A world-class, award-winning professor who began his career in Utica in the early 1980s returns Friday to give a presentation at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica.

On Friday, February 10 at 10 a.m., Dr. Bimal Roy will deliver a presentation titled Predictive Analytics, looking at the importance of data when making inferences and understanding how data can give meaningful ideas of what might happen in the future.

Dr. Bimal began his academic career in Utica in 1982 when SUNY Poly was then known as the SUNY College of Technology at Utica-Rome shortly after earning his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Waterloo. In 1984 he returned to India to accept a faculty appointment at the world-renowned Indian Statistical Institute. He married and returned in 1990 on a visiting appointment while his wife earned her master’s degree in computer science to the then-SUNY College of Technology. Upon returning to India once again, Dr. Bimal rose through the ranks to the position of Director of the Indian Statistical Institute, a position equivalent to a college presidency.

In 2015, Dr. Bimal was the recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri Award, the fourth-highest civilian award in India.

With a special place in his heart for SUNY Poly, where he got his own start, he occasionally returns to provide guest lectures.

His February 10 presentation on Predictive Analytics will take place in Kunsela Hall A129 Multipurpose Room of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica.