P. Jonathon Phillips
Also known as P J Phillips, P Phillips, P. J. Phillips
Jonathon Phillips is known for the FERET and FRVT datasets and challenges in face recognition. In September 1993 he and Harry Wechsler spearhead the FERET program, and he works at NIST from 1997. The Department of Commerce gives him two Gold Medals, in 2003 and 2020. The International Association for Pattern Recognition names him a Fellow in 2008, and he receives the inaugural Mark Everingham Prize in 2013. As of October 2026 he works as an electronic engineer at NIST.
Timeline
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1993
Launching the FERET program
In September 1993 he and Harry Wechsler spearhead the FERET face-recognition program.
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1997
A move to NIST
He works at NIST from 1997, after a period at the US Army Research Laboratory.
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2000–2004
A DARPA program manager
He is assigned to DARPA as a program manager from 2000 to 2004.
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2003–2020
Two Commerce Gold Medals
The Department of Commerce gives him two Gold Medals, in 2003 and 2020.
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2008
An IAPR Fellow
The International Association for Pattern Recognition names him a Fellow in 2008 for contributions to face recognition and evaluation methodologies.
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2013
The inaugural Everingham Prize
In 2013 he receives the inaugural Mark Everingham Prize for FERET and FRVT datasets and challenges.
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As of October 2026
An electronic engineer at NIST
He works as an electronic engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Sources and credits
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- FERET (facial recognition technology) - Wikipedia
- P. Jonathon Phillips | NIST
- 2007 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing - San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
- Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition
- PAMI Mark Everingham Prize - IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence