel Aviv University; Bernd Gärtner, ETH Zürich
Marcelo Gauy, May 2019
Biological and Artificial Neural Network Mechanisms for Memory and Online Learning.
Co-referees: Fatih Yanik, Institute of Neuroinformatics ETHZ/UZH; Johannes Lengler, ETH Zürich
Felix Weissenberger, June 2018
On randomness as a principle of structure and computation in neural networks.
Co-referees: Jean-Pascal Pfister, Institute of Neuroinformatics ETHZ/UZH; Johannes Lengler, ETH Zürich
Ralph Keusch, May 2018
Geometric Inhomogeneous Random Graphs and Graph Coloring Games.
Co-referees: Tobias Friedrich, Hasso-Plattner-Institute, Potsdam; Johannes Lengler, ETH Zürich
Nemanja Škorić, July 2017
Resilience of Random Graphs.
Co-referee: Michael Krivelevich, Tel Aviv University
Frank Mousset, June 2017
Some Problems in Graph Theory and Probability.
Co-referee: József Balogh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hafsteinn Einarsson, May 2017
Fast Emergence of Neural Structures.
Co-referees: Joachim Buhmann, ETH Zürich; Benjamin Grewe, Institute of Neuroinformatics ETHZ/UZH; Johannes Lengler, ETH Zürich
Andreas Noever, October 2016
Online Ramsey Games and Some Classical Problems in Graph Theory.
Co-referee: Oleg Pikhurko, University of Warwick
Rajko Nenadov, May 2016
Ramsey and Universality Properties of Random Graphs.
Co-referee: Michael Krivelevich,
Tel Aviv University
Ueli Peter, August 2014
Random
Graph Models for Complex Systems.
Co-referees: Benjamin Doerr,
École Polytechnique Paris; Konstantinos Panagiotou, LMU München
Luca Gugelmann, August 2013
Ramsey properties of random graphs and
hypergraphs.
Co-referee: Mathias Schacht, Universität Hamburg
Henning Thomas, March 2013
Aspects of Games on
Random Graphs.
Co-referee: Benjamin Doerr, Max-Planck-Institut für
Informatik, Saarbrücken
Christoph Krautz, January 2012
On
Principles of Cortical Computation.
Co-referee: Matthew Cook,
Rodney Douglas, University of Zurich/ETH
Florian Jug, January 2012
On
Competition and Learning in Cortical Structures.
Co-referee:
Matthew Cook, Kevan Martin, University of Zurich/ETH; Piotr Dudek, University
of Manchester
Torsten Mütze, November 2011
Ramsey Games in Random Graphs.
Co-referee: József
Balogh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Reto Spöhel, February 2010
On the power of
choices in random graph processes.
Co-referee: Michael Krivelevich,
Tel Aviv University
Rico Zenklusen, December 2008
Combinatorial
Methods for Analysing Network Security and Reliability.
Co-referees:
Komei Fukuda, ETH Zürich; Friedrich Eisenbrand, EPF Lausanne
Julian Lorenz, April 2008
Optimal Trading Algorithms: Portfolio Transactions,
Multiperiod Portfolio Selection, and Competitive Online
Search.
Co-referees: Hans-Jakob Lüthi, ETH Zürich; Robert Almgren,
New York University
Konstantinos Panagiotou, April 2008,
Colorability Properties of Random Graphs.
Co-referee:
Joel Spencer, New York University
Jan Remy, June 2007,
Approximation Schemes for Geometric
Problems.
Co-referee: Satish Rao, UC Berkeley; Subhash Suri, UC
Santa Barbara
Andreas Weißl, February 2007,
Random
Graphs with Structural Constraints.
Co-referee: Marc Noy, UPC
Barcelona
Martin Marciniszyn, July 2006,
Ramsey
and Turan Type Problems in Random Graphs.
Co-referee: Yoshiharu
Kohayakawa, U Sao Paulo
Alexander Souza, February 2006,
Average
Performance Analysis.
Co-referee: Martin Skutella, U Dortmund.
Thomas Schickinger, January 2003,
Complete
Subgraphs of Random Graphs.
Co-referee: Hans Jürgen Prömel, HU
Berlin
Ulrich Voll, February 2002,
Treshhold
Phenomena in Branching Trees and Sparse Random Graphs.
Co-referee:
Andreas Goerdt, TU Chemnitz
Mark Scharbrodt, December 2000,
Produktionsplanung
in der Prozessindustrie: Modelle, effiziente Algorithmen und
Umsetzung.
Co-referee: Horst Weisser, TU München
