Partha Mitra
{{Short description|American neuro- and computer scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Partha Mitra
| image = File:Partha Mitra.jpg
| fields = Neuroscience
Statistical physics
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
| workplaces = Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
IIT Madras
RIKEN
Bell Labs
Caltech
| alma_mater = Harvard University, Presidency University, Kolkata
| known_for = Neural circuit
Computational Neuroscience
BRAIN Initiative
Brain Architecture Project
| awards = Senior Member, IEEE
HN Mahabala Distinguished Chair at IIT Madras
Fellow, American Physical Society
Crick-Clay Professor of Biomathematics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
}}
Partha Pratim Mitra is an American neuroscientist, computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is the Crick-Clay Professor of Biomathematics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.{{Cite web | url=https://www.cshl.edu/research/faculty-staff/partha-mitra/ | title=Partha Mitra}} Mitra holds the H.N. Mahabala Distinguished Chair in Computational Brain Research at IIT Madras{{cite web|url=https://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/profile.php?arg=OTQ3|title=Member Profile : Partha Mitra|website=www.cse.iitm.ac.in|access-date=21 January 2019}}{{cite journal|title=Computing inspired by the brain|date=17 August 2015|journal=Nature India|doi=10.1038/nindia.2015.102}} and he was a Senior Visiting Researcher at RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web|url=https://brainminds.jp/en/central/core|title=Core Institute (RIKEN) - Brain/MINDS|website=brainminds.jp|access-date=21 January 2019}} In 2014, he founded [https://www.clarapath.com/ Clarapath], with an aim to automate tissue sectioning in the clinical laboratory.{{Cite web |title=The 10 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of July 2024 – AlleyWatch |url=https://www.alleywatch.com/2024/08/the-10-largest-nyc-tech-startup-funding-rounds-of-july-2024/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |last=Pilkington |first=Ben |date=2022-06-08 |title=Meet the Robot Histotechnician Speeding Up Tissue Processing |url=https://www.azorobotics.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=525 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=AZoRobotics |language=en}}
Biography
Partha Mitra received his PhD in theoretical physics from Harvard University under the guidance of Bertrand Halperin in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.physics.harvard.edu/academics/phds-1970-99|title=Harvard PhD Theses in Physics: 1971-1999 - Harvard University Department of Physics|website=www.physics.harvard.edu|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919113743/https://www.physics.harvard.edu/academics/phds-1970-99|archive-date=19 September 2015|url-status=dead}} He was a member of the Theoretical Physics Department at Bell Laboratories from 1993 to 2003, and an assistant professor in Theoretical Physics at Caltech from 1996 before moving to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 2003 where he is a Crick-Clay professor of biomathematics.{{cite web|url=https://www.cshl.edu/cshls-partha-mitra-receives-two-honors-for-theoretical-work-with-implications-for-brain-circuitry/|title=CSHL's Partha Mitra receives two awards for theoretical work with implications for brain circuitry|date=10 December 2013|website=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory|access-date=21 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cshl.edu/two-neuroscientists-from-cold-spring-harbor-laboratory-awarded-qtransformativeq-nih-grants/|title=Two neuroscientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory awarded "Transformative" NIH Grants|date=24 September 2009|website=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory|access-date=21 January 2019}} Professor Mitra also holds adjunct positions in the NYU School of Medicine{{cite web|url=https://med.nyu.edu/faculty/partha-p-mitra|title=Partha P. Mitra|website=med.nyu.edu|access-date=21 January 2019}} and Weill Cornell Medical College.{{cite web|url=http://vivo.med.cornell.edu/display/person418893|title=Mitra, Partha P.|website=vivo.med.cornell.edu|access-date=21 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.monash.edu/news/events/seminar-by-dr-partha-mitra-brain-structure-brain-dynamics-an|title=Seminar by Dr Partha Mitra: Brain Structure, Brain Dynamics and Brain Initiatives: Cross-currents in Neuroscience|website=Monash University|access-date=21 January 2019}}
Research
Mitra's research aims to study the complex biological systems from a “theoretical engineering” perspective.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesouthasiantimes.info/news-Neuroscientist_Partha_Mitra_gets_$300000_research_grant-92187-New+York-112.html|title=Neuroscientist Partha Mitra gets $300,000 research grant - New York|website=www.thesouthasiantimes.info|access-date=21 January 2019}} He combines theoretical, computational and experimental approaches and currently understanding how brains work.{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-neuroscience-limited-by-tools-or-ideas/|title=Is Neuroscience Limited by Tools or Ideas?|first=Partha|last=Mitra|website=Scientific American|access-date=21 January 2019}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/04/03/obama-braaaaaains-partha-mitra-whoa-there-buddy/ |title = Obama: 'Braaaaaains.' Partha Mitra: 'Whoa there, buddy.'| newspaper=The Washington Post }}{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/indian-neuroscientist-partha-mitra-gets-prestigious-research-grant-under-barack-obama-initiative/articleshow/40415900.cms|title=Indian neuroscientist Partha Mitra gets prestigious research grant under Barack Obama initiative|date=19 August 2014|access-date=21 January 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}} Professor Mitra initiated the idea of brain-wide mesoscale circuit mapping{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=75666&from=|title=Multimedia Gallery - Partha Mitra tells why and how he is helping to map the mouse brain. - NSF - National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=21 January 2019}}{{Cite journal | url= |doi = 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.08.055|pmid = 25233311|pmc = 4256953|title = The Circuit Architecture of Whole Brains at the Mesoscopic Scale|journal = Neuron|volume = 83|issue = 6|pages = 1273–1283|year = 2014|last1 = Mitra|first1 = Partha P.}} and founded the Brain Architecture Project, including collaborations with RIKEN Brain Science Institute{{cite web|url=http://www.braincircuits.org/riken_team|title=Brain Architecture Project - Riken Team|website=braincircuits.org|access-date=21 January 2019}} and Monash University.{{cite web|url=https://www.cibf.edu.au/inside-cibf/partner-investigators|title=Partner investigators|date=6 April 2016|website=cibf.edu.au|access-date=21 January 2019}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-trace-a-wiring-plan-for-entire-mouse-brain-1.10878|title=Scientists trace a wiring plan for entire mouse brain|first=Saswato R.|last=Das|journal=Nature News|access-date=21 January 2019|via=www.nature.com|doi=10.1038/nature.2012.10878|year=2012|s2cid=180794801|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=http://brainarchitecture.org/project-personnel|title=Brain Architecture Project - Project Personnel|website=brainarchitecture.org|access-date=21 January 2019}} He has published over 240 research articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature, Science, PNAS, PRL{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=siYbnagAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Partha P Mitra - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.co.in|access-date=21 January 2019}} with an H-index of 70{{Cite web |title=Partha P Mitra |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=siYbnagAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=scholar.google.com}} and holds thirty-one U.S. patents.{{cite web|url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/partha-p-mitra|title=Partha P. Mitra Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search|website=patents.justia.com|access-date=21 January 2019}} He has also co-authored a book titled Observed Brain Dynamics published by the Oxford University Press{{cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/observed-brain-dynamics-9780195178081?cc=us&lang=en&|title=Observed Brain Dynamics|date=7 December 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=21 January 2019|isbn=9780195178081}} and has written pieces for Scientific American.{{Cite web |title=Stories by Partha Mitra |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/partha-mitra/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}
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