Laurent El Ghaoui
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Laurent El Ghaoui is a researcher and professor known for his contributions to optimization, control theory, and robust optimization in engineering and applied mathematics.
All labels observed (1)
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| Laurent El Ghaoui canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4539870 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laurent El Ghaoui Context triple: [Stephen P. Boyd, coAuthor, Laurent El Ghaoui]
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A.
Frédéric Boissonnas
Frédéric Boissonnas was a pioneering Swiss photographer renowned for his early 20th-century landscape and travel photography, particularly his influential work documenting Greece and its mountains.
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B.
Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Boutonnat is a French composer, songwriter, and music video director best known for his long-term creative collaboration with singer Mylène Farmer and for producing and writing songs for artists such as Alizée.
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C.
Jean-Philippe Vassal
Jean-Philippe Vassal is a prominent French architect, best known as co-founder of the firm Lacaton & Vassal and for his innovative, socially conscious housing and renovation projects.
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D.
Jérôme Coumet
Jérôme Coumet is a French politician who serves as the mayor of Paris's 13th arrondissement.
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E.
Grégoire Lyonnet
Grégoire Lyonnet is a French professional dancer best known for his appearances on the TV show "Danse avec les stars" and his marriage to singer Alizée.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laurent El Ghaoui Target entity description: Laurent El Ghaoui is a researcher and professor known for his contributions to optimization, control theory, and robust optimization in engineering and applied mathematics.
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A.
Frédéric Boissonnas
Frédéric Boissonnas was a pioneering Swiss photographer renowned for his early 20th-century landscape and travel photography, particularly his influential work documenting Greece and its mountains.
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B.
Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Boutonnat is a French composer, songwriter, and music video director best known for his long-term creative collaboration with singer Mylène Farmer and for producing and writing songs for artists such as Alizée.
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C.
Jean-Philippe Vassal
Jean-Philippe Vassal is a prominent French architect, best known as co-founder of the firm Lacaton & Vassal and for his innovative, socially conscious housing and renovation projects.
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D.
Jérôme Coumet
Jérôme Coumet is a French politician who serves as the mayor of Paris's 13th arrondissement.
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E.
Grégoire Lyonnet
Grégoire Lyonnet is a French professional dancer best known for his appearances on the TV show "Danse avec les stars" and his marriage to singer Alizée.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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professor ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
electrical engineering
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industrial engineering and operations research ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace ⓘ École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
applied mathematics
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control theory ⓘ convex optimization ⓘ machine learning ⓘ optimization ⓘ robust optimization ⓘ semidefinite programming ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in Electrical Engineering ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
Robust Optimization: Theory and Applications
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Robust Quadratic Programming ⓘ Robust Solutions to Least-Squares Problems with Uncertain Data ⓘ Robust Solutions to Uncertain Semidefinite Programs ⓘ Safe Feature Elimination for the Lasso and Sparse Supervised Learning Problems ⓘ |
| hasRole |
doctoral advisor
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graduate instructor ⓘ principal investigator in research projects ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to control theory
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contributions to convex optimization ⓘ research in robust control ⓘ robust optimization in engineering ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
robust least-squares
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robust semidefinite programming ⓘ safe screening rules for sparse learning ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Faculty member in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley
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Faculty member in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley ⓘ Professor at UC Berkeley ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
data-driven optimization
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high-dimensional statistics ⓘ numerical algorithms for optimization ⓘ sparse modeling ⓘ uncertainty modeling in optimization ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley, California, United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Laurent El Ghaoui Description of subject: Laurent El Ghaoui is a researcher and professor known for his contributions to optimization, control theory, and robust optimization in engineering and applied mathematics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.