Anil K. Jain (computer scientist, born 1948)

Anil Kumar Jain (born 1948) is an Indian American computer scientist, University Distinguished Professor and the Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He is one of the most highly cited researchers in computer science, internationally recognized for his foundational contributions to pattern recognition, computer vision and biometric recognition, particularly fingerprint and face recognition. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, AAAS, IAPR and SPIE. His research has shaped the field of biometrics and has been applied in systems used worldwide for identity verification, law enforcement and border security. In 2024 he received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies.