معرفی
Soumitra Sengupta serves as Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, with active affiliation to the institution's Cybersecurity Committee. His academic career spans decades with continuous research contributions in clinical informatics security.
Education:
- PhD (1987) - State University of New York, Stony Brook (1984-1987)
- MS (1984) - State University of New York, Stony Brook (1982-1984)
- BE (1980) - Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India (1975-1980)
Research Focus: Dr. Sengupta specializes in healthcare information security architecture, developing systems to detect anomalous access patterns in clinical audit logs. His work bridges technical systems management with practical clinical data protection, emphasizing measurable security metrics in hospital environments.
Current Research: Leading the long-term project Searching for Access Anomalies in Clinical Audit Logs since 1996, funded by New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). This initiative analyzes user access patterns to sensitive patient data to identify security vulnerabilities requiring audit intervention.
Institutional Roles:
- Cybersecurity Committee member at Columbia University
- Principal Investigator for NYP/CUMC-sponsored clinical security research
