Piotr Zwiernik

Piotr
Statistics@UPF
Department of Economics and Business
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

BSE Data Science Center


Contact:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Department of Economics and Business
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27
08005 Barcelona Spain
Office: 20.202
E-mail: piotr.zwiernik@upf.edu

Gaussian tripod

Research interests: graphical models, covariance matrix estimation, convex analysis, tensors, algebraic and combinatorial methods in statistics.

Editorial responsibilities: JRSS-B, Biometrika, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Algebraic Statistics.

Highlights:

  • Starting from July 2025 you can find me in Barcelona.
  • I am looking for students with strong math background interested in doing PhD at UPF or at the Institute of Mathematics of UPC.
  • GOLAZO R package for a general assymetric regularization of the log-likelihood in Gaussian graphical models.
    To install, just call in R: devtools::install_github("pzwiernik/golazo")

Math to the people (four axioms of Federico Ardila):

  • Axiom 1. Mathematical potential is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
  • Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
  • Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
  • Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.

I am on leave from:


Department of Statistical Sciences,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Toronto