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Saptarshi Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was advised by Professor Peter Bartlett. Prior to attending Berkeley, he completed his Master of Statistics and Bachelor of Statistics with Honors degrees at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata. His research primarily focuses on the theoretical and methodological foundations of machine learning, with particular emphasis on deep learning theory, unsupervised learning, dimensionality reduction, optimal transport, and optimization. He has received notable awards, including the Eric L. Lehmann citation for 2025 and the Two-sigma PhD fellowship for the academic year 2023-24.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science