Soumitra Sengupta, Ph.D.
My research interests are in the areas of distributed systems, their
monitoring, management, and security aspects, and their application in a
health care environment. I am interested in the architectural design
and engineering concerns of building large, functioning systems over
heterogeneous platforms and protocols.
Networking at the lowest layers interconnects most of the computing
devices in a medical center today. The flow of information among these
systems is complex due to the variety of transport mechanisms and the volume
of such information. The iterative process of simplifying the exchange
methods, generalizing as well as making them more robust, is an engineering
challenge. The creation of real transfer of patient care information
using open systems and building standards to accomplish it are some of our
active work areas.
Distributed computing is a reality at CPMC; we are currently learning how
to build systems that may be monitored and managed in order to improve
availability and reliability. The semantic correctness of data has direct
impacts on quality of care and reduction of costs. We have begun work on
techniques to improve secured but easier access to health care information by
providers and researchers. This work has direct relevance in creating
nation-wide repositories of clinical information.
For more details:
- Sengupta S, Clayton PD. 1996. Clinical workstations: An architectural
perspective. Integration of Information for Patient Care. Yearbook of
Med Info, van Bemmel JH, McCray AT, Eds. IMIA. 59-64.
- Sengupta S, Clayton PD, et. al. 1994. IAIMS and sharing. Int J
Bio-Med Comp. 34:339-48.
- Shea S, Sengupta S, Crosswell A, Clayton PD. 1992. Network information
security in a phase III Integrated Academic Information Management
System (IAIMS). Proc Ann Symp on Comp App in Med Care. 283-6.
- Clayton PD, Sideli RV, Sengupta S. 1992. Open architecture and
integrated information at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. MD
Computing. 9(5):297-303.
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please send e-mail to sen@columbia.edu.
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