Background
Pal, Sankar Kumar was born on September 13, 1950 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Son of Sunity Kumar and Parul Pal.
Pal, Sankar Kumar was born on September 13, 1950 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Son of Sunity Kumar and Parul Pal.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Kolkatta University, 1969. Bachelor of Technology in Radio Physics and Electronics, Kolkatta University, 1972. Master of Technology in Radio Physics and Electronics, Kolkatta University, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy in Radio Physics and Electronics, Kolkatta University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical engineer, Imperial College, London, 1982.
Computer engineer Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1976-1981, associate professor, 1982-1987, professor, 1987-1998, head department, since 1993, distinguished scientist, since 1998. Postdoctoral fellow Imperial College, London, 1979-1981. With United States California, Berkeley, Maryland 1986-1987, National Research Council-National Aeronautics and Space Administration senior fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1990-1992 & 94, United States Naval Research Laboratory Washington District of Columbia 2004, several visitng postions in Hong Kong and Australian United States.
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Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (distinguished speaker Asia Pacific, since 1997, member editorial board since 1994), Third World Academy of Sciences Italy, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences India, Indian National Academy Engineering, Indian Academy of Sciences, International Association Pattern Recognition, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transaction Neural Networks (associate editor 1994-1998), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transaction Fuzzy Sys.(member advisory editorial board).
Married Amita Pathak Pal, February 19, 1986. Children: Dhiman Sankar Pal, Anshuman Sankar Pal.