Hello — I'm
Rico Benning
ETH electrical engineering student working on problems where mathematical structure
has to become something testable: code, experiments, and measurements.
Curiosity explains the range; rigor keeps the pattern consistent: understand the
structure, build the tool, and test what the result actually shows.
Computational evaluation of the Syzygy distinguisher for code-based cryptography
Imperial CSP (Prof. Cong Ling), ongoing: Macaulay-matrix computation of Betti numbers for code ideals—reproducible benchmarks on random vs structured families for the Syzygy distinguisher.
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Dynamic causal modelling of resting-state fMRI to predict ketamine response in MDD
ETH TMU (Prof. Stephan), spring 2025: spectral DCM on pre-treatment fMRI to predict ketamine response (NIMH, n=26)—compact 4-node models outperformed larger DCMs for binary response (~73% accuracy).
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Graph-based multi-agent informative path planning for active perception
ETH IfA (Prof. Dörfler), spring 2025: multi-agent informative path planning on incrementally revealed graphs—beam search with Voronoi-style coordination and a bitmap hidden-path mechanism.
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Implementation of a multi-client network analyzer for BLOOD (bachelor thesis)
ETH TIQI bachelor thesis (Profs. Novotny & Home): in-lockbox network analyzer on Red Pitaya + multi-client stack, validated against PyRPL—closed-loop Bode without extra lab hardware.
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