S. K. Pal
Sankar Kumar Pal (born 1950) is an Indian computer scientist and president (and former director) of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. He is also an ANRF Prime Minister Professor of the Government of India.
He is known for his work in 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, neuro-fuzzy and rough-fuzzy computing for uncertainty modelling with demonstrations in pattern recognition, image processing, machine learning, knowledge-based systems and data mining. He founded the Machine Intelligence Unit in 1993, and the Center for Soft Computing Research in 2004, both at the ISI.
He is a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1990. He was awarded the 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.
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