Nicolas Boumal

Nicolas Boumal is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at EPFL, where he specializes in optimization, statistical estimation, and numerical analysis. His groundbreaking work includes developing the award-winning Manopt toolbox for optimization on manifolds. In 2023, he published "An Introduction to Optimization on Smooth Manifolds" with Cambridge University Press, which has become a fundamental text in the field, requiring no prerequisites in geometry or optimization. The book emerged from his graduate course first taught at Princeton University in 2019, covering differential geometry and Riemannian optimization. At EPFL, he teaches Continuous Optimization and Optimization on Manifolds, where he recorded comprehensive lecture series in 2023. His research has advanced the theoretical understanding of Riemannian optimization, particularly in areas such as iteration complexity and geodesic convexity. As an Associate Editor of Mathematical Programming, he continues to shape the field through both research and education