Sankar Kumar Pal

Sankar Kumar Pal
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Kolkata, India
Alma materRajabazar Science College
University of Calcutta
Indian Statistical Institute
Imperial College London

Post-doctoral: University of California, Berkeley; University of Maryland, College Park; NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston
Known forFuzzy neural network
Soft computing
Machine intelligence
Pattern recognition
AwardsPadma Shri, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize and more
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsIndian Statistical Institute

Sankar Kumar Pal (born 1950) is a computer scientist and the president (and former director) of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. He is also a National Science Chair, Government of India. Pal is a computer scientist with an international reputation on pattern recognition, image processing, fuzzy neural network, rough fuzzy hybridization, soft computing, granular mining, and machine intelligence. He pioneered the development of fuzzy set theory, and neuro-fuzzy and rough-fuzzy computing for uncertainty modelling with demonstration in pattern recognition, image processing, machine learning, knowledge-based systems and data mining. This has made him widely recognized across the world and made India a leader in these disciplines in international scenario. He founded the Machine Intelligence Unit in 1993, and the Center for Soft Computing Research: A National Facility (the first of its kind in the country) in 2004, both at the ISI. In the process he has created many renowned scientists.

He is a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1990. He was awarded Padma Shri in Science and Engineering on 5 April 2013 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee in recognition of his work in machine intelligence.[1][2]

  1. ^ NetIndian News Network (5 April 2013). "President confers Padma Awards on 54 personalities". NetIndian. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ^ F wire (26 January 2013). "Padma Shri awardee favours honours to scientists". Firstpost. Retrieved 4 June 2013.