Suprakash Datta

Suprakash Datta is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean Academic and Students at the Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, specializing in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. His research spans Bioinformatics, Computer Networks, and Parallel & Distributed Computation.

• Contact: datta@eecs.yorku.ca
• Location: CSEB 3043, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

Education

• B.Tech (E&ECE), IIT Kharagpur, India
• M.Tech (CSE), IIT Kharagpur, India
• Ph.D. (CS), University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA

Research Interests

Dr. Datta's work focuses on communication networks and bioinformatics. He investigates mathematical models for packet-dropping networks, sensor network routing algorithms for realistic battery models, and genomic signal processing techniques for DNA sequence analysis. His recent projects include:

• Wireless Sensor Networks: Energy-efficient routing, MAC protocols, and hardware implementation challenges.
• Genomic Signal Processing: Deterministic algorithms for gene prediction, clustering microarray data, and modeling email virus spread.
• Network Algorithms: Competitive analysis of TCP, active queue management, and multicast tree inference.

Recent Publication Trends

Over the last decade, his publications have emphasized vehicular networks, evolved features for DNA classification, and connectivity-based positioning algorithms. Key themes include energy efficiency, localization in mobile networks, and theoretical bounds for network protocols.

Students & Teaching

Dr. Datta has supervised numerous M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in topics like wireless sensor routing and genomic algorithms. He teaches courses including CSE 2001 and has served as ACM programming contest coach.