Basic Information

• Full Name: Adeyemi Damilare Adeoye
• Current Position: Research Fellow, DYSCO (Dynamical Systems, Control and Optimization), IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
• Email: adeyemi{DOT}adeoye{AT}imtlucca{DOT}it / adadeoye{AT}yahoo{DOT}com

Education

• Ph.D. in Systems Science: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy (Nov 2020 - June 2025)
  • Thesis: Quasi-Newton Methods for Solving Nonsmooth Optimization Problems in Learning and Control (Grade: Excellent / Summa Cum Laude)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Alberto Bemporad
• M.Sc. in Mathematical Sciences (Machine Intelligence): African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Rwanda (Oct 2019 - Mar 2021)
  • Final report: A Deep Neural Network Optimization Method via a Highway Traffic Model (Grade: Very Good Pass)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Philipp Petersen
• M.Sc. in Mathematical Sciences: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cameroon (2017 - 2018)
  • Final essay: Blood Flow in an Inclined Tapered Stenosed Porous Artery under the Influence of Magnetic Field and Heat Transfer (Grade: Distinction)
  • Supervisor: Dr. Jos Usman Abubakar
• B.Sc. in Mathematics (First Class Honors): University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2012-2016)
  • Final-year project: On Some Finite Difference Methods for Solving Partial Differential Equations (Grade: A)
  • Level (Academic) Advisor: Prof. (Mrs.) Yidiat Omolade Aderinto
  • Final Project Supervisor: Dr. Babatunde Morufu Yisa

Experience

• Research Fellow: DYSCO (Dynamical Systems, Control and Optimization), IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy (Feb 2025 - Present)
  • European Commission-Funded Project (ERC-AdG-2023) COMPACT (PI: Prof. Alberto Bemporad)
• Visiting Ph.D. Student (Erasmus+ Trainee): Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria (Aug 2023 - Jan 2024)
  • Host supervisor: Prof. Philipp Petersen
  • Project: Regularized Gauss-Newton for Optimizing Overparameterized Neural Networks
• Academic Staff (STEM Learning Facilitator): Inspire Paradigm Academy, Yola, Nigeria (June-Sept 2019)
  • Delivered STEM-oriented instruction through Project-Based Learning.
  • Evaluated students’ performance assessments and provided feedback.
• Teaching Assistant (National Youth Service Corps program): Mountain Top University, Ogun, Nigeria (2016-2017)
  • Tutored first and second year students in Mathematics and provided lecturing assistance on Descriptive Statistics.
• Data Analyst (Student Intern): Kwara State Bureau of Statistics, Ilorin, Nigeria (Aug-Sept 2015)
  • Analyzed statistical data using Microsoft Excel and SPSS.

Honors & Awards

• Research Fellowship: ERC-AdG-2023 COMPACT (PI: Prof. Alberto Bemporad), (2025)
• Erasmus+ Traineeship Grant: The European Commission at IMT Lucca, Italy, (2023)
• Ph.D. Studentship: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, (2020)
• Graduate Scholarship: Google and Facebook (now Meta) at AIMS-AMMI, Rwanda, (2019)
• Mastercard Foundation Scholarship: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cameroon, (2017)
• Award of Excellence: Kwara Class of Honors, Kwara, Nigeria, (Dec 2016)
• Silver Medal: National Mathematical Center (NMC), Abuja, Nigeria, (Apr 2016)
• Undergraduate Scholarship: MTN Foundation (MTNF) Scholarship Scheme, Nigeria, (2014-2016)
• Miscellaneous: Won several prizes at inter-school/state and national primary and high school level mathematics competitions in Nigeria (2003-2011)

Computer Skills

• Programming (main): Python, Julia, LaTeX, SageMath, Maxima
• Frameworks: JAX, PyTorch, TensorFlow, FluxML, SciML, JuMP.jl, JuliaDiff, NumPy, SciPy, pandas
• Toolbox: Visual Studio Code, PyCharm, JupyterLab, GitHub, TeXstudio, wxMaxima
• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows