William Ford
PhD student — École Polytechnique (CMAP) & LMO Paris-Saclay
About
I’m a PhD student in Paris advised by Michael Goldman and Cyril Letrouit. My work focuses on quantitative stability in optimal transport.
Interests: Optimal transport, PDE, calculus of variations.
Languages: English (native), French (B2), German (A2).
Contact: william.ford@polytechnique.edu, office 2C1 at the LMO or 2008 at CMAP.
Education
- 2025-28 PhD in Mathematics, École Polytechnique & LMO Paris-Saclay.
- 2024-25 M2 Optimisation, IP Paris PhD track / Paris Saclay.
- 2020-24 MSc & BSc Mathematics, Durham University.
Theses
- M2 thesis: Quantitative Stability in Discrete Optimal Transport.
- MSc thesis: Partial regularity for optimal transport maps between uniform measures.
- BSc thesis: Normal families in complex analysis.