Alberto Fernández-de-Marcos obtains a PhD grant from the Community of Madrid
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Alberto Fernández-de-Marcos obtained in May 2024 the competitive PhD grant “Ayudas de personal investigador predoctoral en formación 2023” from the Community of Madrid. Alberto switched to a full-time PhD in October 2024, joining NICDA.
The PIPF 2023 grant provides funding for a 4-year PhD project and some research stays abroad. Alberto’s thesis topic is on contributions on one- and $k$-sample tests on directional statistics, and is supervised by Eduardo García-Portugués.