Sankar Kumar Pal (born 1950) is an Indian computer scientist who has served as Director and is currently president of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata. He is an ANRF Prime Minister Professor of the Government of India, currently hosted at IIIT Bhubaneswar. His research includes pattern recognition, image processing, fuzzy neural networks, rough fuzzy hybridization, soft computing, granular mining and machine intelligence, focusing on fuzzy set theory, neuro-fuzzy systems and rough-fuzzy computing for uncertainty modelling. He founded the Machine Intelligence Unit in 1993 and the Center for Soft Computing Research in 2004, both at the Indian Statistical Institute. He received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1990 and the Padma Shri in Science and Engineering in 2013 for his contributions to machine intelligence.
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Wikidata P166: IEEE Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Fellow.
Wikidata P166: Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship
Wikidata P166 (award received): Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship.
Wikidata P166: G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research
Wikidata P166 (award received): G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research.
Wikidata P166: Padma Shri in science & engineering
Wikidata P166 (award received): Padma Shri in science & engineering.
Wikidata P166: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Wikidata P166 (award received): Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology.
Wikidata P166: Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition
Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition.
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