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India
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
87
Citations
38081
World Ranking
709
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in India Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) For contributions to pattern recognition and image processing using soft computing.
  • 1998 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1993 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to pattern recognition and image processing using fuzzy set theoretic methods.
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Sankar K. Pal is affiliated with the Indian Statistical Institute in India and has contributed extensively to the fields of computer science and engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and environmental engineering.

Their primary research topics include:

  • Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • Gait Recognition and Analysis
  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • Remote-Sensing Image Classification

Sankar K. Pal has published in a variety of venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Data Information and Management
  • IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence
  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • Knowledge-Based Systems

Key recent papers from their work are:

  • Deep learning in multi-object detection and tracking: state of the art, 2021, Applied Intelligence
  • Granulated RCNN and Multi-Class Deep SORT for Multi-Object Detection and Tracking, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence
  • Granulized Z-VIKOR Model for Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • A Decade of the Z-Numbers, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • Traffic Anomaly Detection and Video Summarization Using Spatio-Temporal Rough Fuzzy Granulation With Z-Numbers, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Debashree Dutta
  • Anima Pramanik
  • J. Maiti
  • Pritam Paral
  • Amitava Chatterjee

Sankar K. Pal has also contributed to academic books, including the publication of Granular Video Computing by World Scientific in 2020.

Their professional recognitions include multiple fellowships: Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) awarded in 2002 for contributions to pattern recognition and image processing using soft computing; Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences since 1998; IEEE Fellow since 1993 for work related to pattern recognition and image processing using fuzzy set theoretic methods; and Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • A review on image segmentation techniques

    Nikhil R Pal;Sankar K Pal

  • Unsupervised feature selection using feature similarity

    P. Mitra;C.A. Murthy;S.K. Pal

  • Fuzzy models for pattern recognition : methods that search for structures in data

    James C. Bezdek;Sankar K. Pal

  • Fuzzy models for pattern recognition

    James C. Bezdek;Sankar K. Pal

  • Multilayer perceptron, fuzzy sets, and classification

    S.K. Pal;S. Mitra

  • Data mining in soft computing framework: a survey

    S. Mitra;S.K. Pal;P. Mitra

  • Fuzzy Mathematical Approach to Pattern Recognition

    Sankar K. Pal;Dwijesh K. Dutta-Majumder

  • Foundations of soft case-based reasoning

    Simon Shiu;Sankar K. Pal

  • Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization with time variant inertia and acceleration coefficients

    Praveen Kumar Tripathi;Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay;Sankar Kumar Pal

  • Image enhancement using smoothing with fuzzy sets

    S. K. Pal;R. A. King

  • Web mining in soft computing framework: relevance, state of the art and future directions

    S.K. Pal;V. Talwar;P. Mitra

  • Rough-Fuzzy Hybridization: A New Trend in Decision Making

    Sankar K. Pal;Andrzej Skowron

  • Neuro-fuzzy pattern recognition

    S.K. Pal;S. Mitra

  • Entropy: a new definition and its applications

    N.R. Pal;S.K. Pal

  • Neuro-Fuzzy Pattern Recognition: Methods in Soft Computing

    Sankar K. Pal;Sushmita Mitra

  • On Edge Detection of X-Ray Images Using Fuzzy Sets

    Sankar K. Pal;Robert A. King

  • Object-background segmentation using new definitions of entropy

    N.R. Pal;S.K. Pal

  • Genetic Algorithms for Pattern Recognition

    Sankar K. Pal;Paul P. Wang

  • Image enhancement and thresholding by optimization of fuzzy compactness

    Sankar K. Pal;Azriel Rosenfeld

  • Segmentation of multispectral remote sensing images using active support vector machines

    Pabitra Mitra;B. Uma Shankar;Sankar K. Pal

Frequent Co-Authors

C. A. Murthy
C. A. Murthy Indian Statistical Institute
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Indian Statistical Institute
Pabitra Mitra
Pabitra Mitra Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Sushmita Mitra
Sushmita Mitra Indian Statistical Institute
Ashish Ghosh
Ashish Ghosh Indian Statistical Institute
Nikhil R. Pal
Nikhil R. Pal Indian Statistical Institute
Malay K. Kundu
Malay K. Kundu Indian Statistical Institute
Sudip Misra
Sudip Misra Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
David Zhang
David Zhang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Andrzej Skowron
Andrzej Skowron University of Warsaw

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