Author: Ramesh Jain

Ramesh Jain is an entrepreneur, researcher, and educator. He is currently a Donald Bren Professor in Information & Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Earlier he worked at many other universities including University of Michigan, University of California at San Diego, and Georgia Tech. His research interests covered Control Systems (cybernetics), Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Multimedia Computing. His current research passion is in addressing health issues using cybernetic principles building on the progress in sensors, mobile, processing, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and storage technologies. He is founding director of the Institute for Future Health at UCI. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), and the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE, formerly the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers). Ramesh co-founded several companies, managed them in their initial stages, and then turned them over to professional management. He enjoys newchallenges and likes to use technology to solve them. He is participating in addressing the biggest challenge for us all: how to enjoy a long life in good health.