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Name Manuel Lecha
Professional Title ELLIS PhD Student
Email mlechasanchez@gmail.com

Professional Summary

ELLIS PhD student with a background in mathematics and computer science, supervised by Alessio Del Bue and Michael Bronstein. My research focuses on designing machine learning methods from first principles, with an emphasis on geometric deep learning — including equivariant architectures and graph foundation models.

Education

  • 2024 - 2027

    Genoa & Oxford

    ELLIS PhD Program
    Italian Institute of Technology & University of Oxford
    Machine Learning
    • Supervisors — Alessio Del Bue and Michael Bronstein.
  • 2021 - 2022

    Barcelona

    MSc
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
    Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering
    • Specialization in Algebra, Geometry, and Discrete Mathematics.
    • Thesis — Towards Multiparameter Persistent Homology.
  • 2020 - 2021

    Barcelona

    Postgraduate Diploma
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
    Financial Mathematics
  • 2015 - 2021

    Barcelona

    BSc
    Universitat de Barcelona
    Computer Science and Software Engineering
  • 2015 - 2021

    Barcelona / Coventry

    BSc
    Universitat de Barcelona & University of Warwick
    Mathematics
    • Third-year exchange at the University of Warwick.
    • Thesis — Functional Summaries of Persistence Diagrams for Time Series Analysis.

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