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Student Spotlight: Malo Sommers

Meet Malo Sommers, an incoming PhD student in ICME.

Meet Malo Sommers, an incoming PhD student in ICME.

ALMA MATERS

Ecole Polytechnique, Stanford ICME

DEGREES & MAJORS

Msc, Applied Mathematics

Academic and work experience

I’m a graduate student with a background in mathematics, statistics, and machine learning, and I work on both theoretical research and applied data-analysis projects. I also have professional experience from internships involving large-scale modeling and causal inference.

Specific research areas of interest

I’m interested in theoretical statistics, especially areas that connect statistical inference with optimization and distribution-free methods. This includes topics like PPI++, stationary points, and minimax lower bounds as examples of the kinds of questions I work on.

Interests and hobbies

Music, literature, philosophy, and soccer.

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