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Debasis Mitra joined Columbia University as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering in 2013. Before joining Columbia, he spent 44 years at Bell Labs where he served as Vice President of the Mathematical Algorithmic Sciences Research Center from 1999 to 2007. His research interests lie in the scientific foundations and policy impact of engineering systems, focusing on models, analyses, and syntheses of organizational and individual interactions. Notable areas of his past research include traffic engineering for communication networks and network resource sharing. Mitra has been a vital contributor to the field, holding 20 patents and authoring over 100 journal publications. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has received several prestigious awards including the ACM SIGMETRICS Lifetime Achievement Award and the IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award. In addition to his research, he has participated in various advisory roles including assessments for the Army Research Laboratory and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Columbia University • New York, NY
Conducting research in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Mathematical Algorithmic Sciences Research Center, Bell Labs • Murray Hill, NJ
Directed research in mathematics, algorithms, and complex systems.
Bell Labs • Murray Hill, NJ
Managed global research partnerships and academic relations.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)