Mikolaj KASPRZAK

Assistant Professor
department: Information Systems, Data Analytics and Operations
Campus de Cergy
Career
Biography

Mikołaj is a tenure-track assistant professor at ESSEC Business School, specializing in mathematical statistics and applied probability. He obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics from the University of Warwick in the UK and his DPhil in Statistics from the University of Oxford. After his DPhil, he joined the Mathematics Department at the University of Luxembourg as a postdoctoral research associate. Later, he obtained a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual (Global) Fellowship, sponsored by the EU. 

During the outgoing phase of the fellowship, he worked at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and undertook a short secondment at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at University College London (UCL). He then returned to Luxembourg for the incoming phase of the fellowhip, after which he joined ESSEC in 2024.

In his research, Mikołaj is interested in providing rigorous quality guarantees for various approximations arising in applied probability, statistics and machine learning. Along the way, he develops new mathematical theory and tools for upper-bounding distances between probability distributions. He enjoys working on theoretical problems and proving new theorems which are motivated by real-life applications.

 

Diplomas

  • 2019: Doctor of Philosophy, Statistics (University of Oxford United Kingdom)
  • 2015: Master of Science, Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics (University of Warwick United Kingdom)
Career
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2024 – Now : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2022 – 2023 : Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow (Université du Luxembourg Luxembourg)
    • 2022 : Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow (Secondment) (University College London United Kingdom)
    • 2021 – 2022 : Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States of America)
    • 2018 – 2021 : Research Associate (Université du Luxembourg Luxembourg)
    • 2015 – 2019 : DPhil student (University of Oxford United Kingdom)
Other appointments
    • 2023 – 2024 : Visiting Researcher (Université du Luxembourg Luxembourg)
Distinctions

Grants

  • 2024 : Junior Chair of Excellence in Data Analytics, CY Initiative
  • 2021 : Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual (Global) Fellowship (Commission européenne)
  • 2015 : Full Doctoral Studentship (UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom)

Awards

  • 2019 : New Researcher Travel Award (IMS – Bernoulli Society)
Research

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Teaching
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