thesis_year birth_place thesis_title name field work_institutions birth_date thesis_url article_title citizenship alma_mater
1968 kolkata studies in microwave spectroscopy debasis mitra communication systems , control theory , queueing theory bell labs , columbia university 03 november 1944 http://ethos.bl.uk/orderdetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.564139 debasis mitra
 united states university of london
debasis mitra

debasis mitra -lrb- born november 3 , 1944 in kolkata -rrb- is an indian mathematician , known for his numerous contributions to the theory of communication systems , control theory and queueing theory .
he got his b.sc .
-lrb- 1964 -rrb- and ph.d. -lrb- 1968 -rrb- in electrical engineering from university of london , on an `` atomic energy research '' fellowship -lrb- 1965-67 -rrb- , while he was simultaneously affiliated with the `` control systems center '' at the university of manchester .
his work focused on control of nuclear power systems .
he then joined bell labs as a member of the technical staff -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , working on semiconductor networks , diffusion models for service adoption and traffic modeling .
mitra was head of `` mathematics of networks and systems '' research division -lrb- 1986-99 -rrb- , and was vice president of the `` math and algorithmic science center '' .
mitra has served as editor and as part of the editorial board of numerous scientific publications , and was visiting professor at university of california -lrb- 1984 -rrb- .
mitra retired from bell labs in 2013 and joined the columbia university electrical engineering department .
his current research interests are in the scientific foundations of policy that impact engineers and engineering systems , especially in models , analyses and syntheses of organizational and individual interactions .
instances are network neutrality , network economics , and the science and management of innovations and knowledge-creation .
he holds 21 patents .
he was elected to the national academy of engineering in 2003 with the citation : `` for contributions to the modeling , analysis and design of communication networks . ''
