Sankar Kumar Pal

Distinguished Scientist and Former Director

J C Bose National Fellow

INAE Chair Professor

Indian Statistical Institute

**Honoured with Padma Shri in Science and Engineering 2013**

Award Ceremony Part-1 & Part-2

Book: Rough-Fuzzy Pattern Recognition: Applications in Bioinformatics and Medical Imaging by Pradipta Maji and Sankar K. Pal, Wiley-IEEE 2012

Forthcoming Talks:

				  IEEE Distinguished 
				Visitor Lecture at the Fairleigh Dickinson University in 
				Teaneck, NJ, USA on May 10, 2013.
 

				 
				Invited talk at the 23rd Italian Workshop 
				on Neural Networks, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, May 23-25, 
				2013.
 

			  Invited talk 
			at the International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP), 
			Naples, Italy, Sept 11-13, 2013 (Organized by Italian Chapter for 
			Pattern Recognition of IAPR).

Educational Background

	B. Sc. (Hons.) in Physics, Calcutta University, India, 1969.
	B. Tech. in Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, India, 1972.
	M. Tech. in Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, India, 1974.
	Ph.D. in Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, India, 1978-79.

(Work carried out at Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta as its Research Fellow)

Ph. D. and DIC in Electrical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University, London, 1982

Fellow, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Fellow, IEEE), USA.
Fellow, The International Association for Pattern Recognition (Fellow, IAPR), USA.

    Fellow, The International Fuzzy Systems Association (Fellow, IFSA), USA.
    Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS), Italy.
    Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA), India.

Conferred Padma Shri in Science and Engineering 2013 (one of the country's highest civilian awards).

Research Interests

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Image Processing, Data Mining, Soft Computing, Fuzzy Sets and Uncertainty Analysis, Neural Nets, Genetic Algorithms, Rough Sets, Web Intelligence and Bioinformatics.

Citations

Founder of a National Center

Under his leadership the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India has established through its IRHPA (Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas) scheme the Center for Soft Computing Research: A National Facility at ISI. The center, the first of its kind in the country, plays a major role in the current and future IT perspective of the nation, and provides a strong base for research and training for both national and international participants with links to industries and premier institutes in India and abroad.

Contact Address

Distinguished Scientist and Former Director
Indian Statistical Institute
203 Barrackpore Trunk Road
Kolkata - 700 108, INDIA
Phone (O): (+91)(33) 2575-2041/3101
Fax : (+91)(33) 2578-3357; (+91) (33) 2578-8699
Phone (R): (+91)(33) 2577-2030/5099; 2464-8775
E-mail: sankar@isical.ac.in sankarpal@yahoo.com

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