Adam Kurpisz

Adam Kurpisz is a Tenure Track Professor at Bern Business School (BFH) and a senior researcher at the Institute for Operations Research (IFOR) at ETH Zürich. He holds a PhD from Wrocław University of Science and Technology and has held postdoctoral and visiting researcher positions at IDSIA and the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik. His research bridges theoretical computer science and applied optimization, focusing on combinatorial optimization, semi-algebraic proof systems, and robust optimization. He has secured over CHF 600,000 in grants, including leadership in the Ambizione Junior Research Group. His teaching spans convex optimization, polynomial optimization, and discrete mathematics at ETH Zürich and BFH. He co-founded startups Silencions and Deeptale, advancing to international competitions and securing EU grants.

Research interests include leveraging algebraic geometry and Fourier analysis to develop algorithms for optimization problems. He has published extensively on sum-of-squares hierarchies, approximation algorithms, and scheduling under uncertainty. His work has been presented at venues like ISSAC, ICALP, and SIAM Conferences.