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.
Shortening and the Linear Strand in the Syzygy Distinguisher for Alternant and Goppa Codes
Semester thesis at Imperial and ETH: finite-parameter experiments for the Syzygy distinguisher, testing whether shortened dual alternant and Goppa codes separate from matched random binary codes.
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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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