SPHINX
Florent Krzakala
From Statistical physics to computer science and back...
The SPHINX Group
Welcome to the webpage of the SPHINX group in LPS-ENS! SPHINX stands for Statistical PHysics of INformation eXtraction, but also for Statistical PHysics of INverse Complex Systems, or Statistical PHysics of INference in Compressed Sensing.
Current Members
Florent Krzakala (Group leader)
Marylou Gabrie (Phd student): Restricted Boltzmann Machines and Multi-Layer neural networks
Alia Abbara (Phd student): Inference on Graphs, clustering and spectral methods
Antoine Maillard (Phd student): Theory of computational to statistical gap in multilayer neural nets
Jonathan Dong (Phd student): Computational optics
Past Members
Laura Foini (Postdoc 2017): Now researcher at CNRS
Alaa Saade (Phd student): Now Senior Data Scientist at SNIPS
Eric Tramel (Postdoc ERC): Now SeniorData Scientist at OWKIN
Christophe Schülke Phd student 2012-2016, now at Philips research and development, Hamburg Germany
Boshra Rajaei Postdoc PSL 2015, now assistant professor at Computer Engineering Department of Sadjad University of Technology, Mashhad/Iran.
Jean Barbier Phd student 2012-2015, now professor in ICTP Trieste.
Francesco Caltagirone Postdoc ERC 2015, Now Senior Data Scientist at SNIPS
Angelique Dremeau Post-doc 2014, now Assistant professor in ENSTA Bretagne.
Sun Yifan Phd Student 2012, now lecturer in Renmin University of China, Beijing.
Andre Manoel (Postdoc ERC): Now SeniorData Scientist at OWKIN
Pan Zhang Postdoc ERC and ISC paris, 2012-2013, now Associate professor in the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
Notable grants
ANR PAIL 2018-2021
ERC SPARCS 307087 2012-2017
PSL PSI:Paris 2015-2016
ISC Paris, 2012
Contact
Professor Florent Krzakala University Pierre et Marie Curie
Lab. de Physique Statistique
ENS and UMR CNRS 8550
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 32 25 82
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 79 47 31
Ecole Normale Superieure
24 Rue Lhomond
75231 PARIS Cedex 05
florent.krzakala@ens.fr
To come and see me
ENS is in the center of
Paris, close to the
Pantheon. My office is L284 in the Physics Departement (second floor).