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{{Short description | American electrical engineer}}

{{Infobox scientist
| name = Sankar Basu
| image = SankarBasu portrait BW.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| alt =
| caption = Sankar Basu in 2026
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bose |first1=N. K. |last2=Basu |first2=S. |year=1978 |title=Tests for polynomial zeros on a polydisc distinguished boundary |journal=IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems |volume=25 |issue=9 |pages=684–693 |doi=10.1109/TCS.1978.1084546 |url=https://doi.org/10.1109/TCS.1978.1084546 |access-date=15 February 2026 | quote = Sankar Basu was born in Calculla, India in 1953|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| birth_place = Calcutta (now Kolkata), India<ref name="CAS_newsletter">{{cite news
|title=North Jersey IEEE Newsletter
|url=https://ethw-images.s3.us-east-va.perf.cloud.ovh.us/ethw/7/73/NL_2002_04.pdf
|publisher=IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
|date=April 2002
|quote=Sankar Basu was born in Calcutta, India, and received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, USA
}}</ref>
| fields = Electrical engineering, signal processing, micro- and nanoelectronics
| workplaces = National Science Foundation; Stevens Institute of Technology; IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
| alma_mater = {{hlist|[[Presidency University, Kolkata]] | [[University College of Science, Technology, and Agriculture]] | [[University of Pittsburgh]] (M.S., Ph.D.) }}
| known_for = Multidimensional circuits and systems, signal processing, cyber-physical systems | awards = Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2002); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Distinguished Alumnus, Swanson School of Engineering (2024) | website =
}}

'''Sankar Basu''' (born 1953 in Calcutta, India) is an American electrical engineer, whose research has focused on [[microelectronics|micro]]- and [[nanoelectronics]] and [[signal processing]].<ref name="pitt-dist-alum" /> He served for many years as a program director at the U.S. [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF).<ref name="ETHW-CAS-History" /><ref name="nsf2025" /> His technical contributions to circuits and systems theory have been recognized by election as a Fellow of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE)<ref name="ieee-fellows" /> and a Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS)<ref name="aaas-fellows" /><ref name=”AAAS_news” />. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Electrical and Computer Engineering by the [[Swanson School of Engineering]] at the University of Pittsburgh.<ref name="pitt-dist-alum">{{cite web |title=Swanson School honors Sankar Basu as its 2024 Distinguished Alumnus in Electrical and Computer Engineering | url=
https://news.engineering.pitt.edu/swanson-school-honors-sankar-basu-as-its-2024-distinguished-alumnus-in-electrical-and-computer-engineering/
|website=Swanson School of Engineering |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |date=10 April 2024 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Basu was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India.<ref name="editorial2003" /> After graduating from [[Hooghly Branch Government School]], he attended Presidency College (now [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]]) and Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics at the [[University College of Science, Technology, and Agriculture]], completing B.Sc. in physics (honors) and B. Tech. degrees respectively. He earned an M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1978 followed by a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1980, both from the [[University of Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania.<ref name="pitt-dist-alum"/>

== Academic career ==
After completing his Ph.D., Basu joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] in New Jersey, where he taught and conducted funded research.<ref name="cooper-union">{{cite web |title=Engineering Advisory Council — Sankar Basu
|url=https://cooper.edu/engineering/about/engineering-advisory-council
|publisher=The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
|accessdate=15 February 2026
|quote=Sankar Basu – Program Director at the National Science Foundation; prior to NSF at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; after receiving a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh he served on the faculty of Stevens Institute of Technology.}}
</ref><ref name="pitt-dist-alum" /> During this period, he also spent time as a visiting senior scientist at the [[Naval Underwater Systems Center]] in Connecticut. He later joined the [[IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center]], where he worked on [[machine learning]] methods that analyze data statistically, including systems for searching large collections of speech recordings, images, and other [[multimedia]] data.<ref name="pitt-dist-alum" /> In 2002 Basu became a permanent program director in the ''Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering'' (CISE)<ref>{{cite web |title=Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sankar Basu |url=https://iccd-conf.com/2016/SankarBasu.htm |website=ICCD 2016 |publisher=IEEE International Conference on Computer Design |year=2016 |access-date=10 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="ETHW-CAS-History" /><ref name="NSF04043">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101221159/http://nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04043/nsf04043.pdf |title=Nano-scale Science and Engineering Education (NSF 04-043) |publisher=National Science Foundation |date=2004 |access-date=12 March 2026}}</ref> at the U.S. [[National Science Foundation]].<ref name="NSF20EDA">{{cite web
|url=https://nsfedaworkshop.nd.edu/assets/432289/nsf20_eda_workshop_report.pdf
|title=NSF Workshop on Micro/Nano Circuits and Systems Design and Design Automation: Challenges and Opportunities
|publisher=University of Notre Dame and National Science Foundation
|access-date=20 February 2026
}}</ref><ref name="nsf-staff">{{cite web |title=U.S. National Science Foundation Staff Directory (archived) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611140021/https://www.nsf.gov/staff/staff_bio.jsp?lan=sabasu&org=ENG | publisher = National Science Foundation | access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> In 2012 he served on detail from NSF as a science adviser under the ''U.S. Embassy Science Fellows Program'' at the [[Embassy of the United States, Berlin]], where he advised on science and technology issues at the [[U.S. Department of State]].<ref name="embassy-fellows">{{cite journal |title=The U.S. Embassy Science Fellows Program: Implementation and Impacts |journal=Science & Diplomacy |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |url=https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2021/us-embassy-science-fellows-program-implementation-and-impacts |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="pitt-dist-alum" /> In 2025, [[Federal register]] listed Basu as a contact person at the NSF for a grant proposal review panel for ''Computing and Communication Foundations''.<ref name="nsf2025">{{cite web |title=Proposal Review Panel for Computing & Communication Foundations; Notice of Meeting |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08466/proposal-review-panel-for-computing-and-communication-foundations-notice-of-meeting |website=Federal Register |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |date=May 14, 2025 |access-date=10 March 2026}}</ref>

Basu has held several visiting and fellowship appointments in Europe and the United States. He was an [[Alexander von Humboldt Fellow]] at [[Ruhr University Bochum]] in Germany, where he carried out extended collaborative work in [[Digital electronics|circuits and systems]] with German colleagues including [[Alfred Fettweis]].<ref name="ETHW-CAS-History" /><ref name=md-poly>
* {{cite journal |title=New results on stable multidimensional polynomials – Part I: Continuous case |year=1987 | journal = IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1086057 |access-date=11 February 2026}}
* {{cite journal |title=New results on stable multidimensional polynomials – Part II: Discrete case |year=1987 | journal = IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1086065 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name=md-kirchhoff>{{cite journal |title=A new look at 2D shallow water equations of fluid dynamics via multidimensional Kirchhoff paradigm |journal=Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing |year=2015 |url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11045-015-0321-z |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> From 1988 to 1989 he was with the [[MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems]] (LIDS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he worked with control theorist [[Sanjoy K. Mitter]] and others on analytical aspects of circuits and systems and realization theory.<ref name="pitt-dist-alum" /><ref name="lids-1">{{cite report |title=On the synthesis of a class of 2-D acausal lossless digital filters |publisher=Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT |year=1989 |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/3128 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="lids-2">{{cite report |title=On the generalized factorization problem for structurally passive synthesis of digital filters |publisher=Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT |year=1989 |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/3129 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="lids-3">{{cite report |title=On boundary implications of stability and positivity properties of multidimensional systems |publisher=Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT |year=1989 |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/3130 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref>

== Research and editorial work ==
Basu's research has focused broadly on circuits and signal processing. His contributions micro- and nanoelectronics include theoretical analysis of [[Multidimensional signal processing|multidimensional circuits and systems]], which handle signals varying across several dimensions in space. He also worked on [[cyber-physical system]]s—computer systems that interact with the physical world such as sensors and robotics. In [[neuromorphic computing]] he designed and analyzed computer hardware inspired by the structure of the human brain. He has authored over a hundred refereed publications,<ref name="pitt-dist-alum" /> several edited volumes,<ref name="learning-theory">{{cite book |title=Advances in Learning Theory: Methods, Models and Applications |series=NATO Science Series | editor = Johan A. K. Suykens |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/70720234 | publisher = IOS Press | year = 2003 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name=mdfb>
* {{cite book |title=Multidimensional Filter Banks and Wavelets – I: Modulated Filter Bank Structures | first1 = Sankar | last1 = Basu | first2 = Bernard | last2 = Levy | url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/34878806 | publisher = Kluwer Academic Publishers | year = 1996 |access-date=11 February 2026}}
* {{cite book |title=Multidimensional Filter Banks and Wavelets – II: Developments and Applications |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/862219110 | publisher = Springer Science+Business Media | first1 = Sankar | last1 = Basu | first2 = Bernard C. | last2 = Levy | year = 1997 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> and holds several U.S. patents in these areas.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Patents by inventor "Sankar Basu" and assignee IBM
|website=Google Patents
|url=https://patents.google.com/?inventor=%22Sankar+Basu%22&assignee=IBM
|publisher=Google LLC
|access-date=2026-02-14
}}</ref>

Basu has served in editorial roles for multiple journals. He served as editor of the ''[[IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems]]'', Part I for the term 2006–2007, with his affiliation listed as National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. He also served as editor of the ''IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems'', Part II for the term 2004–2005, also with his NSF affiliation.<ref name="ETHW-CAS-History">{{cite web
|title=IEEE Circuits and Systems Society History
|url=https://ethw.org/IEEE_Circuits_and_Systems_Society_History
|website=Engineering and Technology History Wiki
|publisher=IEEE History Center
|access-date=20 February 2026
}}</ref><ref name="short-history-cas">{{cite web |title=A Short History of Circuits and Systems |url=https://ieee-cas.org/files/ieeecass/2022-01/a_short_history_of_circuits_and_systems-_ebook-_web.pdf |publisher=IEEE Circuits and Systems Society |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> He has been involved with editorial activities for other IEEE publications such as the ''[[Proceedings of the IEEE]]'',<ref name="procieee-board-arch">{{cite web |title=Proceedings of the IEEE: 2018 Editorial Board |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313111121/http://proceedingsoftheieee.ieee.org/about-the-editorial-board-and-staff/editorial-leadership/ | archive-date=2018-03-13 |access-date=11 February 2026 |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7331686}}</ref> where he has contributed to special issues on non‑silicon, [[Von Neumann architecture#Early von Neumann-architecture computers|non‑von Neumann computing]] and related emerging computing paradigms.<ref name="procieee-2019-2020">
* {{cite journal |title=Special Issue: Nonsilicon, Non-von Neumann Computing – Part I |journal=Proceedings of the IEEE |date=January 2019 |url=https://proceedingsoftheieee.ieee.org/january-2019/ |access-date=11 February 2026}}
*{{cite journal |title=Special Issue: Non-silicon, Non-von Neumann Computing – Part II |journal=Proceedings of the IEEE |date=August 2020 |url=https://proceedingsoftheieee.ieee.org/august-2020/ |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> He is Editor-in-Chief of the [[Springer Nature|Springer]] journal ''Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing''.<ref name=mdssp>{{cite web |title=Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/11045 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref>

Basu has an [[Erdős number]] of 3, meaning he has co-authored publications with researchers who are three collaboration steps away
from mathematician [[Paul Erdős]].<ref>{{cite web
|title=The Erdős Number Project – Sankar Basu
|url=https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/freetools/collab-dist?source=218641&target=189017
|publisher=American Mathematical Society
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref>

== National Science Foundation service ==
At NSF, Basu helped manage and develop research programs in [[electronic design automation]] (software tools used to design computer chips) for micro‑ and nanoelectronics, cyber‑physical systems, and new forms of energy-efficient computing such as neuromorphic hardware inspired by the brain.<ref name="TCVLSInewsletter">{{cite journal
|url=https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/events/tcvlsi-second-newsletter
|journal=TCVLSI
|title = Second Newsletter
|volume=7
|issue=2
|date= May 2021
|publisher=IEEE Computer Society
|access-date=20 February 2026
}}</ref> He served as a program director and co-lead for cross‑agency initiatives on advanced semiconductor technologies and computing architectures, such as "Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond",<ref name=nano2020>{{cite web |title=Nanoelectronics for 2020 and Beyond |url=https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nanoelectronics-2020-beyond/503577/nsf10-614 |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> "Failure Resistant Systems",<ref name="frs">{{cite web |title=Failure Resistant Systems |url=https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/frs-failure-resistant-systems/504754/nsf12-556 |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> and "Multicore Chip Design and Architecture".<ref name=mcda>{{cite web |title=Multicore Chip Design and Architecture |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250807044852/https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/mcda-multicore-chip-design-architecture/503278/nsf08-584/solicitation |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> Basu's NSF initiatives coordinated with other government agencies included "Energy-Efficient Computing: From Devices to Architectures"<ref name="e2cda">{{cite web |title=Energy-Efficient Computing: From Devices to Architectures (E2CDA) |url=https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/e2cda-energy-efficient-computing-devices-architectures/505212/nsf16-526/solicitation |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> with the [[Semiconductor Research Corporation]] and "Real Time Machine Learning"<ref name="rtml">{{cite web |title=Real-Time Machine Learning (RTML) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703092603/https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/rtml-real-time-machine-learning/505640/nsf19-566/solicitation |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> with the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA), for which he was the cognizant program officer.<ref name="darpa-eri">{{cite report
|title=2019 DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) Summit: Program Guide
|author=Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
|institution=DARPA Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
|type=Program booklet
|date=2019
|url=https://eri-summit.darpa.mil/docs/ERI_2019_ProgramGuide.pdf
|format=PDF
|access-date=2026-02-14
}}</ref>

Basu served as a co-chair of the ''Grand Challenge Committee'' for the White House’s ''Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenge for Future Computing'' announced by the [[White House Office of Science and Technology Policy]].<ref>{{cite web
|title=Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenge for Future Computing
|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/10/15/nanotechnology-inspired-grand-challenge-future-computing
|website=The White House (Office of Science and Technology Policy)
|date=15 October 2015
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="NNI_review" /> Basu's subsequent NSF program "Energy-Efficient Computing: From Devices to Architectures"<ref name="e2cda"/> was developed as a follow-up to the Grand Challenge.<ref name="Federal">{{cite web
|title=A Federal Vision for Future Computing: A Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenge (presentation) |url=https://www.nano.gov/sites/default/files/pub_resource/federal-vision-for-nanotech-inspired-future-computing-grand-challenge.pdf
|work=National Nanotechnology Initiative, National Science and Technology Council
|year=2016
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> To publicize relevant aspects of federal science policy, Basu organized the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017 symposium “The Human Brain and Computing Machines of the Future,” which examined brain-inspired and ultra-energy-efficient computing in the context of that federal initiative.<ref>{{cite web
|title=2016 AAAS Engineering Section (Section M) Business Meeting Minutes
|url=https://www.ece.ucf.edu/aaas-m/Min2016.htm
|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section M
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=The Human Brain and Computing Machines of the Future
|url=https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session15145.html
|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science
|date=19 February 2017
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="NNI_review">{{cite web
|title=A Federal Vision for Future Computing: A Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenge (review of NNI part II)
|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/2016_nrc_review_of_the_nni_part_2.pdf
|publisher=President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
|year=2016
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref>

Basu has played a role in shaping national research infrastructure discussions for micro- and nanoelectronics.<ref name=”Stanford”>{{cite web |last=Abate |first=Tom |title=Stanford engineers build first computer based on carbon nanotube technology |url=https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-engineers-build-first-computer-based-carbon-nanotube-technology |website=Stanford Engineering |publisher=Stanford University |date=September 25, 2013 |access-date=10 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="NSF20EDA" /><ref>{{cite web |title=The National Biometrics Challenge |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/biometricschallenge2011.pdf |website=Obama White House Archives |publisher=National Science and Technology Council, Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management |date=2011 |access-date=10 March 2026}}</ref> In particular, he participated in national policy discussions on semiconductor research and manufacturing strategy. In 2018 he participated in a panel on federal semiconductor policy at SEMICON West with his NSF affiliation.<ref name="SEMICON_West">{{cite web
|title=Panel: Federal Strategy for Semiconductor and Microelectronic Innovation
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714123944/http://www.semiconwest.org/programs-catalog/panel-federal-strategy-semiconductor-and-microelectronics-innovation
|website=SEMICON West
|author = Mike Hall
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=Strategy for U.S. Semiconductor Leadership to be Previewed at SEMICON West
|url=https://www.semi.org/en/blogs/semi-news/media-advisory-strategy-for-u.s.-semiconductor-leadership-to-be-previewed-at-semicon-west
|publisher=SEMI
|date=6 July 2018
|access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> The panel formed part of a broader White House–led initiative to develop a national strategy for semiconductor innovation and research collaboration across government, academia, and industry.<ref name="SEMICON_West" /> In December 2020, he was one of the organizers of the National Science Foundation’s “Foundry Meeting,” a virtual workshop on academic access to [[Semiconductor fabrication plant|semiconductor foundries]]—industrial facilities that manufacture experimental microchips designed by researchers. This event was held by NSF’s ''CISE'' alongside other community stakeholders to assess gaps in U.S. semiconductor [[Research and development|R&D]] infrastructure and explore strategies for expanding access for academic researchers.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Report on Semiconductor Foundry Access by US Academics
|author1 = Sankar Basu | author2 = Erik Brunvand| author3 = Subhasish Mitra | author4 = H.-S. Philip Wong
|url=https://nsfedaworkshop.nd.edu/assets/429148/nsf20_foundry_meeting_report.pdf |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=2026-02-21 }}</ref> The resulting report, co-authored by the workshop organizers including Basu, summarizes community input on foundry access challenges and recommendations to support [[Basic research|foundational research]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Summary of Responses to NSF/CISE Request for Information |url=https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/RFISummary-Report.pdf |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=2026-02-21 | author1 = Sankar Basu | author2 = Erik Brunvand}}</ref> These community input processes and workshop findings have been cited in subsequent federal strategy documents emphasizing the importance of strengthening microelectronics research infrastructure and facilitating academic–industry–government exchange to maintain U.S. competitiveness in microelectronics innovation.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Strategy on Microelectronics Research |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Amended-National-Strategy-on-Microelectronics-Research.pdf |publisher=The White House |access-date=2026-02-21 }}</ref>

Basu has participated in efforts to promote international research collaboration.<ref name=nsf-dfg>{{cite web |title=NSF–DFG collaboration on DFG-SPP program |url=https://spp1500.itec.kit.edu/370.php |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref>

== Professional leadership ==
Basu has contributed to science–policy discourse by assuming leadership roles in multiple symposia organized under the auspices of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)]], addressing topics such as research policy, workforce development, and semiconductor supply chains.<ref name="aaas-2012">{{cite web |title=Is there Science beyond Moore's law? 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada |url=https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2012/webprogram/Session4870.html |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref>

Basu has organized and chaired sessions and conferences in circuits, systems, signal processing, and [[Statistical learning theory|statistical learning]]. He served as founding general chair<ref name="icme-2000-message">{{cite web |title=IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2000, Message from the General Chair |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=869531 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="icme-2000-announcement">{{cite web |title=IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, March 2000 – ICME announcement |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?doi=ee52cce30c5d55122babda8e229b728f14fa82e1 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> of the first IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), which has grown into an international conference series.<ref name="icme-2026">{{cite web |title=IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2026 |url=https://2026.ieeeicme.org/ |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> He co‑organized a [[NATO]] Advanced Study Institute on statistical learning and applications<ref name=nato-ltp-osu>{{cite web |title=NATO-ASI Learning Theory and Practice (LTP 2002) |url=https://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~dambrobr/uai-archive/0019.html |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name=nato-ltp-kuleuven>{{cite web |title=NATO Advanced Study Institute on Learning Theory and Practice, July 8–19, 2002, Leuven, Belgium |url=https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/sista/natoasi/ltp2002.html |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ([[KU Leuven]]) in Belgium, which led to the edited volume ''Advances in Learning Theory: Methods, Models, and Applications''.<ref name="learning-theory" />

In his publications Basu has discussed "science diplomacy," referring to international cooperation in support of scientific research. He views this approach both as a means of informing policy with scientific knowledge and as a deliberate application of diplomatic strategies to enable and strengthen international scientific partnerships that serve scientific and geopolitical interests alike.<ref name=
"diplomacy-two-gen">{{cite journal |title=Diplomacy for Science Two Generations Later |journal=Science & Diplomacy |url=https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/sites/default/files/diplomacy_for_science_two_generations_later_science__diplomacy.pdf |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="diplomacy-strategies">{{cite journal |title=Diplomacy for science: strategies to promote international collaboration |journal=Environment Systems and Decisions |year=2016 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10669-016-9614-5 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref>

== Honors and recognition ==
Basu is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),<ref name="ieee-fellows">{{cite web |title=IEEE Fellows |url=https://www.itsoc.org/honors/fellows/ieee-fellows |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="itsoc-nl">{{cite web |title=IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter, March 2002 |url=https://www.itsoc.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/itNL0302.pdf |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="pitt-dist-alum" /> recognized for contributions to the theory and application of multidimensional circuits, systems, and signal processing—mathematical techniques used to analyze signals that vary across several dimensions such as time and space. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)<ref name="aaas-fellows">{{cite web |title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows, 18 December 2009 |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-members-elected-fellows-4 |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref><ref name=”AAAS_news”>{{cite web |title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows |url=https://www.uvm.edu/EPSCoR/pdfFiles/AAAS_News_Release.pdf |website=University of Vermont |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |date=December 2009 |access-date=10 March 2026}}</ref> for contributions to circuits and systems theory and their applications in [[computational science]] and engineering, an organization in which he also played leadership roles.<ref name="aaas-council">{{cite web |title=AAAS Council Delegate, Engineering Section, 2017 |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/honored-physicist-steven-chu-selected-aaas-president-elect |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> His other recognitions include an award from The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) for enhancing the mission of SRC and NSF through collaboration,<ref name="
src-bio">{{cite web |title=Sankar Basu Bio |url=https://www.src.org/calendar/e006125/basu-bio/ |publisher=Semiconductor Research Corporation |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> as well as the Jess H. Davis Memorial Award for Excellence in Faculty Research from Stevens Institute of Technology for his research contributions during his time on the faculty.<ref name="editorial2003">{{cite journal
|last=Basu
|first=Sankar
|author2=Jean-Luc Dugelay
|title=Guest Editorial
|url = https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022829602789
|journal=Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology
|volume=34
|pages=5–7
|year=2003
|doi=10.1023/A:1022829602789
|access-date=7 March 2026|url-access=subscription
}}</ref> In 2024 the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh named him with its Distinguished Alumnus in Electrical and Computer Engineering.<ref name="pitt-dist-alum" />

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfddARnNB0 DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative, 2019] (YouTube video)

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Sankar Basu - Revision history

Amit00: put up the entry needs work!