Omar Rivasplata
Omar Rivasplata
Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Manchester
- Joined July 2019
Names
Emails
****@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Confirmed)
, ****@ualberta.ca (Confirmed)
, ****@ucl.ac.uk (Confirmed)
, ****@manchester.ac.uk (Confirmed)
Personal Links
Career & Education History
Associate Professor
Computer Science, University of Manchester (manchester.ac.uk)
2024 – Present
Senior Research Fellow
Statistical Science, University College London (ucl.ac.uk)
2022 – 2023
Research Scholar
DeepMind (deepmind.com)
2018 – 2021
Researcher
Computer Science, University College London (ucl.ac.uk)
2017 – 2021
Lecturer
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta (ualberta.ca)
2012 – 2016
PhD in Mathematics
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta (ualberta.ca)
2006 – 2012
MSc in Mathematics
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta (ualberta.ca)
2002 – 2005
Advisors, Relations & Conflicts
PhD Advisor
Alexander Litvak
2006 – 2012
PhD Advisor
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann
2006 – 2012
Expertise
Generative AI, diffusion models, GFlowNets
2023 – Present
Probabilistic ML, ABC, Likelihood-free, Post-Bayesian ML
2021 – Present
RL, Offline RL, Off-policy RL, Batch learning from logged data
2021 – Present
Statistical Learning Theory, Machine Learning Theory, Deep Learning Theory
2017 – Present
geometric functional analysis, probability in high dimensions, random matrices
2006 – Present
probability, stochastic processes, diffusion processes
2002 – Present
mathematics, probability and statistics
2000 – Present