Dr. Sajal Das, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Daniel St. Clair Endowed Chair of computer science at Missouri S&T, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2023 class of Fellows.
NAI Fellows are elected annually by a selection committee. The committee noted that Das was selected because he has “demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and welfare of society.”
Das holds five patents for his inventions and has directed over $23 million in research projects. He has been published in over 400 academic journals, over 530 conference papers and 59 book chapters, and he has written four books. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association.