Inducted into the United States National Academy of Engineering (2016)
Inducted into the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2016)
Elected to The World Academy of Sciences (2019)
Elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019)
Elected to the National Academy of Inventors (2015)
Served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (1991-1994)
Received Guggenheim, Humboldt, and Fulbright fellowships along with the IAPR King-Sun Fu Prize
Appointed to the Defense Science Board, Forensic Science Standards Board, and AAAS study team on Latent Fingerprint Recognition
Authored foundational books in biometrics and pattern recognition, including Introduction to Biometrics (Springer, 2011, 2024), Handbook of Face Recognition (Springer, 2005, 2011, 2024), etc.
Awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by several universities for his contributions to the field, mentorship, and service to the research community
Recipient of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies (2025)
Research Experience
Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Michigan State University, conducting long-term research in the field.
Background
University Distinguished Professor and Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor at Michigan State University with over 50 years of teaching and research experience in pattern recognition and biometrics.
Miscellany
No specific personal interests or hobbies mentioned.