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Sankar Kumar Pal

Distinguished Scientist and Former Director

J C Bose National Fellow

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Indian Statistical Institute

 

Forthcoming Talks:

Keynote talk at 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing, Intelligent System  and Information Technology (ICSIIT), Bali, Indonesia, 24-25 May 2012.

Invited talk at  International Workshop on Three Approaches to Data Mining: Test Theory, Rough Sets and Logical Analysis of Data, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, June 8-11, 2012.

Keynote talk at the 4th International Conference on Advanced Communication and Networking (ACN 2012), at Jeju, Korea, August 30-31, 2012.

Invited talk at Seventh International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Application (BIC-TA 2012), IIIT-Gwalior, India, December 14 - 16, 2012.

 

Educational Background

o B. Sc.(Hons.) in Physics, Calcutta University, India, 1969.

o B. Tech.  in Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, India, 1972.

o M. Tech. in Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, India, 1974.

o Ph.D.in Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, India, 1978-79.

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

o  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.


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.

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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