PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Ran He

Also known as He Ran, Runping He, 赫然

Ran He is a computer vision researcher whose AI work spans face recognition, biometrics, and face synthesis. His computer science degrees came from Dalian University of Technology; he completed a doctorate in pattern recognition and intelligent systems at CASIA in 2009 and joined NLPR in 2010. Two of his papers were Light CNN, which learned compact embeddings from noisy face data, and TP-GAN, which generated identity-preserving frontal face views. IAPR named him a Fellow in 2020 for contributions to biometrics and face recognition; IEEE named him a Fellow in 2025 for face analysis and image synthesis. As of October 2026 he is a professor at CASIA and UCAS and vice president for technical activities of the IEEE Biometrics Council.

Timeline

  1. 2001–2009

    Degrees in computer science

    His education begins with a B.E. in computer science at Dalian University of Technology in 2001 and an M.S. there in 2004; he completes a Ph.D. in pattern recognition and intelligent systems at CASIA in 2009.

  2. 2010–2011

    Early NLPR appointments

    At NLPR he serves as an assistant professor from 2010 to 2011 and as an associate professor there from 2011.

  3. 2015

    Light CNN for face images

    In 2015 he coauthors Light CNN, a framework that learns a compact embedding from large-scale face data with noisy labels.

  4. 2015–2016

    Professor at UCAS and CASIA

    UCAS appoints him as a professor in 2015; NLPR at CASIA appoints him as a professor in 2016.

  5. 2017

    TP-GAN for frontal face synthesis

    At ICCV 2017 he coauthors TP-GAN, which synthesizes photorealistic frontal face views and preserves identity for downstream face recognition.

  6. 2020

    An IAPR Fellowship

    In 2020, IAPR names him a Fellow for contributions to biometrics, face recognition, and applications.

  7. 2025

    An IEEE Fellowship

    In 2025, IEEE elevates him to Fellow for contributions to face analysis and image synthesis.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and council role

    As of October 2026 he is a professor at NLPR, CASIA, and UCAS, with research interests in biometrics, machine learning, and computer vision. During the 2026–2027 term he serves as vice president for technical activities of the IEEE Biometrics Council.

Sources and credits

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  1. ICPR2012 | 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. 赫然-中国科学院大学-UCAS people.ucas.ac.cn. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. [1511.02683] A Light CNN for Deep Face Representation with Noisy Labels arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. [1704.04086] Beyond Face Rotation: Global and Local Perception GAN for Photorealistic and Identity Preserving Frontal View Synthesis arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. IEEE 2025新晋Fellow名单正式公布 – IEEE中国 cn.ieee.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. CSAI2026 | Beijing, China-第十届计算机科学与人工智能国际会议 csai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. IEEE Biometrics Council 2025 Annual Election Results | IEEE Biometrics Council ieee-biometrics.org. Checked 15 October 2026.