Optimization & Decision Intelligence Group

The ODI group conducts fundamental research that bridges Optimization and Machine Learning,

towards making efficient, reliable, and intelligent decisions.

Faculty and Staff

Senior Researchers & Postdocs

PhD Students

  • Xiang Li

    Xiang Li

    PhD Student (2022 -)
    ETH Zurich

  • Kai Lion

    Kai Lion

    PhD Student (2024 -)
    ETH Zurich

  • Vinzenz Thoma

    Vinzenz Thoma

    ETH AI Center Doctoral Fellow (2022 -)
    Co-mentored with Prof. S. Seuken (UZH)

  • Liang Zhang

    Liang Zhang

    Max Planck-ETH Center for Learning System PhD Fellow (2022 -)
    Co-advised with Prof. M. Muehlebach (MPI)

  • Jiduan Wu

    Jiduan Wu

    Max Planck-ETH Center for Learning System PhD Fellow (2023 -)
    Co-advised with Prof. Moritz Hardt (MPI)

  • Riccardo De Santi

    Riccardo De Santi

    ETH AI Center Doctoral Fellow (2023 -)
    Co-mentored with Prof. A. Krause and Prof. K. Jorner

  • Artur Goldman

    Artur Goldman

    ETH AI Center Doctoral Fellow (2024 -)
    Co-mentored with Prof. M. Khammash

  • Andrey Kharitenko

    Andrey Kharitenko

    NCCR Automation Doctoral Fellow (2024 -)
    Co-mentored with Prof. F. Doefler

Former Group Members

  • Batuhan Yardim

    Ph.D. 2026, next position: Jane Street Capital, UK.

  • Jiawei Huang

    Ph.D. 2026, next position: Qwen, China.

  • Anas Barakat

    Postdoc (2022-2024). Next position: Research fellow at Singapore University of Technology and Design.

  • Pragnya Alatur

    ETH AI Center Student (2021-2024), co-advised with Andreas Krause. Next position: OpenAI, UK.

  • Giorgia Ramponi

    ETH AI Center Postdoc (2021-2023), co-advised with Andreas Krause. First position: Assistant Professor at University of Zurich, Switzerland.

  • Junchi Yang

    Ph.D. 2023, current position: Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen), China.

  • Semih Cayci

    Postdoc 2022, current position: Assistant Professor at RWTH Aachen, Germany.

  • Yifan Hu

    Ph.D. 2022, first position: Postdoctoral Fellow at EPFL, Switzerland.

  • Siqi Zhang

    Ph.D. 2022, current position: Assistant Professor at Nanjing University (NJU), China.

  • Donghwan Lee

    Postdoc 2020, current position: Assistant Professor at KAIST, South Korea.

  • Yingxiang Yang

    Ph.D. 2020, first position: Research Scientist at ByteDance, USA.

  • Shen Yan

    M.S. 2020, first position: Quantative Researcher at Black Wing, China.

  • Ailing Zhang

    M.S. 2017, first position: Software Engineer at Facebook AI Research, USA.