Patrick Thiran

Patrick Thiran is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, affiliated with the School of Computer and Communication Sciences and the Department of Computer Science. His research focuses on network science, wireless networks, machine learning, and complex systems.

• Laboratoire de la dynamique de l'information et des réseaux
• Chair in Communication Systems
• Teaching: Modèles stochastiques pour les communications, Networks out of control

His work explores the fundamental properties of wireless networks, source localization in large-scale networks, and network tomography. Recent publications demonstrate expertise in graph neural networks, epidemic modeling, and stochastic optimization.

His 15 most recent publications show consistent contributions to network science, machine learning, and wireless communications, with a focus on graph algorithms, source localization, and network dynamics. Key subfields include metric dimension, community detection, and Bayesian optimization.

He has advised numerous PhD students including Elahi Sepehr, Fua Raphaël Andrew, and Kuroda Daichi, reflecting his significant contributions to graduate education and research mentorship.