Group

Mathematics of Machine Learning

Our research at RWTH Aachen connects mathematical learning theory, reinforcement learning, optimization, and applied stochastic analysis.

Current members

  • Semih Cayci — Junior Professor for Mathematics of Machine Learning.
  • Reza Zolnouri — PhD student, since 2025.

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Former members

Johannes Müller — Postdoctoral researcher, 2023–2024. Subsequent position: TU Berlin.

Master’s supervision

Year Students
2026 Steve Meiter; Mariia Krasilnikova
2025 Reza Zolnouri; Jiaan Xing
2024 Xinyi Sheng; Jonas Nießen; Xingguang Zhou; Yang Yang

Doctoral mentoring

Enes Arda (The Ohio State University, since 2025); Ali Batuhan Yardim (ETH Zurich, 2022–2023); Yilin Zheng (The Ohio State University, 2019–2024).

Contact

Prof. Dr. Semih Cayci
Department of Mathematics, RWTH Aachen University
Pontdriesch 14–16, 52062 Aachen, Germany

cayci@mathc.rwth-aachen.de