Alexandre Puttick
Mathematician
Alexandre Puttick is a mathematician whose research is concentrated in algebraic geometry and number theory. He completed his PhD at the ETH Zurich in 2019 and has since shifted his interests towards AI and deep learning, simultaneously studying theory and applications in social and environmental activism. He also enjoys writing robot love stories and drawing pictures of fox spirits.
He is currently part of the “Summer of Pioneers” city revitalization and co-working project in Wittenberge, Germany. His role is to teach Mathematics and Statistics as part of an experimental bachelor's program allowing students and professionals to pursue higher education in a physical setting without leaving their home region. He is also volunteering with Gringgo, a non-profit startup based in Bali, and is helping construct an image recognition model to be used in combating Indonesia’s severe waste management problem. He has also begun working as a data scientist at Klima.Metrix, a startup using accounting data to compute companies’ carbon footprints.
