Francesco Orabona

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About Me

I am looking for 1-2 post-docs and 1-2 PhD students to work on practical and theoretical aspects of online learning, stochastic optimization, and training of LLMs. The ideal candidate has an exceptional mathematical background and is proficient in coding. If you are interested, send me an email with your CV. Please send me your transcript too if your are applying for a PhD position.
Please do not email me for MS positions, any such email will be ignored.
Due to the volume of emails and my limited time, I might not answer to everyone: please do not take it personally, you were probably not a good match for my lab.

I am currently an Associate Professor at KAUST in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division.
Previously, I was at Boston University, Stony Brook University, Yahoo Research NY, the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, the University of Milan, the IDIAP Research Institute, and the University of Genoa.
My current research interest is parameter-free machine learning. In particular I am interested in online learning, batch/stochastic optimization, and statistical learning theory.

I manage the OPTIMAL Lab.


Twitter: @bremen79


New Papers
  • NEW! One paper accepted at ICLR 2026.
  • NEW! One paper accepted at EACL 2026.
  • NEW! Five papers accepted at NeurIPS 2025.
  • Three papers accepted at ICML 2025.
  • One paper accepted at COLT 2025.
  • One paper accepted at ALT 2025.

Editorial Activities
  • NEW! Senior PC Member of COLT 2026.
  • NEW! Senior Area Chair of ICML 2026.
  • Senior Area Chair of NeurIPS 2025.
  • Senior Area Chair of ICML 2025.
  • Co-chair of ALT 2023.
  • Action Editor of JMLR.

Old articles on the Italian Press