Teaching/Projects

This semester (Spring 2026), I am head teaching assistant for Multivariate Statistics (MATH-444).
Solutions to the weekly practicals are available on my GitHub.

Previously, I have TAd for:


Supervision

I have had the pleasure of supervising several Bachelor’s and Master’s theses and projects in Statistics and Machine Learning.

To get a feel for the kind of projects I enjoy supervising, here are a few highlights, followed by a comprehensive list.

Spectral Light Exposure Timeseries

Spectral data

Statistical analysis of spectral light timeseries data. Employed optimal transport and designed a neural network architecture (encoder–decoder–classifier) to cluster measured spectra, classify spectral types, and decompose signals into source components.

Stochastic Interpolants in RKHS

Wasserstein flow simulation

Wasserstein gradient flows for sampling from complex distributions by pulling back Gaussian stochastic interpolants in RKHS.

COVID-19 Dynamics via Optimal Transport

COVID OT

Used optimal transport to register infection curves and quantify the effect of governmental restrictions on COVID-19 cases across the USA via vector-on-vector regression. Focused on time alignment and phase–amplitude separation.


LevelNameYearTitle
Master's thesisLuca Raffo2026Embedded stochastic interpolants: generative modelling in feature space
Master's thesisFrancesco Bellotto2026Schrödinger bridges on the Cholesky manifold: score matching for functional/structural connectivity matrices
Master's thesisFahim Beck2023Statistical Analysis and Deep Learning for Spectral Light Exposure Timeseries Data
Master's thesisFrancesco Tripoli2023Time Dynamics of COVID-19 Using OT: Assessing the Impact of Restrictions
Master's projectLuca Raffo2025Wasserstein Gradient Flows: Sampling and Diffusions
Master's projectBeji Qayis2023Computational Methods for Optimal Transport
Master's projectMaxence Robaux2022Forecasting Electricity Consumption with Functional Time Series
Bachelor's projectPierre-Gabriel Meyrignac2024Introduction to Empirical Processes
Bachelor's projectLucas Poinsignon2024Bootstrap Principles and Edgeworth Expansions
Bachelor's projectLeonardo Barbieri2021Functional PCA with Application to COVID-19 Data