Contributions of Professor Gift Siromoney in the Area of Pattern Recognition

Abstract

Professor Gift Siromoney, who was the founder-chairman of the Department of Statistics, Madras Christian College, Madras passed away on March 21, 1988. He was a much-loved teacher and a highly productive research scientist with a wide range of interests in different fields. A comprehensive surrey of his contributions in the area of pattern recognition is done in this paper. The first part deals with his pioneering work on syntactic methods to picture generation and description. The second part surveys innovative computer methods he developed in the areas of character recognition, epigraphy, Kamatic music and Tamil studies.

Indexing terms:

• Pattern recognition
• Character recognition
• Array grammars