Rama Chellappa, PhD, is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). He serves as co-principal investigator for JH AITC and is the former interim director of the JHU Data Science and AI Institute. He is also a member of JHU’s Center for Imaging Science, Center for Language and Speech Processing, Institute for Assured Autonomy, and Mathematical Institute for Data Science.

Dr. Chellappa's work in computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning have had a profound impact on areas including biometrics, smart cars, forensics, and 2D and 3D modeling of faces, objects, and terrain, while his work in motion capturing and imaging shows promise for future use in health care and medicine. He is the author of Can We Trust AI?, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He completed his PhD in electrical engineering at Purdue University.

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