Anil K. Jain has received the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies for core contributions to machine learning which have unlocked “applications of far-reaching impact on society as a whole.” He shares this award with Michael I. Jordan, University of California, Berkeley, for his contributions to predictive algorithms.

Jain is a University Distinguished Professor and the Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor in Engineering at Michigan State University. He is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The Frontiers of Knowledge Awards recognize contributions of singular impact in science, technology, humanities and music, rewarding those that significantly enlarge the stock of knowledge in a discipline, open up new fields, or build bridges between disciplinary areas. The goal of the awards, established in 2008, is to celebrate and promote the value of knowledge as a global public good.