Alexandra Carpentier

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Alexandra Carpentier is a French mathematical statistician and machine learning researcher [1] known for her work in stochastic optimization, compressed sensing, and multi-armed bandit problems. She works in Germany as a professor at University of Potsdam and head of the Mathematical Statistics & Machine Learning research group. [2]

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Education and career

After studying probability theory, statistics, and economics at Paris Diderot University and ENSAE Paris, Carpentier earned a doctorate in 2012 through research at the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria) in Lille. [3]

She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge from 2012 through 2015, and then in 2015 became a professor at the University of Potsdam, funded through the Emmy Noether program of the German Research Foundation. In 2017 she moved to Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. [3] Currently, she is a professor at the University of Potsdam. [2]

Recognition

Carpentier received the 2020 von Kaven Award of the German Research Foundation. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Schindlbeck, Corinne (30 June 2021), "Auszeichnung für Mathematikerin: Sie berechnet den Zufall", Elektroniknet (in German), retrieved 2023-03-11
  2. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Alexandra Carpentier", Mathematical Statistics & Machine Learning, University of Potsdam, retrieved 2025-06-19
  3. 1 2 3 Alexandra Carpentier wins the 2020 von Kaven Award, German Research Foundation, 16 September 2020, retrieved 2023-03-11– via Eurekalert
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