Simone Maria Giancola's webpage
Hello world!

Paris, France;
currently no institutional address
I am a PhD candidate (doctorant) in statistics at the Orsay Institute, Paris-Saclay University, supervised by Christophe Giraud and Nicolas Verzelen.
- 🛠I like statistical-to-computational gaps, and reading about methods from physics and probability mixing up.
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previously
I graduated with an M2 in probability and statistics, Université Paris-Saclay, @Institut de Mathématique d’Orsay. The thesis was under the supervision of Alexandra Carpentier and my current supervisors.
In 2024, I was a research intern @KAUST in Peter Richtárik’s group.
In the past, I was a research intern @ENS Paris under the supervision of Bruno Loureiro and @IST Austria under the supervision of Marco Mondelli.
I also hold an MS in data science from Bocconi University. My supervisor was Prof. Carlo Lucibello. Before my graduate studies, I completed a bachelor in economics and computer science.
news
Oct 1, 2025 | One paper got accepted at NeurIPS25 and a preprint is on arXiv. |
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Sep 1, 2025 | I will be at the StatMathAppli summer school and at the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum. |
Jul 1, 2025 | I will continue with a PhD in statistics at the Orsay institute! We will work on the low-degree method. Starting in November after a short break. |
Aug 27, 2024 | Starting September, I will move to Paris and engage in a very advanced set of classes. Quite excited. |
Apr 15, 2024 | Thrilled to make a meta-update! This month, I have graduated from Bocconi university with a MS in data science! Thanks to my awesome supervisor Carlo Lucibello for 5 years of mentorship. Since February I am also interning at KAUST in Prof. Richtárik’s group, focusing on optimization! |