Giorgio Racca

ELLIS PhD Student in Computer Science

University of Copenhagen

Giorgio Racca

About me

I am an ELLIS PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen and a member of the FoRML group, supervised by Amartya Sanyal and Michal Valko. My research interests lie in the theoretical foundations of modern trustworthy machine learning.

Previously, I worked on the development of a non-invasive glucose monitoring device at Liom and on improving supply chain operations at Chanel using machine learning.

Prior to that, I obtained an MSc in Statistics from ETH Zurich with a thesis on Meta Feature Learning under the supervision of Andreas Krause, and a BSc in Applied Mathematics from the Polytechnic University of Turin, where I was supported by the Young Talents scholarship.

Publications

  • G. Racca, M. Valko, and A. Sanyal. “Language Generation with Replay: A Learning-Theoretic View of Model Collapse.” International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026. [arXiv]

Teaching and Supervision

I have served as a teaching assistant for the following courses:
  • Machine Learning B, University of Copenhagen, 2026
  • Introduction to Machine Learning, ETH Zurich, 2023
  • Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design, ETH Zurich, 2022
I have also had the pleasure of supervising the following student projects:
  • Lukas Abild: BSc thesis on language generation in the limit, 2026
  • Lukas Abild: semester project on language generation in the limit, 2025
If you are interested in working with me (and my advisors), feel free to reach out! I often have ideas for both theoretical and empirical projects. Students from other institutions are also more than welcome to get in touch.

News

  • Jul. 2026: Attended ICML 2026 in Seoul and presented “Language Generation with Replay”.
  • Jul. 2026: Oral presentation on “Language Generation with Replay” at LTSS Workshop in Copenhagen.
  • May 2026: “Language Generation with Replay” accepted to ICML 2026 in Seoul.
  • Mar. 2026: New preprint available on arXiv titled “Language Generation with Replay: A Learning-Theoretic View of Model Collapse”.
  • Sep. 2025: Moved to Copenhagen to start my PhD.