Saptarshi Bej

Dr. Saptarshi Bej is an Assistant Professor in Data Science at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM), India. With a PhD in Machine Learning from the University of Rostock, Germany, and a Master’s in Mathematics specializing in graph theory from IISER-Kolkata, his research bridges computational methods with biomedical applications. He leads the iDEALab.ai research group.

• Clinical and Biomedical Data Science
• Machine Learning for Healthcare
• Synthetic Data Generation
• Multi-Modal Data Integration
• Data Privacy in Clinical Settings
• Graph Theory Applications

His work focuses on overcoming challenges in clinical datasets including imbalanced data and data scarcity through novel algorithms like LoRAS and ConvGeN. Recent publications highlight applications in gastrointestinal disease diagnosis, peptide analysis, and cross-disease genetic studies.

Current projects emphasize collaborative approaches to data-driven medicine, aiming to empower clinicians with interpretable machine learning tools. He actively welcomes research inquiries from students interested in data science and biomedical informatics.