Research Scientist at CNRS, Nice, France

Contact

Samuel Vaiter
Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné
CNRS UMR 7351, Université Côte d’Azur
Parc Valrose 06108 NICE CEDEX 2, France
email: samuel.vaiter@cnrs.fr
github: @svaiter, twitter: @vaiter, bluesky: @samuelvaiter.com
one piece of math a day

Open positions for 2024/2025

I will propose several PhD and postdoc positions for 2025 on topics related to bilevel optimization, automatic differentiation and fairness. Postdoc proposal on topics related to these topics are welcomed!

Master 2 internship + PhD: Adaptive methods for safe machine learning (Location: Nice) with Yassine Laguel.
Master 2 internship + PhD: Interplay between stochastic algorithms and automatic differentiation (Location: Nice or Toulouse) with Edouard Pauwels.

Vita

I am a CNRS researcher at the interface of mathematics and computer science. My current host lab is the Laboratoire J. A. Dieudonné of Université Côte d’Azur located in the beautiful city of Nice.

My research interests cover in particular the mathematical foundation of machine learning, especially linked to optimization. In particular, I work on graph machine learning, algorithmic differentiation, (stochastic ∨ bilevel ∨ nonsmooth) optimization. I am currently an Area Chair for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and Action Editor for TMLR. I am also PI of the research projet ANR PRC MAD and 3IA Côte d'Azur chairholder.

Previously, I was a member of Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne, located in the city of Dijon, France during 2015-2021 and a postdoc at CMAP, the applied math institute of École Polytechnique with Antonin Chambolle during the academic year 2014-2015. Before that, I did my PhD at CEREMADE (Univ. Paris-Dauphine) under the supervision of Gabriel Peyré. More information are available on my About page.