Student Projects in LAS Group

We offer Semester Projects, Bachelor’s and Master’s theses in our group. Depending on your preference, there are opportunities for working on theory, methods, and applications. M.Sc. projects at LAS often result in publications at leading conferences.

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A list of topics for which we are actively recruiting students is given below. If you don’t see a project below that fits well, but you are interested in the kind of research our lab does, feel free to still reach out. To learn more about the research done in the group, visit our recent publications. You can also learn more about research by individual group members.

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If you are interested in working with us, you can send an application by clicking the button below. Make sure that your email includes: a résumé, a recent transcript of records, your intended start date, and we highly recommend that you mention the projects you are interested in, members of the group with whom you would like to work, or recent publications by the group relevant to your interests.

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If you are a bachelors or masters student but not a student at ETH, please see the opportunity listed in Applications for Summer Research Fellowships.

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Current Topics

The detailed project proposals can be downloaded only from the ETH domain.

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Causal Sequential Decision Making and Applied Bayesian Optimization for Protein Design

Integrate prior information about causal structure to develop sample efficient reinforcement learning and Bayesian optimization algorithms. Alternatively, there are also some opportunities for applied Bayesian optimization in protein design.

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Keywords: causality, reinforcement learning, Bayesian optimization

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Online Fair Classification for Sequential Data

We aim to design online fair classifier for sequential data.

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Keywords: Fairness, Online Classification

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Online Multi-Task Model Selection

Develop novel multi-task model selection algorithms that can exploit and learn the similarity across different related tasks.

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Keywords: Bayesian Optimization, Meta-Learning, Theory

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Generalization for Meta-Learning and Personalized Federated Learning

We aim to find the correct formulation for many important problems in meta-learning and design algorithms to solve the correct formulation.

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Keywords: Generalization, Meta-Learning, Personalized Federated Learning

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Bayesian Optimization with Privacy

Develop private algorithms for Bayesian Optimization and show that privacy does not come for free, it takes a toll on performance.

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Keywords: Bayesian Optimization, Differential Privacy, Meta-Learning

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Experiment Design for Differential Equations

Find out laws in the nature using experiment design and modern machine learning tools.

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Keywords: active learning, experiment design, real-world applications, neural networks

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Human kernels – querying similarity

What are the right assumptions before using ML? Sometimes we don’t know we know. Can machines help us?

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Keywords: active learning, experiment design, real-world applications, neural networks

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Bayesian Optimization with Graph Neural Networks

Employing Graph Neural Networks, develop a Bayesian Optimization algorithm, for problems on graph domains, which scales well with size of the domain. [At capacity for Spring semester 2023, may have openings for Fall semester.]

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Keywords: Bayesian Optimization, Graph Neural Networks, Methodology, Applied

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Machine Learning for Population Dynamics

Design and model spatio-temporal population dynamics using recent techniques in optimal transport and machine learning with focus on applications in single-cell biology.

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Keywords: optimal transport, spatio-temporal dynamics, partial and stochastic difference equations

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Maching Learning for Protein Design

Learn to find the right mutation that leads to the right enzyme.

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Keywords: applied, sequence-data

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Applications of Machine Learning for Choosing Crop Varieties

Learning crop variety selection and management policies from data.

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Keywords: applied, uncertainty quantification, active learning, reinforcement learning, remote sensing

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Assimilation of crop growth models with remote sensing

Monitoring staple crops with satellite data.

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Keywords: applied, remote sensing, sustainable agriculture

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Meta-Learning Function Priors for Bayesian Optimization

Accelerate Bayesian optimization by meta-learning priors.

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Keywords: meta-learning, active learning

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Machine Learning for Converter Control

Algorithms for control of power electronics converters, in collaboration with Hitachi Energy.

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Keywords: applied, reinforcement learning, control

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General Areas

We offer projects in several general areas.

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Examples of Previous Master Theses

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