2020 · Athens, Greece
National Technical University of Athens
Joint BSc/MSc diploma
Joint BSc/MSc diploma with minors in Applied Statistics and Computer Science.
- Thesis: statistical learning for molecular bioactivity prediction — 10/10.
Orestis Oikonomou
About me — research at ETH Zurich, independent projects and a life beyond the lab.
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National Technical University of Athens
Joint BSc/MSc diploma
Joint BSc/MSc diploma with minors in Applied Statistics and Computer Science.
- Thesis: statistical learning for molecular bioactivity prediction — 10/10.
2024 · Zurich, Switzerland
University of Zurich
MSc Computer Science
MSc Computer Science, major in Artificial Intelligence.
- GPA 5.25/6.00.
- Thesis: Formal Grammar Foundation Models for PDE Discovery — 6.0/6.0.
2025–present · Zurich, Switzerland
ETH Zurich
PhD in Mathematics
ETH AI Center Doctoral Fellow researching neuro-symbolic and compositional learning for physics foundation models.
- One of six fellows in the 2025 cohort.
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Toolkit
- Systems
- Python · PyTorch · JAX · TensorFlow · CUDA custom kernels · Megatron-LM tensor & pipeline parallelism · SLURM · Docker · Lean 4
- Learning
- Generative modeling · LLMs · neuro-symbolic AI · compositional learning · transformers · distributed training · constrained decoding · beam search
- Verification
- Adversarial verifier design · signal aggregation across independent views · misuse classifier design · monitoring & evaluation pipelines
- Mathematics
- Probability & statistics · numerical optimization · inverse problems · hypothesis testing · experimental design
Teaching
2025
Numerical Methods for CS
Head Teaching Assistant · ETH Zurich
Led a TA team for 300+ students: designed exercises, managed grading and organised exams.