I am a postdoctoral researcher at ENSAE-CREST working with Austin Stromme.
Before that, I was a PhD student at DMA (École normale supérieure, Paris) under the supervision of Clément Levrard and Eddie Aamari. Here is the manuscript thesis: Theoretical foundation of generative models.
Publications and preprints:
Wasserstein GANs are Minimax Optimal Distribution Estimators, A. Stéphanovitch, E. Aamari, C. Levrard . The Annals of Statistics (2024). arxiv
Optimal 1-Wasserstein distance for WGANs, A.Stéphanovitch U. Tanielian, B. Cadre, N. Klutchnikoff, G. Biau. Bernoulli (2024). arxiv
Generalization bounds for score-based generative models: a synthetic proof, A. Stéphanovitch, E. Aamari, C. Levrard . Preprint. arxiv
Regularity of the score function in generative models, A. Stéphanovitch . Preprint. arxiv
Smooth transport map via diffusion process, A. Stéphanovitch . Preprint. arxiv
Integral Probability Metrics on submanifolds: interpolation inequalities and optimal inference, A. Stéphanovitch . Preprint. arxiv
Generative model for optimal density estimation on unknown manifold, A. Stéphanovitch . Preprint arxiv
Optimal Transport through a toll, A. Stephanovitch A. Dong, T. Georgiou. European journal of applied mathematics (2024). arxiv
Monge–Kantorovich OT through constrictions and flow-rate constraints, A. Dong, A. Stephanovitch, T. Georgiou. Automatica (2024). arxiv
Teaching:
Deep learning, M2 Modelisation (2022-2025)
Bayesian statistics, M1 mathématiques fondamentales (2023-2025)
Research internship supervision, L3 mathématiques ENS (2023-2024)
Examens oraux, L1 mathématiques (2023-2024)
Group theory and arithmetic, L2 mathématiques et informatique (2022-2023)
Talks:
Séminaire de statistiques du CREST, Palaiseau 2025
Journée SMAI, Paris 2025
Generative Models in Science and Machine Learning, Heidelberg 2025
Geometry in Data, Nantes 2025
Journées de la statistique française, Marseille 2025
Séminaire de l'équipe statistiques de l'IRMAR, Rennes 2025
Oberwolfach mini-workshop, Oberwolfach 2025
Seminar Probability-Statistics, Paris 2024
Seminar OT-PDE-ML, Orsay 2024
International Symposium on Nonparametric Statistics, Braga 2024
Séminaire d'équipe Analyse, Probas, Stats, Clermont-Ferrand 2024
WORKSHOP "Fondements Mathématiques de l'IA", Paris 2024
PhD seminar data science team of the ENS, Paris 2024
Journées de la statistique française, Bordeaux 2024
Séminaire de modélisation stochastique, Paris 2023
PhD seminar of the maths department of the ENS, Paris 2023
Séminaire DataShape, Porquerolles 2023
PhD seminar of the LPSM, Paris 2023