B. S. Daya Sagar

B. S. Daya Sagar

Sagar in 2014.
Born 1967
India
Residence Bangalore, India
Citizenship  India
Fields Mathematical morphology
Mathematical geosciences
Fractals
Geographical information science
Institutions Indian Statistical Institute-Bangalore Centre
Multimedia University
National University of Singapore
Andhra University College of Engineering
Alma mater Andhra University College of Engineering
Doctoral advisors B. S. Parakasa Rao and SVLN Rao
Notable awards
Website
http://www.isibang.ac.in/~bsdsagar

Behara Seshadri Daya Sagar, FRGS (born in 1967 in India) is an Indian Mathematical Geoscientist specializing in Mathematical Morphology. He is a Professor of Computer Science in Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.[1] He is known as a specialist in mathematical morphology, fractal geometry. chaos theory, and their applications in geophysics, geographical information science, and computational geography. He was awarded the Krishnan Medal in 2002, and the Georges Matheron Lectureship in 2011.

Education

Daya Sagar had his school and collegiate education at St. Anthony's School, Visakhapatnam, Government High School-Samalkota, Government Arts College-Srikakulam, India. He graduated with BSc in 1987 from Shree Durga Prasad Saraf College of Arts and Applied Sciences, Sriramnagar, an affiliated college of Andhra University. Subsequently, he received the M.Sc and PhD degrees from the Andhra University College of Engineering-Visakhapatnam, India, in 1991 and 1994 respectively. His PhD thesis is on 'Applications of Remote Sensing, Mathematical Morphology, and Fractals to Study Certain Surface Water Bodies'.

Career

After receiving his doctorate, Sagar worked in Andhra University College of Engineering as a Research Associate (1994–95 and 1998-98) of CSIR, a Research Scientist/Principal Investigator (1997-7) in a Scheme for Extramural Research for Young Scientists funded by Ministry of Science and Technology. From 1998-2001, he worked as a Research Scientist at the Centre for Remote Imaging Sensing and Processing (CRISP) of the National University of Singapore. He was appointed Associate Professor of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia in 2001 and was also a Deputy Chairman of Centre for Applied Electromagnetics (2003–07) there. During 2007-13, he has been an Associate Professor at Indian Statistical Institute-Bangalore centre, and since 2009, he has been overseeing as founding head of SSIU, a unit established in 2009 as a constituent unit of its Computer and Communication Sciences Division. Since 2013, he has been a professor at Indian Statistical Institute.

Research

Sagar’s research contributions span both basic and applied fields involves fusion of computer simulations and modeling techniques in order to develop cogent models in discrete space to gain an understanding of dynamical behavior of complex terrestrial systems, such as water bodies, river networks, mountain objects, folds, dunes, landscapes, and rock porous media. He developed specific technologies and spatial algorithms for using data acquired at multiple spatial and temporal scalesfor developing cogent domain-specific models. His work employs concepts stemmed out of recent theories—such as mathematical morphology, fractals, chaos, and morphometrics—to develop spatial algorithms for (i) pattern retrieval, (ii) pattern analysis, (iii) simulation and modeling, and (iv) reasoning and visualization of the spatial and temporal phenomena of terrestrial and GISci relevance. His studies show that there exist several open challenges that need to be addressed by mathematical geosciences community. One of such challenges is to understand the complexity in spatiotemporal behaviors of several terrestrial phenomena and processes via construction of process-specific attractors that may range from simple to strange.[2]

Professional

Sagar has been honored with the Georges Matheron Lectureship Award of International Association for Mathematical Geosciences for outstanding research ability in the field of spatial statistics or mathematical morphology. In 2002 he received Krishnan Medal of the Indian Geophysical Union. As recipient of this medal, Sagar was made IGU Fellow in 2011. In 1995, he received Dr. Balakrishna Memorial Award from the Regional Centre of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. He is an elected Fellow of Royal Geographical Society (1999), Fellow of Indian Geophysical Union (2011), Senior Member of IEEE (2003) and was a member of New York Academy of Science during 1995-96. He is on the Editorial Boards of Discrete Dynamics of Nature and Society, and Computers & Geosciences. He has published 60+ papers in peer reviewed international journals, 2 books, and 7 edited Special-Theme issues for well known journals.[3] He has been on Editorial Boards of Computers and Geosciences and Discrete Dynamics in Nature & Society.

Sagar receiving the Georges Matheron Lectureship Award-2011 of International Association for Mathematical Geosciences from Qiuming Cheng in Salzburg, Austria on September 7 in 2011

Professional Activities

Honors and Awards

Books

References

  1. ↑ "B. S. Daya Sagar.". Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "What do Mathematical Geoscientists Do?: Letter to the Editor by John Harbaugh of Stanford University, IAMG Newsletter, NL89, p. 5" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  3. ↑ "Sagar: ResearcherID of Thomson Reuters". Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  4. ↑ "Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society-Editorial Board". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
  5. ↑ "Computers & Geosciences-Editorial Board". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
  6. ↑ "Environmental Informatics-Frontiers-Editorial Board". Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  7. ↑ "Image Analysis & Stereology-Editorial Board". Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  8. ↑ "Bangalore Section IEEE GRSS Chapter-Homepage". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
  9. ↑ "Bangalore Section IEEE GRSS Chapter-News". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Georges Matheron Award Photos" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  11. ↑ "IAMG Newsletter No 82 May, Page 4;" (PDF). 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  12. ↑ "CURZONCO-SESHACHALAM LECTURES-5(2009)-Announcement". Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  13. ↑ "CURZONCO-SESHACHALAM LECTURES-5(2009)". Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  14. ↑ B.S. Daya Sagar. Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci, 2013, p.546. CRC Press, Boca Raton. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  15. ↑ B.S. Daya Sagar. "Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci, 2013, p.546". CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  16. ↑ "Editorial Reviews on Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci". Retrieved 2014-09-07.
  17. ↑ "Book Review on Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci, ACM Computing Reviews, Reviewer: Jose Manuel Palomares Munoz". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  18. ↑ "Book Review on "Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci", Reviewer: Nigel Waters, Geomatica, v. 67, no. 4, p. 283-284, 2013".
  19. ↑ "Book Review on "Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci", Reviewer: Serge Beucher, Mathematical Geosciences, DOI: 10.1007/s11004-014-9569-3, Published Online 25 October 2014".
  20. ↑ "Short Reviews by Renowned Experts on Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  21. ↑ B.S. Daya Sagar. Qualitative Models of Certain Discrete Natural Features of Drainage Environment, 2005, Pages 231. Allied Publishers, New Delhi.

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