ETH Zürich · Department of Computer Science

Optimization & Decision Intelligence Group

Decision making with A.I.

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Members of the Optimization and Decision Intelligence Group

ODI Group Optimization & Decision Intelligence

Optimization

Convex & non-convex optimization
Stochastic & online optimization
Learning theory & game theory
Control & dynamical systems

Decision Intelligence

Reinforcement learning
Meta and transfer learning
Automated decision-making
Trustworthy decision-making

Recent news

Apr 2026 Events

Two optimization workshops in Switzerland

We are co-organizing the SwissMAP workshop in Les Diablerets and the Swiss Optimization Symposium in Ascona.

Mar 2026 Publications

Seven works at ICLR 2026

Four conference papers and three workshop papers spanning optimization, control, and generative models.

Feb 2026 Publications

Hessian-aware SDE for SGD accepted to Mathematical Programming

Our paper on a Hessian-aware stochastic differential equation for modelling SGD is accepted.

Batu Yardim and Jiawei Huang defend their PhDs

Congratulations to both, and best wishes for the next stage of their journey in industry.

Group photos

IML retreat group photo — IML retreat, 2024The group at the Institute for Machine Learning retreat.

ODI 2023 retreat — ODI retreat, 2023Our annual group retreat.

ODI group outing — Group outing, November 2022An evening out with the group.

ODI group hike with Yurii Nesterov, 2023 — Group hike with Yurii Nesterov, 2023A day in the mountains during Yurii Nesterov's visit to the group.

ODI group photo — Group photo, July 2023The group in summer 2023.

ODI group gathering — Group gathering, September 2022Welcoming the new semester together.

Join us

We are looking for talented graduate students and postdocs with strong mathematical backgrounds and interests in optimization and machine learning.

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