Faculty Information >> Debashis Saha

Debashis Saha

Position: Professor

Department: Management Information Systems

Email ds@iimcal.ac.in

Alternate Email ds.calcutta@gmail.com

Contact Details MIS Group,
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta,
Joka, D.H. Road, Kolkata 700201, INDIA
Tel: +(91) 33 2467 8300-06 Extn 406
Fax: +(91) 33 2467 8062/8307

Phone Number +(91) 33 2467 8300-06 [Extn 406]

Academic Background
* (1995) Ph. D. on Computer Communication & Networks from Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) at Kharagpur, India.

* (1987) M. Tech. in Electronics & Electrical Communication Engg. from Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) at Kharagpur, India.

* (1986) B.E. (Hons.) in Electronics & Telecomm. Engg. from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.

* (1982) H. S. in Science from West Bengal, ranked 4th in WB.

Courses Taught
In IIM Calcutta: Information & Communications Technologies (ICT) for Development, Wireless Networking & Mobile Computing (WNMC), Network Operations, Management & Security (NOMS), Business Data Communication & Networking (DCN), Telecomm, E-Commerce, 4GL;

In Jadavpur Univ: Mobile Wireless Networks, Optical Networks, Computer Networks, Data Communication, Computer Organization, Information Theory & Coding Techniques, Computer Graphics.

Awards
* Best paper award from the Institution of Engineers (IE), India in 1994.

* Career award for young teachers from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India, in 1997.

* Qualcomm Inc. research award in IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC'97), Mumbai, India in 1997.

* Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC) visiting fellowship from the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India in 1998.

* Young faculty (Indian) award in IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC'99), Jaipur, India in 1999.

* Distinguished reviewer of IEEE Computer Magazine in 1999.

* BOYSCAST (Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science & Technology) fellowship from the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India in 2000.

* Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) in 2005

* Member, Asia Pacific Board (APB) of IEEE Communications Society [2006-07]

* Best Paper Award in 16th Int’l Conf on Advanced Computing and Communication (ADCOM’2008), Chennai, India, Dec 14-17, 2008.

* Best Poster Paper Award in IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Networks & Telecom Systems (ANTS’2008), Mumbai, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.

* Best Paper Award (J C Bose Memorial) from Inst. of Electronics & Telecom Engg (IETE), India, among all papers published in the Journal of IETE (JIETE) in 2007.

Publications
I have co-authored several books, book chapters and one monograph. I have published nearly 200 research papers mostly with my students.

A. Books/Book Chapters/Monographs:
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* D. Saha and B. Sardar, invited chapter TCP Enhancements for Mobile Internet, in The Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, IGI Global Publishing, Information Science Reference, [http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=6925&v=tableOfContents], 2007.
* D. Saha and A. S. Dalal, invited chapter Topology Control in Sensor Networks: A Survey of Related Algorithms, in the book “Sensor Network and Configuration: Fundamentals, Techniques, Platforms, and Experiments” (Ed.) N. P. Mahalik, Springer-Verlag Publishing, Germany, October 2006.
* J. Sethuraman, A Mahanti, and D. Saha, book chapter An Uninformed Best First Search Based Wavelength Assignment Algorithm to Minimize the Number of SONET ADMs in WDM Rings, Chapter 12 (pp. 225-240) in the book TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLANNING: INNOVATIONS IN PRICING, NETWORK, DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT, (Ed.) S. Raghavan & G. Anandalingam, The Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, Kluwer Academic Publishing, June 2005
* D. Saha, Invited chapter on Pervasive Computing for contribution to "Advances in Computer", volumes 63-65 for publication in 2005 under the imprint of Academic Press by Elsevier Science Publishers.
* A. Mukherjee, S. Bandyopadhyay and D. Saha, "Location Management and Routing in Mobile Wireless Networks", Artech House Books, Norwood, MA, USA, ISBN 1-58053-355-8, 2003.
* A. Mukherjee, D. Saha and S, Jha, "chapter contribution entitled: Location management in mobile wireless networksï¿½ in: Handbook of Wireless Internet (Ed. Borko Furht), Cat. No. 7006, CRC Press LLC, FL, USA, 2003.
* D. Saha, A. Mukherjee and S. Bandyopadhyay, "Networking Infrastructure for Pervasive Computing: Enabling Technologies and Systems", Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP), USA, Hardbound, 320 pp., ISBN 1-4020-7249-X, October 2002.
* D. Saha, and D. K. Chakraborty, "Destruction of Blooming Flowers" on Child Labours in Calcutta (1996) [monograph].
* D. Saha et.al. Course Material on "Computer Networks" under IMPACT Project, DOE (1995) [MIT, GOI publication].
* D. Saha, and D. K. Chakraborty, "Fundamentals of Computer Science & Programming" in Regional Language (Bengali) (1994).
* D. Saha, and D. K. Chakraborty, "Computer Theory and Practice" in Regional Language (Bengali) (1992).

B. Technical Papers (in chronological order):
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<2010>
TRANSACTIONS/JOURNALS
1. S. Khara, I. S. Misra and D. Saha, “Global Gateway based UMTS/WLAN Integration for Improved Delay Performance,” International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (IJPEDS), Taylor & Francis (England), First Article, 2010, pp. 1-18.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
2. S. K. Sadhukhan, S. Mandal, P. Bhaumik and D. Saha, “Post-deployment Planning of 3G Cellular Networks through Dual-homing of NodeBs”, Proc. International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), Kolkata, India, Jan, 2010.
3. A. Sircar, B. Sardar, and D. Saha, “ROTIO+: A Modified ROTIO for Nested Network Mobility”, Proc. International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN) 2010 pp. 307-322, Kolkata, India, Jan, 2010.
4. D. Saha, “An Intelligent Destination Initiated Reservation Protocol for Wavelength Management in WDM Optical Networks”, Proc. 12th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT’2010), pp. 1266-1271, February 7~10, 2010, Phoenix Park, Gangwon-Do, Republic of Korea.
5. M. Sengupta, S. K. Mandal, and D. Saha, “MMSRP: Multi-wavelength Markov-based Split Reservation Protocol for DWDM Optical Networks”, Proc. 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), March 22-26, 2010, University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Sierre, Switzerland.
6. S Khara, I. S. Misra and D. Saha, “An Improved WLAN-first Access Scheme for UMTS/WLAN Integrated System”, Proc. 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), March 22-26, 2010, University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Sierre, Switzerland.
7. B. Sardar, M. Nasipuri and D. Saha, "Co-existence of Network and Terminal Mobility in the Context of TCP Performance," Proc. ICC'10 Workshop on Vehicular Networking & Applications, ICC'10, May 23-27, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.

TECHNICAL REPORTS/WORKING PAPERS
8. B. Sardar, D. Saha and M. Hassan, “A New Protocol to improve TCP Performance in Network Mobility”, WPS No. 649/ January 2010.
9. M. Sengupta, S. K. Mandal, and D. Saha, “Resource Reservation Techniques in WDM Optical Networks: A Comprehensive Survey”, WPS No. 652/ April 2010.

<2009>
TRANSACTIONS/JOURNALS
1. M. Sengupta, S. K. Mondal, and D. Saha, “A protocol for piggy-backing on Markov based wavelength reservation in WDM optical networks”, Optical Switching and Networking (OSN), Vol. 6 (2009), pp. 250-258, 2009, Elsevier.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
2. A. K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Chatterjee, S. Saha, S. Ghose, and D. Saha, “An Efficient Call Admission Control Scheme on Overlay Networks Using Fuzzy Logic”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Networks & Telecom Systems (ANTS’2009), New Delhi, India, Dec 14-16, 2009.
3. S. K. Sadhukhan, S. Mandal, and D. Saha, “A Practical Approach for Planning WLAN Deployment under 3G Cellular Network”, Proc. 1st International Conference on Networks & Communications (NetCoM-2009), 27-29 December 2009, Chennai, India.
4. A. K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Saha, S. Ghose, and D. Saha, “An Analytical Model of Multi-Service Call Admission Control in Next Generation Wireless Overlay Networks”, Proc. 1st International Conference on Networks & Communications (NetCoM-2009), 27-29 December 2009, Chennai, India.
5. S. K. Sadhukhan, S. Mandal, S. R. Biswas, P. Bhaumik, D. Saha, “Post-deployment Tuning of UMTS Cellular Networks through Dual-homing of RNCs”, Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS’2009), Bangalore, India, January 5-10.
6. S. Khara, D. Saha, and I. S. Misra “Performance Analysis of a UMTS Cell with Underlying Tunnel-WLANs”, Proc. 10th Int Conf on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN’2009), Hyderabad, India, January 3-6, 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS- 5408 Springer 2009, ISBN: 978-3-540-92294-0.

<2008>
TRANSACTIONS/JOURNALS
1. A. K. Ghosh, A. Mukherjee, D. Saha, “TCP throughput enhancement in wired-cum-wireless network”, Computer Communications, Vol. 31, No. 17, pp. 4162-4166, 2008, Elsevier.
2. S. Jana, D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and P. Chaudhuri, “A Novel Approach for Assigning Wavelengths in Multi-hop WDM Optical Networks”, Computer Communications”, Elsevier, 2008.
3. M. Maitra, D. Saha, P. S. Bhattacharya and A. Mukherjee, “An Intelligent Paging Strategy using Rule-Based AI Technique for Locating Mobile Terminals in Cellular Wireless Networks”, IEEE Trans Vehicular Technology, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 1834-1845, May 2008.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
4. A. Mukhopadhyay and D. Saha, “Layer Manager Controlled Mobility Management on Wireless Overlay Networks”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Networks & Telecom Systems (ANTS’2008), Mumbai, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.
5. S. Khara, I. S. Misra and D. Saha, “Improving Delay Performance in UMTS/WLAN Integrated Networks with Global Gateway Router”, Proc. 16th Int’l Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM 2008), Chennai, India, pp. 374 – 381, Dec. 14-17, 2008.
6. M. Sengupta, S. K. Mondal, C Bose, and D. Saha, “Fast Updated Markov Based Split Reservation Protocol in WDM Optical Networks”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Networks & Telecom Systems (ANTS’2008), Mumbai, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.
7. B. Sardar, M. Nasipuri, D. Saha, and M. Hassan, ”Improving Uploading Performance of TCP in Network Mobility”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Networks & Telecom Systems (ANTS’2008), Mumbai, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.
8. M. Sengupta, S. K. Mondal, C Bose, and D. Saha, “A Markov Selection Split Reservation Protocol for WDM Optical Networks without Wavelength Conversion”, Proc. IEEE Globecom’2008, New Orleans, USA.
9. M. Sengupta, S. K. Mondal, and D. Saha, “An adaptive Split Reservation Protocol (SRP) for dynamically reserving wavelengths in WDM optical networks”, Proc. 9th Int Conf on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN’2008), Kolkata, India, pp. 497-502, January 5-8, 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS- 4308 Springer 2008, ISBN 3-540-68139-6.

TECHNICAL REPORTS/WORKING PAPERS
10. D. Saha, “A Hierarchical Mobility Management Technique for Wireless Cellular Networks”, WPS-624, February 2008.
11. D. Saha and A. Banerjee, “Pricing Telecom Infrastructure in a Monopolistic Market: A Novel NPV-based Approach”, WPS-625, February 2008.

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<2007>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. D. Saha, “A Multipath Distributed Protocol for Dynamic Wavelength Reservation in IP-over-WDM Networks”, Revista Telecomunicações (Telecommunications Magazine), INATEL-Brazil, December 2007.
2. S. Mandal, D. Saha, A. Mahanti, and P. C. Pendharkar, “Cell-to-Switch Level Planning in Mobile Wireless Networks for Efficient Management of Radio Resources” OMEGA, The International Journal of Management Science (Special issue on Telecommunications), Vol. 35, No.6, pp. 697-705, Dec 2007.
3. M. Chakraborty, I. Saha Misra, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, "TLMM: MIP-based Three Level Mobility Model”, Computer Communications, Elsevier, Volume 30, Issue 6, March 2007, Pages 1244-1257.
4. D. Saha, P. S. Bhattacharya and A. Mukherjee, “Time Efficient Heuristics for Cell-to-Switch Assignment in Quasi-Static/Dynamic Location Area Planning of Mobile Cellular Networks”, Computer Communications, Elsevier, Vol. 30, pp. 326-340, January 2007.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
5. B. Sardar, M. Nasipuri, and D. Saha, “A Comparative Evaluation of Loss Recovery Mechanisms in SCTP and obTCP for On-Board IP Networks”, Proc. 1st Symposium on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS 2007) (http://www.antsconference.org), Mumbai, India, Dec 17-18, 2007.
6. A. K. Mukhopadhyay, and D. Saha, “A General Architecture of Wireless Overlay Networks (WONs) for Global Mobility”, Proc. 1st Symposium on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS 2007) (http://www.antsconference.org), Mumbai, India, Dec 17-18, 2007.
7. B. Sardar, M. Nasipuri, and D. Saha, “Short Transfer Performance of on-board TCP (obTCP) under High Packet Error Rate (PER) Conditions”, Proc. 10th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC’2007), Jaipur, India, Dec 03-06, 2007.
8. I. S. Misra, S Khara, and D. Saha, “A Tiered Mobility Management Solution for Cellular/WLAN Integrated Networks with Low Handoff Delay”, ", Proc. IFIP-TC6 - WG6.8 12th Workshop on Personal Wireless Communications (PWC'07), Prague, Czech Republic, 12-13 September 2007.
9. D. Talasu, D. Saha, and P. S. Dasgupta, “An Improvement of Layered-Graph Based Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) Algorithms for WDM Optical Networks”, Proc. Int’l Workshop on Telecommunications (IWT'2007), Santa Rita do Sapucai, Brazil, Feb 12-15, 2007.
10. J. Sethuraman, A. Mahanti, D. Saha, and S. K. Sadhukhan, “BDFS: A Real-Time Search Algorithm for Central Office (CO) Optimization”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 40), Hawaii, January 3-7, 2007.
11. D. Saha, “A Multipath Distributed Protocol for Dynamic Wavelength Reservation in IP-over-WDM Networks”, Proc. Int’l Workshop on Telecommunications (IWT'2007), Santa Rita do Sapucai, Brazil, Feb 12-15, 2007.
12. A. Mukhopadhyay, D. Saha, A. Mahanti, and S. K. Sadhukhan, “E-risk Management through Self-insurance: An Option Model”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 40), Hawaii, January 3-7, 2007.
13. S. Ghosh, P. S. Dasgupta and D. Saha,, “A Modified Algorithm for Semi-lightpath Routing in WDM Optical Networks with a Non-linear Conversion Cost Function”, Proc. Int’l Workshop on Telecommunications (IWT'2007), Santa Rita do Sapucai, Brazil, Feb 12-15, 2007.
14. A. Mukhopadhyay, D. Saha, A. Mahanti, and S. K. Sadhukhan, “Hedging Big Losses Due to Security Breaches through Insurance: A Business Model”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 40), Hawaii, January 3-7, 2007.

TECHNICAL REPORTS/WORKING PAPERS
15. K. Jindal, and D. Saha, “Future of US Broadcast Industry and Opportunities for IT Solution Providers”, WPS-613, September 2007.

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<2006>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. B. Sardar, and D. Saha, “A Survey on TCP Enhancements for Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks", IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 20-34, 3rd QUARTER 2006.
2. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and M. Chatterjee, “Dynamic Price Discovering Models for Differentiated Wireless Services”, Journal of Communications (JCM), Academy Publishers, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 50-56, August 2006.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
3. M. Sengupta, S. K. Mondal, and D. Saha, “Destination Initiated Multi-wavelength Reservation Protocol (DIMRP) in WDM Optical Networks: Finding the Optimal Selectivity for Wavelength Assignment”, Proc. 8th Int Conf on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN’2006), Guwahati, India, pp. 497-502, December 27-30, 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS- 4308 Springer 2006, ISBN 3-540-68139-6.
4. S. Khara, I. S. Misra, and D. Saha, “A One-Pass Method of MIP Registration by WLAN Host Through GPRS Network”, Proc. 8th Int Conf on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN’2006), Guwahati, India, pp. 570-581, December 27-30, 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS- 4308 Springer 2006, ISBN 3-540-68139-6.
5. S. Khara, I. Saha Misra, and D. Saha, “An Alternative Architecture for WLAN/GPRS Integration”, Proceedings of the IEEE 63rd Vehicular Technology Conference (Spring), Melbourne, May 7-10, 2006.
6. I. Saha Misra, M. Chakrabarty, and D. Saha, “An Approach for Optimal Hierarchical Mobility Management Network Architecture”, Proceedings of the IEEE 63rd Vehicular Technology Conference (Spring), Melbourne, May 7-10, 2006.
7. B. Sardar, and D. Saha, “A Novel Version of Wireless TCP for Vehicular On-Board IP Networks”, Proceedings of the IEEE 63rd Vehicular Technology Conference (Spring), Melbourne, May 7-10, 2006.
8. A. Mukhopadhyay, S. Chatterjee, D. Saha, A. Mahanti, and S. K. Sadhukhan, “e-Risk Management with Insurance: A framework using Copula aided Bayesian Belief Networks”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 39), Hawaii, January 3-7, 2006.
9. J. Sethuraman, A. Mahanti, D. Saha, and S. K. Sadhukhan, “A Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) Technique to Minimize the Number of SONET ADMs in WDM Rings”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 39), Hawaii, January 3-7, 2006.
10. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and M. Chatterjee, “Pricing Wireless Network Services Using Smart Market Models”, Proc. IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC’2006), 8-10 January 2006, Las Vegas, NV, 2006.
11. S. Khara, I. Saha Misra, and D. Saha, “An Efficient Technique of Integrating WLAN into GPRS Network”, Proceedings of 4th Asian Mobile Computing Conference (AMOC 2006), Kolkata, India, January 4-7, 2006.

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<2005>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. Mukhopadhyay A, Saha D, Mahanti A, Chakrabarti B B, Podder A, “Insurance for cyber-risk: A Utility Model”, Decision (IIM Calcutta Journal), Vol 32, No 1, 153-170, June 2005.
2. M. Maitra, R. K. Pradhan, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, “Optimal Location Area Planning for Mobile Cellular Networks Using Evolutionary Computing Methods", IETE Journal of Research, (Journal of the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers of India), Vol 51, No. 3, pp.235-244, May/June 2005.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
3. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and A. Mahanti, “A Technique to Support Dynamic Pricing Strategy for Differentiated Cellular Mobile Services”, Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM’2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, November/December 2005.
4. Sethuraman J, A. Mahanti, and D. Saha, “A heuristic Search based Optimal Wavelength Assignment Algorithm to Minimize the Number of SONET ADMs in WDM Rings”, Proc. 3rd IASTED Int’l Conf on Communications and Computer Networks (CCN 2005), Marina Del Ray, USA, October 2005.
5. Sethuraman J, A. Mahanti, and D. Saha, “An Optimal Wavelength Assignment Algorithm to Minimize the Number of SONET ADMs in WDM Rings”, Proc. 14th IEEE Int’l Conf on COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS and NETWORKS, ICCCN’2005, San Diego, California USA, October 17-19, 2005.
6. P. Nayek, S. Pal, B. Choudhury, A. Mukherjee, D. Saha, and M. Nasipuri, “Optimal Monitor Placement Scheme for Single Fault Detection in Optical Networks”, Proc. IEEE Int’l Conf on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON’2005), Tu.C3.5, pp. 433-436, Barcelona, Spain, July 2005.
7. Mukhopadhyay A, Chatterjee S, Saha D, Mahanti A, Podder A K, “e-risk: A case for insurance”, Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management (CISTM), New Delhi, July 23-26, 2005.
8. I. Saha Misra, S. Dey, and D. Saha, “4G All IP Integration Architecture for Next Generation Wireless Internet”, Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN’2005), pp. 622-628, Las Vegas, June 27-30, 2005.
9. Mukhopadhyay A, Chatterjee S, Saha D, Mahanti A, Chakrabarti B B, Podder A K, “Mitigating Security breach losses in e-commerce through Insurance”, Proceedings of 4th Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30-31, 2005.
10. Sethuraman J, A. Mahanti, D. Saha, and S. K. Sadhukhan, “An Optimal Wavelength Assignment Algorithm to Minimize the Number of SONET ADMs in WDM Rings”, Proc. 2nd IFIP Int’l Conf on Wireless & Optical Communications Networks (WOCN), Dubai, UAE, March 2005
11. M. Maitra, D. Saha, et. al., “An Intelligent Location Management Strategy for Next Generation Wireless Networks: A Rule Base Approach”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications & Networking (WCNC’2005), pp. 1365-1370, New Orleans, USA, March 2005.
12. A. K. Mukhopadhyay and D. Saha, "Analysis of Wireless Overlay Networks Based on Application Services" Proc. National Seminar on Emerging Wireless Technologies, pp 18-21 organized by I2IT, Pune, Feb 04, 2005.
13. A. K. Ghosh, A. Mukherjee and D. Saha, “Some Simulation Studies to Characterize TCP Window Control Behavior in Wired/Wireless Internetworks”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2005), pp. 545-549, New Delhi, India January, 2005.
14. I. Saha Misra, M.Chakrabarty, and D. Saha, “Optimum Cost Location Area Planning for Third Generation Mobiles”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2005), New Delhi, India, January, 2005.
15. M. Maitra, D. Saha, P. S. Bhattacharjee and A. Mukherjee, “Real Time Implementation Aspects of an Intelligent Rule Based Paging Scheme”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2005), pp. 379-384, New Delhi, India, January, 2005.
16. A. K. Mukhopadhyay and D. Saha, “Performance Analysis of Mobile Wireless Overlay Networks Based on Application Services”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2005), pp. 280-284, New Delhi, India, January, 2005.
17. S. Mandal, D. Saha and A. Mahanti, “An Efficient Technique for Dynamic Channel Allocation in Mobile Cellular Networks”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2005), pp. 470-473, New Delhi, India, January, 2005.
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<2004>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, I. S. Misra,and M. Chakraborty, "Mobility Support in IP: A Survey of Related Protocols", IEEE Network, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 34-40, Nov/Dec 2004.
2. P. S. Bhattacharya, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, "An approach for location area planning in a personal communication services network (PCSN)", IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communication, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1176-1187, July 2004.
3. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and A. Mahanti,"A Real-time Heuristic Search Technique for Fixed Channel Allocation (FCA) in Mobile Cellular Communications", Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (special issue on Resource management in wireless and adhoc mobile networks), vol. 28 (2004) pp. 411-416, Elsevier Science, 2004.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. S. Mandal, S. Bera, and D. Saha, â€œA Technique to Ensure Reliability in a WDM Optical Backbone Network with Contemporary Link Failuresâ€, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): Proc. 6th International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDCâ€™2004), Calcutta, December 2004.
2. M. Chakraborty, I. Saha Misra, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, â€œQoS support in TLMM: three level mobility model for IP-based networksâ€, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): Proc. 6th International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDCâ€™2004), Calcutta, December 2004.
3. S. Khara and D. Saha, â€œModeling of Dual Mode Terminal Equipment for WLAN-GPRS Integrated Networksâ€, IEEE INDICON, IIT Kharagpur, Dec 2004.
4. S. Mandal, D. Saha and A. Mahanti, â€œHeuristic Search Techniques for Cell to Switch Assignment in Location Area Planning for Cellular Networksâ€ Proc. of Wireless Networking Symposium of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICCâ€™2004), June 20-24, 2004, Paris, France.
5. J. Sethuraman, A. Mahanti, and D. Saha, â€œAn Optimal Uninformed Best First Search based Wavelength Assignment Algorithm to Minimize the Number of SONET ADMs in WDM Ringsâ€, accepted in Seventh INFORMS Telecommunications Conference, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2004.
6. M. Maitra, C. Esakkiappan, D. Saha, P. S. Bhattacharjee and A. Mukherjee, â€œIntelligent Paging for Mobile Terminals in Cellular Wireless Networks: A Rule-Based Approachâ€, Proc. of Wireless Networking Symposium of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICCâ€™2004), June 20-24, 2004, Paris, France.
7. M. Maitra, C. Esakkiappan, D. Saha, P. S. Bhattacharjee and A. Mukherjee, â€œAn Intelligent Location Management Strategy for Next Generation Wireless Networksâ€, Proc. 5th World Wireless Congress (WWCâ€™04), San Francisco, USA, May 25-28, 2004.
8. I. Saha Misra, M.Chakrabarty, D. Saha, S.Roy, and A. Saha â€œMPLS based three level mobility management protocol for 3G all-IP networksâ€, Proc. International Conference on Communication, Devices and Intelligent Systems, CODIS-2004, Jan 8-10, Kolkata, India, [http://www.juetce.org/codis2004.asp].

TECHNICAL REPORTS/WORKING PAPERS
1. D. Saha, M. L. Bhuvaneswar, and V. V. Ravi Kishore, â€œLightpath Management in WDM Optical Networks Using Multipath Probing with Retries for Backward Wavelength Reservation Protocolsâ€, Working Paper, WPS-523/2004, IIM Calcutta, 2004.
2. N. Ghosh, S. Mandal, and D. Saha, â€œOptimal Pricing for Wireless Services: A Dynamic Analysis in a Spatial Frameworkâ€, Working Paper, WPS-520/2004, IIM Calcutta, 2004.
3. D. Saha, and A. Banerjee, â€œLive Sensor Networks for Natural Pervasive Computingâ€, Working Paper, WPS-518/2004, IIM Calcutta, 2004.
4. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and T. Banerjee, â€œA Statistically Significant Prediction Model for an Operational Flood Alarming System (OFAS)â€, Working Paper, WPS-497/2004, IIM Calcutta, 2004.
5. N. Chakrabarty, S. Mandal, and D. Saha, â€œA Fair Pricing Model for Bandwidth Marketâ€, Working Paper, WPS-484/2004, IIM Calcutta, 2004.
6. A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha, â€œApproaches for Radio Resource Management in Mobile Wireless Networks: Current Status and Future Issuesâ€, Technical Report no. UNSW-CSE-TR-0404, Computer Science and Engineering Dept, Univ. of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, Jan. 2004, [ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/doc/papers/UNSW/0404.pdf].

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<2003>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. S. K. Das, A. Mukherjee, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Saha, and K. Paul,"An Adaptive Framework for QoS Routing through Multiple Paths in Ad hoc Wireless Networks", to appear in Journal of Parallel & Distributed Computing (JPDC), (Special Issue on Mobile Computing), Vol. 63, pp. 141-153, Academic Press/Elsevier Science, Feb 2003.
2. D. Saha and A. Mukherjee,"Pervasive Computing: A Paradigm for 21st Century", IEEE Computer Magazine, IEEE, vol. 36, no. 3, pp.25-31, March 2003, [http://csdl.computer.org/comp/mags/co/ 2003/03/r3025abs.htm].

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and S. Jana ï¿½A Heuristic Search for Dynamic Lightpath Establishment in WDM Optical Networks with Limited Wavelength Conversion Capabilityï¿½, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology, ICCTï¿½2003, Vol. 1, pp. 702-705, April 9-11, 2003, Beijing, China..
2. M. Chakrabarty, I. Saha Misra, D. Saha and A. Mukherjee,"A comparative study of existing protocols supporting IP mobility", Proc. 4th World Wireless Congress (WWCï¿½2003), San Francisco, USA, May 27-30, 2003. http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~nr/pub/papers/wwc03.pdf
3. S. Mandal, D. Saha, A. Roy, and R Mukherjee ï¿½An Efficient Algorithm for Designing Optimal Backbone Topology for a Communication Networkï¿½, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology, ICCTï¿½2003, Vol. 1, pp. 103 - 106, April 9-11, 2003, Beijing, China.
4. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and S. Bera, ï¿½Optimal Reassignment of Backup Lightpaths in WDM Optical Networksï¿½, Proc. IFIP-TC-6 International Conference on Optical Networking (ICONï¿½03), Bangalore, Dec 2003.
5. S. Mandal, and D. Saha ï¿½An Efficient Heuristic Search for Optimal Wavelength Requirement in Static WDM Optical Networksï¿½, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Proc. High Performance Computing, (HiPCï¿½2003), Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, Vol. 2913, pp. 323-332, November 2003.
6. R. Tandon, S. Mandal and D. Saha, ï¿½Mobile ï¿½ Commerce (M-Commerce): Issues and Challengesï¿½, Poster Paper, High Performance Computing, (HiPCï¿½2003), Hyderabad, India, Dec. 2003.
7. A. Banerjee and D. Saha,ï¿½A model to integrate live bio-sensor nodes for autonomic pervasive computingï¿½, Proc. Workshop on Autonomic Computing, High Performance Computing, (HiPCï¿½2003), Hyderabad, India, Dec. 2003.
8. S. Mandal, D. Saha, and A. Mahanti, ï¿½A Real-time Search Technique for Fixed Channel Allocation in Cellular Mobile Communicationsï¿½, Proc. International Conf. on IT (ICITï¿½2003), Bhubaneswar, India, December 2003.
9. S. Mandal, A. Mahanti, and D. Saha, ï¿½A Real-time Optimal Search Technique for Fixed Channel Allocation in Cellular Mobile Communicationsï¿½, Proc. International Conference on AI (IICAIï¿½2003), Hyderabad, India, Dec. 2003.
10. I. Saha Misra, M. Chakraborty, D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, B. Deb, and B. Chatterjee, ï¿½Global Mobility Management: A Three Level Architecture for Next Generation Wireless Networksï¿½, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 2918): Proc. 5th International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDCï¿½2003), pp 184-193, Calcutta, December 27-30, 2003.
11. S. Mandal, D. Saha, S. Bera, S. Ray, and A. Mahanti ï¿½An Efficient Technique for Dynamic Lightpath Establishment in Survivable Local/Metro WDM Optical Networksï¿½, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 2918): Proc. 5th International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDCï¿½2003), pp. 350-360, Calcutta, December 2003.

TECHNICAL REPORTS/WORKING PAPERS
1. A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha, ï¿½Present Scenarios and Future Challenges in Pervasive Middlewareï¿½, Technical Report no. UNSW-CSE-TR- 0337, Computer Science and Engineering Dept, Univ. of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, November 2003, [ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/doc/papers/UNSW/0337.pdf].
2. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and S. Jha, ï¿½State Transition Model to Characterize TCP Window Control Behavior in Wired/Wireless Internetworksï¿½, Technical Report no. UNSW-CSE-TR- 0328, Computer Science and Engineering Dept, Univ. of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, October 2003, [ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/doc/papers/UNSW/0328.pdf].
3. S. Mandal, N. Chakrabarty and D. Saha, ï¿½Fair Pricing Model for Bandwidth Marketï¿½, Working Paper no. WPS-484/2003, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta, 2003.
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<2002>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES:
1. D. Saha," A Comparative Study of Distributed Protocols for Wavelength Reservation in WDM optical networks", Optical Networks Magazine, SPIE & Kluwer, USA, Jan/Feb 2002.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS:
1. S. Biswas, A. Das, D. Saha, A. Mukherjee and S. Bandopadhyay,"Ad-hoc Communication between Autonomous Mobile Robots in a Self Configurable Sensor Network", Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'02) Las Vegas, USA, June 24-27, 2002
2. I. Saha Misra, S. Karmakar, M. S. Mahapatra, P. S. Bhattacharja, D. Saha and A. Mukherjee,"Cost Effective Mobility Tracking with Intelligent Paging Based on Directional Probability Concept", Proc. International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'02) Las Vegas, USA, June 24-27, 2002.
3. M. Maitra, A. Mukherjee and D. Saha,"Location Area Planning in Personal Communication Services Network for Handoff Cost Minimization", Proc. of International Conference SCIï¿½2002, October, 2002, USA.
4. M. Maitra, R. K. Pradhan, D. Saha, A. Mukherjee,"Design of Optimal Location Area in Personal Services Communication Network Using Simulated Annealing Technique", Proc. 1st EurAsian Conference on Advances in Information & Communication Technology (EurAsia-ICT 2002), Teheran, Iran, October 2002.
5. Saha Misra, S. Karmakar, M. S. Mahapatra, P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"Intelligent paging strategy in 3G personal communication", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): Proc. 1st EurAsian Conference on Advances in Information & Communication Technology (EurAsia-ICT 2002), Teheran, Iran, October 2002.
6. L. Ghosh, A.Mukherjee, and D. Saha,"Optimal Design of Backbone Topology for a Communication Network under Cost Constraint" Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Communication (ICCC 2002), Mumbai, India, June, 2002.
7. Saha Misra, S. Karmakar, M. S. Mahapatra, P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha and A. Mukherjee,ï¿½Minimization of Location Update and Paging Cost for Next Generation PCSNï¿½, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2002), New Delhi, India December 15-17, 2002.
8. M. Maitra, A. Mukherjee, D. Saha and S. Saha Chowdhury,"A Heuristic-based Approach for Minimization of Inter-Switch Handoff Cost with Load Balancing for Optimal Location Area Planning in a PCSN", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2002), New Delhi, India December 15-17, 2002.
9. S. Jana, S. Chowdhury, D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and P. Chaudhuri,ï¿½Assigning Wavelength in WDM Optical Networks: A novel Dynamic Approachï¿½, Proc. 6th International Conference HPC Asia 2002, Bangalore, India, Dec 16-19, 2002.
10. S. Mandal, D. Saha and A. Mahanti,ï¿½A Heuristic Search for Generalized Cellular Network Planningï¿½, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communication (ICPWC 2002), New Delhi, India December 15-17, 2002.
11. Mullik, P. Shah, D. Sengupta, D. Saha, and D. Dutta,ï¿½A very high speed hierarchical optical WDMMAN using wavelet routing switch (WRS)ï¿½ Proc. 6th International Conference HPC Asia 2002, Bangalore, India, Dec 16-19, 2002.
12. S. Jana, D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and P. Chaudhuri,ï¿½A Fast Technique for Assigning Wavelengths in WDM All-Optical Networks (AONs)ï¿½, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 2571): Proc. 4th International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDCï¿½2002), Calcutta, December 2002.
13. Saha Misra, S. Karmakar, M. S. Mahapatra, P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha and A.Mukherjee, ï¿½Direction based cost effective mobility tracking for cellular networks, Proc. International Conference ICIT, Bhubaneswar, India, December 21-24, 2002.
14. L. Ghosh, A.Mukherjee, D. Saha,"Design of 1-FT Communication Network under Budget Constraintï¿½, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 2571): Proc. 4th International Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDCï¿½2002), Calcutta, December 2002.
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<2001>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"Intelligent paging strategies for third generation personal communication services networks" Special Issue (Mobile Computing) of Journal on Interconnection Networks (JOIN), vol. 1, no.3, pp. 153-171, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2001, USA.
2. Krishna Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Saha and A. Mukherjee ï¿½A Stability-based Distributed Routing Mechanism to Support Unicast and Multicast Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networkï¿½, Computer Communications (Elsevier), vol. 24, Dec 2001.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. D. Saha,ï¿½Location area planning for mobility management in a PCSN: A practical approachï¿½, (invited paper), Proc. National Workshop on Mobile Computing, Tezpur Univ., pp. 13-29, India, Jan. 2001.
2. D. Saha, M. K. Naskar, and A. Mukherjee,ï¿½A novel approach for assigning wavelengths in WDM all-optical networksï¿½, Proc. SPIE Intï¿½l Conference APOCï¿½2001 (conference: Optical Networking), Beijing, China, Nov. 2001.
3. D. Sengupta, D. Saha, and D. Datta,"Designing a hierarchical topology for optical WDM MANsï¿½, Proc. IEEE Intï¿½l Conf. CITï¿½2001, India, Dec. 19-21.
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<2000>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. D. Saha,"Lightpath versus Semi-Lightpath: Some studies on optimal routing in WDM networks", Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academic, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 155-161, 2000.
2. D. Saha, P. S. Bhattacharya and A. Mukherjee,"A simple heuristic for Cell-to-Switch assignment in a PCS network", Wireless Personal Communications, Kluwer Academic, Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 209-224, March 2000.
3. D. Saha, and D. Sengupta,"An optical layer lightpath management protocol for WDM All Optical Networks (AONs)", Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academ, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 185-198, 2000.
4. D. Saha,ï¿½An overview of mobile communication and computingï¿½, (invited paper) Intï¿½l J. Information & Computing Science, NNDC Publishing, India, vol.3, no.2, Dec 2000.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. K. Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha,"Evaluating the performance of a demand driven multicast routing scheme for ad-hocï¿½, Proc. 19th IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC-2000), Arizona, Feb 2000.
2. K. Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha,"A Stability-Based On-Demand Multicast Routing in Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks" accepted in Intï¿½l Conf. On Networking (ICOIN-14), National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C, Feb 2000.
3. D. Sengupta, D. Saha, and D. Datta,"Performance Analysis of Access Protocols for Multi-level Optical WDM MANs using Wavelength Routing Switchï¿½, accepted in International Conf. On Commun. (ICCï¿½2000), New Orleans, USA, Jun 2000.
4. D. Saha et. al,,"An Efficient Sequential Paging Technique Using Feedback Strategy", accepted in IEEE International Conference on Third Generation Wireless Communications (3GWirelessï¿½2000), Jun 2000, San Francisco, USA.
5. M. Maitra, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha,"Cost-minimization for a Personal Communication Services Network Using Random-walk Mobility Management Model", (Invited Paper) 4th World Multiconference on SCI 2000, Orlando, FL, USA, July,2000
6. D. Saha,"Forward Reservation Protocol with Immediate Unlock (FRP-IU) for Dynamic Lightpath Establishment in All-Optical Networks (AONs)", Proc. SPIE Symp. on Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues 2000 (VV05), Nov. 2000, Massachusetts, USA.
7. S. K. Das, K. Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha,"Improving Quality-of-Service in Ad-hoc wireless networks with adaptive multipath routing", Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2000, Nov/Dec., 2000 San Francisco, USA
8. D. Saha,"An efficient wavelength reservation protocol for lightpath establishment in All-Optical Networks (AONs)" Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2000, Nov/Dec., 2000 San Francisco, USA
9. D. Saha and M. K. Chatterjee,ï¿½Improving the efficiency of forward reservation protocols for wavelength management in WDM optical networksï¿½, Proc. ADCOM, Cochin, India, Dec. 2000.
10. P. S. Bhattacharya, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,ï¿½ CALB: A New Cell-to-Switch Assignment Algorithm with Load Balancing in the Design of a Personal Communication Services Network (PCSN)ï¿½, Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Personal Wireless Communications ICPWCï¿½2000, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 2000.
11. G. Racherla, and D. Saha,ï¿½Security and Privacy Issues in Wireless and Mobile Computingï¿½, Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Personal Wireless Communications ICPWCï¿½2000, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 2000.
12. M. K. Naskar, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,ï¿½Fault tolerant WDM optical networksï¿½, Proc. Conf. On Computer Networking & Multimedia, COMNAM-2000, pp. 141-142, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, Dec, 2000.
13. G. Racherla, D. Saha, S. Radhakrishnan,ï¿½A Survey of Security in Wireless and Mobile Networksï¿½, Proc. COMNAM, pp. 68-75, Jadavpur Univ., Calcutta, Dec. 2000.
14. S. K. Das, K. Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha,"A distributed protocol for congestion control in Ad-hoc wireless networks", Proc. IEEE/IFIP 2nd Workshop on Distributed Computing, Jadavpur Univ, pp. 78-82, Calcutta, India, Dec. 2000.
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<1999>
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. D. Saha, M. D. Purkayastha and A. Mukherjee,"An approach to wide area optical network design using genetic algorithm", Computer Communication, Elsevier, vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 156-172, Jan. 1999
2. P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, "Optimization of update and paging costs for location area planning in a PCSN" (invited paper) Global Communications, ITU-D, Sept, 1999.
3. D. Saha,ï¿½An informal overview of protocol conversion methodologiesï¿½, Intï¿½l J. Information & Computing Science, vol.2, no.1, pp.3-26, June 1999.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. D. Saha, and D. Sengupta,"An optical layer protocol for lightpath management in WDM network", IEEE Int'l Phoenix Conf.on Computer & Commun.(IPCCC'99), Arizona, Feb 10-12 1999.
2. P. S. Bhattacharya, D. Saha and A. Mukherjee,"Heuristics for assignment of cells to switches in a PCSN: a comparative study," Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWC'99), pp. 331-334, Jaipur, India, Feb. 1999.
3. K. Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha, "Communication-aware mobile hosts in ad-hoc wireless networks" Proc. IEEE Int'l Conf. on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWC'99), pp. 83-87, Jaipur, India, Feb. 1999.
4. P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, "Location area planning vis-a-vis optimization of recurring cost: a performance study in PCSN design" Proc. COMSPHERE'99, FRANCE, 1999.
5. K. Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha, "Evaluating the performance of affinity-based routing schemes among mobile hosts in ad-hoc wireless networks" Proc. 7th Int'l Conf. on Telecomm. Systems, Modelling and Analysis, Nashville, USA, March 1999.
6. P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"A Greedy Heuristic for Cell-to Swith Assignment in a PCS Network" Proc. IFIP-TC6 - WG6.8 4th Workshop on Personal Wireless Communications (PWC'99), Tech. Univ. of Denmark (ISSN 0105-8541), 21-23 April 1999.
7. K. Paul, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Mukherjee, and D. Saha, "A simulation technique for evaluating a distributed routing scheme" Proc. Int'l Conf. on Advanced Simulation Technologies (ASTCï¿½99), San Diego, California, USA, April 1999.
8. D. Saha, "An Overview of Mobile Communication and Computing" Proc. of Computer Communication Section in World Engineering Congress, WEC'99, July 19-22, 1999 Sheraton Subang, Kuala Lumpur.
9. P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"Location Area Planning FOR Personal Communication Services Networksï¿½, accepted in the conference MSWIM, Aug, 99, USA
10. P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"Assigning Cells to Switches in a Personal Communication Services Network (PCSN): A cost-effective strategy", Proc. IEEE Int'l Conference PIMRC'99, Japan, Sept 1999.
11. D. Saha,"Performance analysis of the effect of shorter lightpaths on the design of wavelength-routed WDM optucal networks", Proc IEEE Region 10 Conf. (TENCONï¿½99), Cheju, Korea, Sept., 1999.
12. D. Saha,"A comparative sudy of Lightpath and Semi-Lightpath routings in WDM optical networks", Proc. Intï¿½l Symp. on Commun. (ISCOM'99), Taiwan, Nov. 1999.
13. D. Saha,"Wavelength Routing Based On Shorter Lightpaths in WDM All-OpticalNetworks(AONs)", Proc. Intï¿½l Conference on Information Technology (CIT'99), Bhubaneswar, India, Dec 1999.
14. P. S. Bhattacharjee, D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"Paging strategies for future personal communication services networks" Proc. 6th Intï¿½l. Conf. On High Performane Computing (HiPCï¿½99), Calcutta, India, Dec. 1999.
15. D. Saha et. al.,"Reducing Delay in Sequential Paging for Mobile Cellular Networks Using Greedy Search Techniquesï¿½, Proc. Intï¿½l Conference on Information Technology (CIT '99), Bhubaneswar, India, Dec 1999.

1998
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. D. Saha, and D. Sengupta,"An Architecture for Centralized network control of next generation All-Optical Networks", Proc. 1998 International Conference Computers and Devices for Commun. (CODEC), Calcutta, Jan 1998.
2. S K Dutta, D Saha and P K Das,"Verification of network protocols on a distributed computer system", Proc. 1998 International Conference Computers and Devices for Commun.(CODEC), Calcutta, Jan 1998.
3. D. Saha, and D. Sengupta,"A methodology for topological design of MANs employing optical WDM", Proc. 1998 IEEE Region 10 Annual Conference TENCONï¿½98, New Delhi, India, Dec 1998.
4. P. S. Bhattacharya, D. Saha and A. Mukherjee,"A practical approach to Location Area planning In a PCSN", Proc. MMT'98, George Washington Univ., USA, Nov. 1998.
5. D. Saha,"Virtual topolgy design in all-optical networks using independent sets and genetic algorithm", Proc. Int'l Conf. on Fibre Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS-98), IIT Delhi, India, Dec. 14-18, 1998.
6. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"High speed wide area WDM optical backbone network design with genetic approach", Proc. Int'l Conf. on Inf. Tech. (CIT'98), Bhuvaneswar, India Dec 22-25, 1998.
7. S. K. Dutta, and D. Saha,"Distributed verification of network protocols using PVM", Proc. Int'l Conf. on Inf. Tech. (CIT'98), Bhuvaneswar, India Dec 22-25, 1998.

1997
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, "An optimal station allocation policy for tree local area networks", Journal of Computing & Information Technology (CIT), 1997.
2. D. Saha and S. K. Dutta."Parallel Protocol Verification Technique", Indian Journal of Engg, (IJE), no. 1&2, pp. 11-12, 1997.
3. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"On the multidensity gateway location problem for a multilevel high speed internetwork", Computer Communication, Elsevier, vol.20, pp.576-585, August, 1997.
4. D. Saha, and U. K. Chakraborty,"An efficient link enhancement strategy for computer networks using genetic algorithm", Computer Communication, Elsevier, vol.20, pp.898-901, Sept., 1997.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and P. S. Bhattacharya, "Mobility analysis of personal communication services (PCS) networks for optimum location area design", Proc. 1997 IEEE Region 10 Annual Conference TENCON ï¿½97, Brisbane, Australia, Dec 1997.
2. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and P. S. Bhattacharya,"Design of a personal communication services network (PCSN) for optimum location area size", Proc.IEEE Int'l Conf. on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWCï¿½97), pp.404-407, Bombay, India, Dec. 1997. ******[Merited with Quallcomm. Inc. Resarch Award]*****
3. D. Saha, and D. Sengupta,"Some studies on the architectural aspects of next-generation Optical Networks", Proc. 1997 IEEE Region 10 Annual Conference TENCON ï¿½97, Brisbane, Australia, Dec 1997.
4. D. Saha, and D. Sengupta,"Specification and verification of optical layer protocol in All-Optical Networks", Proc. National Conf. on Networking and Distributed Processing, pp.89-93, IIT, Kharagpur, India, Dec. 1997.
5. S K Dutta, D Saha and P K Das,"Design of a Parallel Protocol Verification System", Proc. IEEE Region 10 Annual Conference TENCON ï¿½97, Brisbane, Australia, Dec 1997.
6. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and S. Sarkar,"Design of large all-optical networks using subgradient optimization technique", Proc.IEEE Region 10 Annual Conference TENCON ï¿½97, Brisbane, Australia, Dec 1997.
7. S K Dutta, D Saha and P K Das,"Analysis of Real-Time Parallel Programs Using Source-Level Timing Schema", Proc. 1997 IEEE Region 10 Annual Conference TENCON ï¿½97, Brisbane, Australia, Dec 1997.
8. S K Dutta, D Saha and P K Das,"A Distributed Methodology for Automated Verification of Computer Network Protocols", Proc. Conference on Distributed Processing and Networking, pp.94-98, I.I.T., Kharagpur, India, Dec 1997.
9. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and P. S. Bhattacharya, "Mobility analysis of personal communication services (PCS) networks for optimum location area design", Proc. Conference on Distributed Processing and Networking, pp.21-26, Kharagpur, India, Dec 1997.

1996-
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES
1. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee, "A methodology for topological design of computer communication networks under link reliability constraints", Journal of Computing & Information Technology (CIT), vol.4, no.2, pp.99-108, June 1996.
2. D.Saha, and A Mukherjee,"Managing the topological expansion of computer networks in an optimal way", International Journal of Network Management, John Wiley, vol.6, no.4, pp.206-211, July-August, 1996.
3. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and S. K. Dutta,"Design of hierarchical computer communication networks under link failure constraints", Computer Communication, Butterworth, vol.18, no.5, pp.378-383, May 1995.
4. D. Saha,"Verifying the progress properties of a heterogeneous protocol system in an internetworking environment", Computer Communication, Butterworth, vol.18, no.5, pp.384-391, May 1995.
5. D. Saha and A. Mukherjee,ï¿½Computational analysis of an optimal routing strategy in a hierarchical computer communication networkï¿½, Computer Communication, Butterworth, vol.18, no.7, pp.507-511, July 1995.
6. D. Saha, "Improved topology for acheiving reliability in high-speed Tree-LAN's", International Journal of Computer Systems: Science & Engg, Butterworth, vol.10, no.3, pp.173-178, July 1995.
7. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee and S K Dutta,"Optimizing parallel computation in a multiprocessing environment", Journal of IE(I), Computer Division, vol.76, pp.39-40, Nov 1995.
8. D. Saha et. al."Trends in the development of electronic sensors in mining and mineral industries", Indian J. Engg, Special isuue on Electrical & Electronics, no. 1&2, pp. 43-53, 1993-1994.
9. D. Saha, and P. Dhar,"ECCOMP: An Estelle-C compiler for automatic implementation of network protocols", Journal of IE(I), Computer Division vol.75, pp.14-21, May 1994.
10. D. Saha et. al.,"Network interconnection and protocol conversion- a protocol complementation approach", Journal of IE(I), Computer Division, vol.75, pp.30-32, May 1994.
11. D. Saha, and P. Dhar,"Protocol conversion for interworking of heterogeneous computer networks", Journal of IE(I), Computer Division, vol.75, pp.41-45, Nov 1994.
12. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and S. K. Dutta,"Capacity assignment in computer communication networks with unreliable links", Computer Communication, Butterworth, vol.17, no.12, pp.871-875, Dec 1994.
13. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"An optimal file allocation policy in a networked database management systemï¿½, International Journal of Network Management, vol.4, no.4, pp.218-223, Dec 1994.
14. D. Saha, and P. Dhar,"Protocol conversion and formal modelling", Advances in Modelling and Analysis, vol.14, no.3, pp.7-21, 1993.
15. D. Saha, and S. K. Dutta,"A parallel protocol verification technique", J. Inst. Engg.(I), Computer Division, Vol. 73, PtCP2, pp. 37-40, March 1993
16. ******[Awarded Certificate of Merit]********
17. D. Saha, and P. Dhar,"Conversion between computer network protocols using state transition graph matching technique" Journal of IETE, vol.39, no.5, pp.291-303, September-October, 1993.
18. P. Dhar, and D. Saha,"Protocol conversion- a solution to internetworking problem", J. Inst. Engg.(I), Computer Division, Vol. 72, PtCP1, pp. 17-20, Sept. 1992.
19. D. Saha et. al."Trends in the change of mining software in the light of distributed real time computing environment", Indian J. Engg, Computer Division, pp. 14-18, Annual Number 1992.
20. D. Saha, and P. Dhar,"Fault tolerant architectures for tree LANs", Computer Communication, Butterworth, vol.14, no.4, pp.244-248, May 1991.
21. D. Saha,"Some studies on the application of relational algebra to protocol engineering", Advances in Modeling and Simulation, vol.26, no.4, pp.17-28, 1991.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"A simulation study on the optimization of station allocation in tree local area networks", Proc. 1996 Int'l Symp.on New Transmission & Switching technologies ISTSTï¿½96, Beijing, China, Sept. 1996.
2. S K Dutta, D Saha & D Ghosh Dastidar, "Execution Timing Schema for Real-Time Parallel Programs on Xputers", Proc. 7th Transputer/Occam International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 1996.
3. S. K. Dutta, D. Saha and D. Ghosh Dastidar,"Execution timing schema for real-time parallel programs on Xputers", Proc. 7th. Transputer/Occam Int'l Conf., Tokyo, Japan, IOS Press, pp.151-164, Nov. 1996.
4. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"On the topological enhancement of MANs using subgradient optimization technique", IEEE Int'l Conf. SICON/ICIE'95, Singapore, July 1995.
5. S. K. Dutta, D. Saha and P. K. Das,"Neuro-Fuzzy Execution timing schema for parallel programs", Proc. ICPR National Seminar on Logic and their Theoretical Enterprise, Visva_Bharati, India, Nov. 1995.
6. D. Saha, et. al "Knowledge based functionally cooperative systems for electrical power systems", Proc. IEEE EMC '94, New Delhi, Jan. 1994.
7. D. Saha, and A. Mukherjee,"Optimization of multicast routing in multimedia applications", Proc. MID-94, April 1994, IETE, India.
8. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and S. K. Dutta,"An algorithm for optimal routing in a hierarchical computer communication network", Proc. CSI'94, Information Technology for Growth and Prosperity (Ed.) S. Bandopadhaya, Tata McGraw-Hill, pp.91-98, Nov. 1994.
9. D. Saha, and S. K. Dutta,"A parallel solution for protocol validation", Proc. IEEE Conf. Appln. of Parallel & Distributed (APDP'93), IIT Kharagpur. p.41, Jan. 1993.
10. D. Saha, A. Mukherjee, and S. K. Dutta,"Desgn of computer communication networks under link reliability constraints", Proc. IEEE Region 10 Conf. on Computers, Commun. & Automation, TENCONï¿½93, China, Oct. 1993.
11. D. Saha, and S. K. Dutta,"Specification of deterministic execution timing schema for parallel programs on a multiprocessor", Proc. IEEE Region 10 Conf. on Computers, Commun. & Automation, TENCONï¿½93, China, Oct. 1993.
12. D. Saha, and S. K. Dutta,"Analysis of deterministic timing behaviour of parallel program on a transputer based multiprocessor syetem", Proc. 1st Conf. of Indian Transputer User Group (ITUG'93), Pune, India, Supercomputing using Transputers (Ed. V. Bhatkar et. al), Narosa Publishers, pp. 47-49., Dec. 1993.
13. D.Saha, and P. Dhar,"A fast protocol conversion technique using reduction of state transition of graphs", Proc. 11th IEEE Phoenix Conf. PCCC'92, Arizona, USA, April 1992.
14. D. K. Chakraborty, A. Chatterjee, D. Saha, and A. Mandal,"Parametric control of follicular matuaration in vivo", Proc. 2nd National Conf. Biomechanics, Calcutta, India, May 1992.
15. D. Saha, and S. K. Dutta,"A distributed algorithm for automated verification of protocols", Proc. IEEE Annual Convention ACE'92, pp.30-33, Calcutta, India, Nov. 1992.
16. P. Dhar, R. C. Ganguli, S. Das, and D. Saha, "Network interconnection and protocol conversion- a complementation approach", Proc. IEEE Region 10 Conf. on Computers, Commun. & Automation, TENCONï¿½92, Australia, pp.116-120, Nov. 1992.
17. D. Saha et. al.,"An optimal training and retraining policy to maximize the return in food and drink industries in India", Proc. Int. AMSE Conf. Signals, Data and Systems, pp. 219-228, Calcutta, Dec 1992.
18. S. K. Dutta, and D. Saha,"A parallel processing approach to the verification of computer network protocols", Proc. 2'nd Int'l Computer Science Conf. 1992, Hong Kong, Dec 1992.
19. P. Dhar, and D. Saha,"Protocol conversion and formal modelling", Proc. Int. Conf. Modelling and Systems, AMSE, NJ, USA, Oct.1991.
20. P. Dhar, and D. Saha,"Protocol conversion", Proc. Information Technology Works'90, Singapore, pp.99-105, June 1990.
21. P. Dhar, S. Gupta, and D. Saha,"On the semiautomatic implementation of Estelle- a protocol specification language", Proc. Nat. Sys. Conf., IIT, pp. 5-7, Kharagpur, Dec. 1989.
22. P. Dhar, and D. Saha,"Relational representation of communicating protocol machines", Proc. Annual Tech. Conf., IETE, pp.27-30, Madras, May 1989.
23. P. Dhar, and D. Saha,"The study of protocol conversion in computer networks", Proc. 4th. National Comput. Symp., IE(I), Calcutta, Dec. 1988.

Consulting Interests
* ICT for Development

* E-business & Mobile Commerce

* Wireless mobile telecom

* Broadband ICT

* Campus-wide Networking

* Enterprise internetworking

Research Interests
A. Primary:
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* Pervasive Communication & Computing (co-guiding 1 doctoral student)
- Computing Model, Network Architecture & Protocols, Middlewares, Pervasive Internet Protocol (PIP), Pervasive Organic Sensor Networks.
[Collaboration with SET Lab, Infosys, Bangalore, India, and ECE Dept, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore]
* Wireless Networking & Mobile Computing (already co-guided 4 doctoral students and co-guiding 4 more doctoral students)
- Mobility management (Location area planning, Hand-over algorithms, Intelligent Paging Techniques), Wireless TCP, Ad-Hoc Networks (Stability based design, adaptive multi-path routing, Multicasting).
[Collaboration with CReWMAN Lab, Univ. of Texas at Arlington (UTA), USA, and Network Group, CSE Dept, Univ. of New South Wales, (UNSW) Australia]
* WDM Optical Networks (co-guiding 1 doctoral students)
- Lightpath Management Protocols, MAC Protocols for MANs, RWA algorithms, Virtual Topology Design, Survivability issues.
* Rural Broadband ICT (guided 2 term papers)
- Service models, technologies for rural areas, business issue.
* Internetworking (own Ph. D. dissertation)
- Design of Inter-Working Units (IWU), Protocol Conversion Techniques, Gateway design and placement techniques.
* Protocol Engineering (co-guided 1 doctoral student)
- Formal Modeling with CFSM, Parallel Protocol Verification Systems (PPVS).
* Design of Computer/Communication Networks
- Network Planning & Enhancement, Fault Tolerant Tree LANs, Reliability Constrained Design, Hierarchical Design & Routing.

B. Secondary
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* Network Resource Pricing & Marketing (supervised 1 term paper)
- Bandwidth marketing, Mobile call pricing, Network economics
* Telecom Regulations (supervised 1 term paper)
- Universal Service Obligation (USO)
* Bio-Medical Engg. (co-guided 2 doctoral student)
- Uterine Pacemaker, Parametric Control
[Collaboration with JadavpurUniversity (JU), Kolkata, India]
* Social Science
- Child Labour & Sex Workers in Calcutta
[Collaboration with Netaji Nagar Day College (NNDC), Kolkata, India]

C. Research Group
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Founder Leader of the Research Group
Pervasive Communication & Computing (PCC)
[Previously known as Optical & Wireless Broadband Networking (OWBN), activities of the group can be found at - http://personal.vsnl.com/debashis/owbn.html ]

Work Experience
* November 2004 - today: Full Professor in MIS Group of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India.

* December 2001 - October 2004: Associate Professor in MIS Group of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India.

* (On leave) Aug, 2003- Sept, 2003: Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science & Engg, Faculty of Engg, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia.

* February 1997 - November 2001: Reader in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.

* (On leave) January 1999 - March 1999: SERC (DST) Visiting Fellow in the Department of Electronics & Electrical Communication & Engineering of IISc, Bangalore, India.

* August 1990 - January 1997: Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.

* January 1988 - July 1990: Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Electronics & Electrical Communication Engg of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur, India.

Current Projects
* Co-Principal investigator of the major research project (value ~ US $67,000) on "Cost-effective Tools for Routing of High Performance Circuit Interconnects in Nanometric Technology Regime " funded by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications & Information Tech (MCIT), Govt. of India, 2007-2009. [Principal Investigator: Prof. Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, IIM Calcutta]

* Principal investigator of the major research project (value ~ US $12,000) on "Survivable WDM optical networks using soft computing tools" funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India, 2001-2004.

* Principal investigator of the R&D project (value ~ US $22,000) on "Design and performance study of a hierarchical WDM MAN" funded by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt. of India, 2000-2003.

Personal Details
I live outside campus with my wife Sumita and son Debdeep.

Other Information
* Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business Data Communication & Networking (IJBDCN), IGI Publishing, PA-USA [2009- ]

* Editor of the International Journal of Communications (JCM), Academy Publishers, USA [2006- 2008]

* Founder Chairman, Calcutta Chapter of the IEEE Communications Society (2003-2008)

* Senior Member, IEEE (SM# 01039833)

* Member, IEEE Communications Society

* Member, ACM (#9427197)

* Senior Life Member, Computer Society of India (CSI)

* Member, IFIP WG 6.8 on Personal Wireless Communication and WG 6.10 on Photonics

* Associate Editor (founding) of the International Journal of Business Data Communication & Networking published by Idea Group Publishing, PA, USA [2004-2008].

* Co-guest-editor, special issue of the International journal Computer Communication, (Elsevier Science, UK) on "Recent advances in mobile communication networks", March 2000.

* Associate Editor (founding) of the International Journal of Information & Computing Science published from Calcutta, India [1998-].