
A theoretical physicist by training, my research is centered around intelligent machines. I do both theoretical and experimental work. The theoretical work is focussed on analyzing distributed/networked algorithms in the context of control theory and machine learning, using tools from statistical physics. My lab is involved in brain-wide mesoscale circuit mapping in the Mouse as well as in the Marmoset. An organizing idea behind my research is that there may be common underlying mathematical principles that constrain evolved biological systems and human-engineered systems.
Partha Mitra is interested in understanding intelligent machines that are products of biological evolution (particularly animal brains), with the basic hypothesis that common underlying principles may govern these “wet” intelligent machines and the “dry” intelligent machines that are transforming the present economy. Dr Mitra initiated the idea of brain-wide mesoscale circuit mapping, and his laboratory is involved in carrying out such mapping in the Mouse (http://mouse.brainarchitecture.org) and the Marmoset (in collaboration with Japanese and Australian scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute and Monash University).
Dr Mitra spent ten years as a member of the theory department at Bell Laboratories and holds a visiting professorship at IIT Madras where he is helping establish the Center for Computational Brain Research. He has an active theoretical research program in machine learning and control theory, wheren he is using tools from statistical physics to analyze the performance of distributed/networked algorithms in the “thermodynamic” limit of many variables.
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Senior Member, IEEE
- H N Mahabala Chair Professor (visiting), IIT Madras
- Partha Mitra awarded NSF ‘Early Concept’ grant for neuroscience
- CSHL’s Partha Mitra receives two awards for theoretical work with implications for brain circuitry
- Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
- Mitra awarded “Transformative” NIH Grant
- George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award
NIH BRAIN Initiative invests $9.7 million in CSHL scientists
December 29, 2020
CSHL scientists received grants to broaden our knowledge of the human brain and how to treat neurological disorders.
Partha Mitra: AI and brain circuits
November 30, 2020
Mitra answers audience questions about how understanding brain connections can bring medical and technological breakthroughs.
LIVE at the Lab with Partha Mitra: AI and brain circuits
November 27, 2020
CSHL Professor Partha Mitra presents some challenges for neuroscientists and how artificial intelligence (AI) helps overcome them.
AI learns to trace neuronal pathways
September 28, 2020
A picture of the brain’s rich interconnections is emerging with the help of ever more accurate computer-aided approaches.
Who COVID-19 hit hardest in New York
July 10, 2020
Report on nearly 50,000 New Yorkers tested for COVID-19 reveals demographics, hospitalization rates for positive patients.
New brain research could change how concussions are treated
October 13, 2019
Blood vessel damage seems to be more widespread than nerve damage in patients with traumatic brain injuries.
New brain map could improve AI algorithms for machine vision
August 20, 2019
A revised view of the primate visual system may serve as a future reference for understanding how vision works in humans.
Detailed new primate brain atlas could lead to disease insights
March 1, 2019
An international effort has mapped the marmoset brain at an unprecedented level of detail, which brings us closer to understanding the human brain.
Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse
April 27, 2018
A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field
4 CSHL scientists will contribute to President’s BRAIN Initiative under new NIH grants
September 30, 2014
Four scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) will perform research in President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative under two new CSHL grants
