Florent Krzakala
Full Professor at LightOn
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorent Krzakala is a full professor at EPFL and a researcher whose 20+-year trajectory bridges statistical physics, machine learning, and applied mathematics with a focus on neural networks, optimization, and information theory. He co-founded LightOn to translate theoretical insights into machine-learning technologies, and has held faculty and visiting positions at top institutions including ENS, UPMC, UC Berkeley, and Duke. Known for combining rigorous theory with practical impact, he teaches and mentors across academia and industry and ran a machine-learning training venture that connected research to real-world applications. Based in Lausanne, his background in theoretical physics informs unconventional approaches to inference and algorithms, often revealing statistical-physics perspectives that improve understanding of modern learning systems.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Maitrise/Undergraduate studies Physics, Maitrise/Undergraduate studies Physics at Aix-Marseille UniversityPh.D Theoretical Physics, Ph.D Theoretical Physics at Pierre and Marie Curie University
English, Italian, French
Github Skills (58)
ranking10
python9
statistics9
react9
computer-science9
pyplot9
science9
rmarkdown8
deep-learning8
gpu8
machine-learning8
fastai8
rstudio8
hugo-theme8
pytorch8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
krzakala/M2Python
Sep 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
krzakala/academic-kickstart
Jun 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:313 commits, 303 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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