Elemental AI | Christian A. Naesseth

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I am an Assistant Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Amsterdam, a member of the Amsterdam Machine Learning Lab, the lab manager of the UvA-Bosch Delta Lab 2, and an ELLIS member.

My research interests span statistical inference, uncertainty quantification, reasoning, and machine learning, as well as their application to the sciences. I am currently working on generative models (diffusions, flows, generative flow networks, …), approximate inference (variational and Monte Carlo methods), probabilistic modelling (natural sciences, computer vision, health, etc.), uncertainty quantification and hypothesis testing (E-values, conformal prediction, …).

Previously, I was a postdoctoral research scientist with David Blei at the Data Science Institute, Columbia University. I completed my PhD in Electrical Engineering at Linköping University, advised by Fredrik Lindsten and Thomas Schön.

News

Mar 5, 2025 Excited to attend the BIRS Workshop: Efficient Approximate Bayesian Inference next week to discuss approximate inference on the panel for Challenges & Opportunities in VI, and give a talk on our latest work on SDE Matching!
Feb 17, 2025 The lab welcomes Bahrul Nasution, a Turing Scheme visiting PhD student from the University of Manchester.
Feb 14, 2025 Looking forward to attend the MFO Mini-Workshop: Statistical Challenges for Deep Generative Models next week to discuss generative models and give a talk on our latest work on SDE Matching and Neural Flow Diffusion Models!