About

I am a Uruguayan mathematician currently completing a joint PhD between LAAS-CNRS / Université de Toulouse III (France) and PEDECIBA / Universidad de la República (Uruguay), under the supervision of Paola Bermolen and Matthieu Jonckheere.

My doctoral project focuses on reinforcement learning in sparse reward environments, using tools from rare event simulation and stochastic processes.

Education

PhD in Mathematics (in progress)
Cotutelle: LAAS-CNRS / Université de Toulouse III & PEDECIBA / Universidad de la República.
Supervisors: Paola Bermolen and Matthieu Jonckheere. Since February 2023.

Master’s in Mathematics · Universidad de la República / PEDECIBA, 2022
Thesis: Pérdida de dimensión para caminatas al azar en grupos de Schottky. [PDF]
Supervisor: Pablo Lessa.
This work gave rise to the paper Dimension drop of harmonic measure for some finite range random walks on Fuchsian Schottky groups , published in Probability Theory and Related Fields (2025).

Bachelor’s in Mathematics (Licenciatura) · Universidad de la República, 2019
Monograph: Caminatas de ángulo recto y grupos fuchsianos. [PDF]
Supervisor: Pablo Lessa.
This work gave rise to the paper On the discreteness of states accessible via right-angled paths in hyperbolic space , published in L’Enseignement Mathématique (2020).

Contact: egarciacig@laas.fr ; ernesto.garcia-ciganda@laas.fr

LAAS profile: laas.fr/fr/annuaire/629