Prof. Dr. Adam Andrzej Kurpisz is a Tenure Track Professor at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) and a senior researcher at the Institute for Operations Research (IFOR) at ETH Zürich. He leads the Ambizione Junior Research Group under Prof. Rico Zenklusen. His research bridges combinatorial optimization, robust optimization, and semi-algebraic proof systems, with applications in polynomial optimization and approximation algorithms. Education: PhD from Wrocław University of Science and Technology (supervised by Prof. Paweł Zieliński), postdoctoral work at IDSIA and Max-Planck-Institut. Grants: Secured over CHF 600,000 via Swiss National Science Foundation and other grants, including the AMBIZIONE project on linear/semidefinite relaxations. Research Interests: Focuses on semi-algebraic proof systems, approximation algorithms, robust optimization, and polynomial optimization. Applies techniques from algebraic geometry, Fourier analysis, and linear algebra to analyze optimization hierarchies. Teaching: Lectures on convex optimization, polynomial optimization, and discrete mathematics at ETH Zürich and BFH. Supervised courses in algorithms, programming, and mathematical analysis. Industry Collaboration: Co-founder of startups Silencions and Deeptale, advancing their ventures to global finals of MassChallenge Switzerland with over €5M in EU grants secured.









