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Mathematical theory of deep learning

12 June 2026

Host Faculty: Engineering

General Subject Area: Statistical Learning

Project Level: Master's

HOW TO APPLY

There are many possible topics in this area. A few examples are:

Manifold hypothesis. Look into network size and learning rate for learning a lower dimensional smoot or non-smooth manifold.

Convergence rates for DNNs

Regularization in training of DNNs, e.g. drop out.

Effect of initialisation and signal propagation in training DNNs

Function spaces for DNNs, in particular Barron spaces

 

Supervisors

Primary Supervisor: Fabian Dunker

 
Key qualifications and skills

Strong background in mathematical statistics and statistical learning theory.

 
Does the project come with funding

No - Student must be self-funded

 

Final date for receiving applications

Ongoing

 
How to apply

Apply by email to primary supervisor

 

Keywords

statistical learning

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