I am a CNRS research faculty (chargée de recherche), based at ENS Paris (Computer Science department, Center for Sciences of Data). I am also a part-time lecturer (professeure attachée) at Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL).
From December 2022 to February 2024, I was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT in the Geometric Data Processing Group. From December 2021 to December 2022, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Sorbonne University (LPSM). I received my PhD from Telecom Paris in November 2021.
My CV can be found here.
Research interests
Computational optimal transport
Learning theory
Model compression
Job offers
April 16, 2026. I am recruiting a PhD student to start in Fall 2026 in my lab (DATA team, DI ENS, PSL) within the PR[AI]RIE-PSAI project. The topic concerns the theoretical analysis of modern generative models, with connections to optimal transport and latent representations. A full description of the project can be found here. To apply, interested candidates should send the following application materials by May 18, 2026 to kimia.nadjahi@ens.fr:
- - a curriculum vitae,
- - a one-page motivation letter describing their interest in the proposed topic and explaining why their background is relevant to the project,
- - copies of diplomas and academic transcripts.
Results of the selection process will be communicated in two phases between May 30 and mid-June 2026.