Professor Dr. Joan Bruna

Biography

Joan Bruna is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at New York University's Courant Institute and is affiliated with the Center for Data Science. He co-founded the MaD (Math Data) group and is a member of the CILVR (Computational Intelligence, Learning, Vision, Robotics) group. In Spring 2020, he participated in the Special Year on Optimization, Statistics, and Theoretical Machine Learning at the Institute for Advanced Study. His research interests span several areas, including Machine Learning, Signal Processing, and High-Dimensional Statistics, with a particular focus on the mathematical foundations of machine learning, encompassing optimization, representation, and the statistical interplay among various components. He is also interested in developing applications of computational science in fields such as geophysics and climate modeling. Currently, he serves as a Visiting Scholar at the Flatiron Institute, associated with the Simons Foundation, and will be spending the academic year 2025-2026 on sabbatical at the Flatiron Institute full-time.

Research Interests