Ramesh Jain
Ramesh Jain earned a doctorate in electronics and communications engineering at IIT Kharagpur in 1975. His research career subsequently covered AI, computer vision and multimedia computing. Jain founded the University of Michigan AI Lab in 1987 and the UC San Diego Visual Computing Lab in 1995. These appointments provide career context for his visual computing work. Jain is a UC Irvine professor emeritus and co-director of its Institute for Future Health. It names Personicle, the Personal Health Navigator and OpenCHA among his later health research projects.
- Works
- 733
- Citations
- 22,921
- h-index
- 67
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1975
Doctoral training
Ramesh Jain earned a doctorate in electronics and communications engineering at IIT Kharagpur in 1975. His research career subsequently covered AI, computer vision and multimedia computing.
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1987–1995
Research laboratories
Jain founded the University of Michigan AI Lab in 1987 and the UC San Diego Visual Computing Lab in 1995. These appointments provide career context for his visual computing work.
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As of October 2026
Personal health information
Jain is a UC Irvine professor emeritus and co-director of its Institute for Future Health. His later health research projects include Personicle, the Personal Health Navigator and OpenCHA.
Sources and credits
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