Research

My research examines how network structure shapes dynamics and function in the brain. I combine network control theory and machine learning for neuroimaging, and use large-scale text analysis to study scientific communication.

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Selected Papers

^† Equal contribution as co-first authors.

Preprints and manuscripts under review

2026

• Task Context Shapes Component Roles in Language Models
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Dani S. Bassett
  Submitted to ICLR 2027
  Project page · arXiv

• Connectome as Compiler: Reading Computation from Connectivity and then Writing it Back
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Dani S. Bassett
  Preprint
  Project page

• War in the Abstract: The rise and consequences of militarized language in scientific communication
  Sovesh Mohapatra, David Lydon-Staley, Dani S. Bassett
  Preprint · under review
  Project page

• QUIET: Quantifying Underutilized Influential Edges for Targeted synchronization
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Christoffer G. Alexandersen, Panagiotis Fotiadis, Max B. Kelz, John A. Detre, Fabio Pasqualetti, Dani S. Bassett
  Preprint · under review
  Project page

• Edge-centric control energy follows an inverted-U trajectory through Alzheimer’s disease progression
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Isabella Llano Aristizabal, Christoffer G. Alexandersen, John A. Detre, Dani S. Bassett
  Preprint · under review

2023

• Meta-analysis of transfer learning for segmentation of brain lesions
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Advait Gosai, Anant Shinde, Aleksei Rutkovskii, Sirisha Nouduri, Gottfried Schlaug
  arXiv preprint

• Automated ensemble-based segmentation of adult brain tumors: A novel approach using the BraTS Africa Challenge data
  Chiranjeewee Prasad Koirala^†, Sovesh Mohapatra^†, Advait Gosai, Gottfried Schlaug
  arXiv preprint

2022

• The (In)Effectiveness of intermediate task training for domain adaptation and cross-lingual transfer learning
  Sovesh Mohapatra^†, Somesh Mohapatra^†
  arXiv preprint

Peer-reviewed journal articles

2026

• BONBID-HIE 2023: Lesion Segmentation Challenge in BOston Neonatal Brain Injury Data for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
  Rina Bao, Anna N. Foster, Ya’Nan Song, Rutvi Vyas, Ankush Kesri, Imad Eddine Toubal, Elham Soltani Kazemi, Gani Rahmon, Taci Kucukpinar, Mohamed Almansour, Mai-Lan Ho, K. Palaniappan, Dean Ninalga, Chiranjeewee Prasad Koirala, Sovesh Mohapatra, Gottfried Schlaug, Marek Wodzinski, Henning Muller, David G. Ellis, Michele R. Aizenberg, M. Arda Aydın, Elvin Abdinli, Gozde Unal, Nazanin Tahmasebi, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Tian Song, Yun Peng, Sara V. Bates, Randy Hirschtick, P. Ellen Grant, Yangming Ou
  IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 45(4), 1711–1725

• Mapping functional brain organization using artificial intelligence
  Tianjia Zhu, Sovesh Mohapatra, Shufang Tan, Minhui Ouyang, Hao Huang
  Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, 4(4), 469–484

2024

• Machine-learning based prediction of future outcome using multimodal MRI during early childhood
  Minhui Ouyang, Matthew T. Whitehead, Sovesh Mohapatra, Tianjia Zhu, Hao Huang
  Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 29(2–3), 101561

2023

• Identifying the engagement of a brain network during a targeted tDCS-fMRI experiment using a machine learning approach
  Anant Shinde^†, Sovesh Mohapatra^†, Gottfried Schlaug
  PLOS Computational Biology, 19(4), e1011012

2020

• Repurposing therapeutics for COVID-19: Rapid prediction of commercially available drugs through machine learning and docking
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Prathul Nath, Manisha Chatterjee, Neeladrisingha Das, Deepjyoti Kalita, Partha Roy, Soumitra Satapathi
  PLOS ONE, 15(11), e0241543

Conference and workshop papers

2025

• TReND: Transformer-derived features and Regularized NMF for neonatal functional network delineation
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Minhui Ouyang, Shufang Tan, Jianlin Guo, Lianglong Sun, Yong He, Hao Huang
  MICCAI 2025, LNCS 15971, pp. 660–669
  Project page · Preprint

• An ensemble approach for segmentation of neonatal HIE lesions
  Chiranjeewee Prasad Koirala^†, Sovesh Mohapatra^†, Gottfried Schlaug
  AI for Brain Lesion Detection and Trauma Video Action Recognition (BONBID-HIE 2023), LNCS 14567, pp. 23–27

2024

• Automated ensemble method for pediatric brain tumor segmentation
  Shashidhar Reddy Javaji^†, Advait Gosai^†, Sovesh Mohapatra^†, Gottfried Schlaug
  Brain Tumor Segmentation, and Cross-Modality Domain Adaptation for Medical Image Segmentation (BraTS 2023), LNCS 14669, pp. 211–220
  Preprint

2023

• SAM vs BET: A comparative study for brain extraction and segmentation of magnetic resonance images using deep learning
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Advait Gosai, Gottfried Schlaug
  Medical Imaging meets NeurIPS

2022

• Sentiment is all you need to win US presidential elections
  Sovesh Mohapatra^†, Somesh Mohapatra^†
  NLP4DH, AACL-IJCNLP, pp. 15–20
  Preprint

Manuscripts in preparation

2026

• Brain Network Control Across the Human Lifespan
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Steven Meisler, Fabio Pasqualetti, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Dani S. Bassett
  In preparation

• Citation homophily in science, before and after large language models
  Xiaohuan Xia^†, Sovesh Mohapatra^†, David Lydon-Staley, Dani S. Bassett
  In preparation

• What changes between preprint and the journal? Quantifying the effect of peer review
  Sovesh Mohapatra, David Lydon-Staley, Dani S. Bassett
  In preparation

Conference abstracts and presentations

2024

• Graph kernel assisted robust individual and group level functional brain parcellation (GRAFP)
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Minhui Ouyang, Qinmu Peng, Hao Huang
  ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition

• Differential myelination maturation across cortical regions and white matter tracts during infancy
  Ruolin Li, Wentao Wu, Sovesh Mohapatra, Kay Sindabizera, Ziqin Zhang, Chancellor Lee, Minhui Ouyang, Hao Huang
  ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition

2019

• Magneto-Dielectric Hyperthermia Therapy for Adenocarcinoma
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Soumitra Satapathi
  MRS Spring Meeting

• Inorganic Halide Perovskite Single Crystal—Growth Mechanism, Structural and Optical Properties
  Sovesh Mohapatra, Naveen Tailor, Soumitra Satapathi
  MRS Fall Meeting