Computer and Communication Sciences
Computer and Communication Sciences Division of the Indian Statistical Institute is actively engaged in teaching, training and research in the field of computer science, information technology and allied areas. There are eight units in this division:
- Advanced Computing and Microelectronics Unit (ACMU), Kolkata
- Computer Science Unit (CSU), Chennai
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit (CVPRU), Kolkata
- Cryptology and Security Research Unit (CSRU), Kolkata
- Documentation Research and Training Center (DRTC), Bengaluru
- Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit (ECSU), Kolkata
- Machine Intelligence Unit (MIU), Kolkata
- System Sciences and Informatics Unit (SSIU), Bengaluru
The research activities of the division primarily include: high performance computing, electronic design automation, mobile computing, algorithms, computational geometry, pattern analysis and recognition, machine learning, deep learning, brain modeling, computer vision, satellite image analysis, document analysis, handwriting recognition, natural language processing, information retrieval, quantum computing, cryptology and security, bioinformatics and computational biology, and medical image processing.
In addition to the above areas, the division has also been working on some frontier areas such as library automation, knowledge organization, management & classification, and bibliometrics and hypertext & multimedia applications.