Saptarshi Chakraborty

Saptarshi Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor 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 joining Berkeley, he completed his M.Stat. and B.Stat. (Hons.) degrees at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. Saptarshi's research 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. Saptarshi is also the recipient of the Eric L. Lehmann citation (2025) and Two-sigma PhD fellowship (2023-24).