Bhaskar DasGupta

Bhaskar DasGupta is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), with an additional affiliation as Adjunct Professor in the Bioengineering Department. His research spans multiple interdisciplinary domains including theoretical computer science, computational biology, and network analysis.

• Primary affiliation: College of Engineering, UIC
• Secondary affiliation: Bioengineering Department, UIC

Research Interests:

• Theoretical Computer Science (algorithms, complexity)
• Computational Biology and Biomedical Networks
• Computational Geometry and Finance
• Network privacy and security analysis
• Gerrymandering detection algorithms

Scientific Awards:

• NSF CAREER award (2004)
• UIC College of Engineering Teaching Award (2012)

Grant Support:

Research supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. Current work includes network anomaly detection, privacy measures evaluation, and computational approaches to gerrymandering mitigation.

Publication Trends:

Recent publications focus on computational challenges in network security (2017-2019), with specialized work on efficiency gap analysis in electoral districting patterns using machine learning and geometric algorithms. Interdisciplinary applications span biomedical networks, social network privacy, and transportation optimization.