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Michal Valko : Collaborate

I am involved in research, teaching, investing, and advising across academia and industry. Here is how we might work together.

PhD and Postdoc Supervision

I supervise PhD students and postdocs at Inria and through collaborations with universities (ENS Paris-Saclay, Comenius University, U. Copenhagen). Topics include:

  • Reinforcement learning from human feedback and LLM alignment
  • Game theory and multi-agent learning
  • Bandit algorithms and sequential decision-making
  • Self-supervised and representation learning

See current and past students for examples. If you are interested in a position, email me with your CV and a short description of your research interests.

Research Collaboration

I am open to research collaborations, co-supervision arrangements, and hosting visiting researchers. My recent work focuses on LLM alignment, game-theoretic approaches to RLHF, and reinforcement learning theory. See projects for current topics.

Speaking and Keynotes

I regularly give keynotes at international conferences, summer schools, corporate events, and government forums. Recent talks include the Global AI Show, Machines Can Think, BratislavAI Forum, and RLSS. See the full list on the talks page.

For speaking inquiries, please reach out by email with the event details, date, and topic.

Startup Advising and Investing

I am a Venture Partner at Sparkle Ventures, KAYA VC, and Formula VC, and an angel investor and advisor to AI startups across healthcare, materials science, procurement, and developer tools. See the full list on the service page.

If you are building an AI-native company and think I can help, feel free to reach out.

Contact

The best way to reach me is by email. You can find my contact details on the homepage.