Omar Rivasplata

Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Manchester
Joined
July 2019

Names

Omar Rivasplata

Emails

****@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Confirmed)
****@ualberta.ca (Confirmed)
****@ucl.ac.uk (Confirmed)
****@manchester.ac.uk (Confirmed)

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Career & Education History

Associate Professor
Computer Science, University of Manchester (manchester.ac.uk)
2024Present
Senior Research Fellow
Statistical Science, University College London (ucl.ac.uk)
20222023
Research Scholar
DeepMind (deepmind.com)
20182021
Researcher
Computer Science, University College London (ucl.ac.uk)
20172021
Lecturer
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta (ualberta.ca)
20122016
PhD in Mathematics
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta (ualberta.ca)
20062012
MSc in Mathematics
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta (ualberta.ca)
20022005

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisor
Alexander Litvak
20062012
PhD Advisor
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann
20062012

Expertise

Generative AI
diffusion models
GFlowNets
2023Present
Probabilistic ML
ABC
Likelihood-free
Post-Bayesian ML
2021Present
RL
Offline RL
Off-policy RL
Batch learning from logged data
2021Present
Statistical Learning Theory
Machine Learning Theory
Deep Learning Theory
2017Present
geometric functional analysis
probability in high dimensions
random matrices
2006Present
probability
stochastic processes
diffusion processes
2002Present
mathematics
probability and statistics
2000Present

Publications

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Co-Authors