Diego Cifuentes
Scholar

Diego Cifuentes

Google Scholar ID: WLExEWYAAAAJ
Georgia Institute of Technology
OptimizationMachine LearningComputational Algebra
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
386
 
H-index
14
 
i10-index
15
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
15
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Resume (English only)
Research Experience
  • Prior to joining ISyE, he served as an applied math instructor at MIT and as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences.
Education
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2018), Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2014), Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. in Mathematics (2012) and B.S. in Electronics Engineering (2012), Universidad de los Andes.
Background
  • His research focuses on the development of mathematical optimization methods and their application in engineering areas such as machine learning, statistics, robotics, power systems, and computer vision. He also works on the theoretical analysis of optimization methods, leveraging geometric and combinatorial information to improve efficiency and robustness.