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Dipankar Dasgupta

Dipankar Dasgupta is a computer scientist whose research applies bio-inspired computing and machine learning to cyber defense. He earned engineering degrees in India and a computer science PhD at Strathclyde, then joined the University of Memphis after a New Mexico postdoc and a visiting faculty role in Missouri. His work includes Digital Immunity, Negative Authentication and a 2004 paper on variable-sized detectors for negative selection. He received the 2014 ACM SIGEVO Impact Award, became an IEEE Fellow in 2015, received Memphis’s 2023 presidential award for lifetime research achievement, and held a 2023–24 Fulbright–NSF Distinguished Scholar appointment in Iceland. As of October 2026, he is the Hill Professor in Cybersecurity and director of Memphis’s Center for Information Assurance; he holds ACM Distinguished Speaker and IEEE Distinguished Lecturer appointments for 2026–2028.

Works
286
Citations
14,366
h-index
50
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1981–1986

    Engineering degrees in India

    He earns a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in India in 1981 and a master's degree in computer engineering in 1986.

  2. 1994–1996

    Postdoc and visiting faculty

    He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Strathclyde. From January 1994 to August 1995, he works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of New Mexico on an immune-system model for novelty detection in sensory data; he serves as visiting faculty at the University of Missouri–St. Louis through December 1996.

  3. 1997–2004

    A Memphis professorship

    In January 1997, he joins the University of Memphis's Computer Science Department and becomes a full professor in 2004. His research applies bio-inspired computing and machine learning to cyber defense, including Digital Immunity and Negative Authentication.

  4. 2004

    Variable-sized negative selection detectors

    In 2004, he and Zhou Ji publish “Real-valued negative selection algorithm with variable-sized detectors.” The paper introduces a detector-generation and matching method for negative selection, using detectors with variable properties.

  5. 2014–2015

    An ACM award and IEEE fellowship

    He receives the 2014 ACM SIGEVO Impact Award. In 2015, he becomes an IEEE Fellow for contributions to immunological computation and bio-inspired cybersecurity.

  6. 2023

    A presidential research award

    In 2023, he receives the Arthur C. Graesser Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement in Research, the University of Memphis's highest level of research recognition for faculty.

  7. 2023–2024

    A Fulbright cybersecurity visit

    The Fulbright–National Science Foundation Distinguished Scholar Award in Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure takes him to Iceland for the 2023–24 academic year. From February 2024 to April 2024, he works as a lecturer and researcher at Reykjavik University and plans a cybersecurity education program plus research on advanced identity and authentication.

  8. As of October 2026

    Hill Professor and CfIA director

    As of October 2026, he is the Hill Professor in Cybersecurity and director of the Center for Information Assurance at the University of Memphis. In November 2025, ACM selects him as a Distinguished Speaker; in 2026, he holds ACM Distinguished Speaker and IEEE Distinguished Lecturer appointments for 2026–2028. At a cybersecurity community symposium in April 2026, he chairs a session and presents on AI for security and cyber education.

Career

  1. Since 1997University of MemphisProfessor
  2. 2024Reykjavik UniversityLecturer and researcher
  3. 2002–2005University of Strathclyde
  4. 1996University of Missouri–St. LouisVisiting faculty
  5. 1994–1995University of New MexicoPostdoctoral researcher

Education

  1. University of StrathclydePhD in computer science

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. New Ideas In Optimization1999 · 2,136 citationsWith Marco Dorigo
  2. Artificial Immune Systems and Their Applications1999 · Springer eBooks · 1,184 citations
  3. Advances in artificial immune systems2006 · IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine · 514 citations
  4. A Survey of Game Theory as Applied to Network Security2010 · Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences · 498 citations
  5. Recent Advances in Artificial Immune Systems: Models and Applications2010 · Applied Soft Computing · 396 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes University of Memphis. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  2. Stanford University trained or employed 20 of the 89 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Memphis. Stanford University trained or employed 20 of the 89 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Strathclyde. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Dipankar Dasgupta - Computer Science memphis.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Graesser Award - Division of Research & Innovation memphis.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Real-valued negative selection algorithm with variable-sized detectors digitalcommons.memphis.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. Dipankar Dasgupta | IEEETV ieeetv.ieee.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Dipankar Dasgupta News - Computer Science - The University of Memphis memphis.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Dipankar Dasgupta | Fulbright Scholar Program fulbrightscholars.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. University of Memphis' Dasgupta & Parish Receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards for 2023-24 - University of Memphis Media Room memphis.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.