Debasis Mitra

Debasis Mitra is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), with an affiliate role in the Biomedical Engineering and Science program within the College of Engineering and Science. He holds a dual Ph.D. in Physics from IIT Kharagpur and Computer Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research focuses on inverse problems, medical imaging (e.g., SPECT/PET), machine learning, and spatio-temporal reasoning. He has contributed to projects like nuclear imaging reconstruction algorithms, muon tomography for contraband detection, and computational molecular biology.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Ph.D. in Physics (IIT Kharagpur). Awards include the NSF Career Award and Fulbright Scholarship. His DM Lab develops algorithms for dynamic medical image analysis and radiomics. Collaborators include Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and UCSF. He advises graduate students on topics like tumor prognosis and 3D medical image analysis.

Teaching includes courses on algorithms, topological data analysis, and medical imaging. Key projects span nuclear imaging reconstruction, muon tomography, and constraint reasoning systems. Labs and teams collaborate on interdisciplinary research blending computer science, physics, and biomedical applications.