Zhen Lei
Also known as 雷震
Zhen Lei is a professor at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where his research covers biometrics, computer vision, and pattern recognition. He completed a bachelor's degree in automation at the University of Science and Technology of China from 2001 to 2005 and a doctorate from 2005 to 2010 at the institute's Center for Biometrics and Security Research and National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition. A staff researcher post at IBM Research-China followed in 2010 and 2011, and in 2014 he published Learning Discriminant Face Descriptor with Matti Pietikainen and Stan Li. The International Association for Pattern Recognition gave him the Young Biometrics Investigator Award in 2019 and named him a fellow in 2022 for contributions to face analysis and pattern recognition, and he was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2024. He is a distinguished guest professor at Macau University of Science and Technology and a professor at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and at the State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Systems.
- Now at
- Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Institute of Science and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Works
- 449
- Citations
- 26,477
- h-index
- 74
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 17 October 2026.
Timeline
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2001–2010
Automation studies and a doctorate
He completes a bachelor's degree in the Department of Automation at the University of Science and Technology of China from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2010 he completes a doctorate at the Center for Biometrics and Security Research and the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition in the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with Stan Z. Li as doctoral supervisor.
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2010–2011
Staff researcher at IBM
He works as a staff researcher in the Analytics and Optimization department at IBM Research-China from 2010 to 2011.
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2011–2018
A face descriptor paper
He joins the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition at the Institute of Automation as an assistant professor in 2011 and becomes an associate professor in 2013. In 2014 he, Matti Pietikainen, and Stan Z. Li publish Learning Discriminant Face Descriptor in IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.
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2018–2022
Professor in pattern recognition
In 2018 he becomes a professor at the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition in the Institute of Automation and holds that post through 2022.
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2019
A young biometrics award
In 2019 the International Association for Pattern Recognition gives him the Young Biometrics Investigator Award.
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2022
An IAPR fellowship
In 2022 the International Association for Pattern Recognition names him a fellow for contributions to face analysis and pattern recognition.
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2024
Elevation to IEEE Fellow
He is elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2024.
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Since September 2024
Guest professor in Macau
Since September 2024 he is a distinguished guest professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Macau University of Science and Technology. He also serves as a professor at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and at the State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Systems, with research in biometrics, pattern recognition, and computer vision.
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- Welcome to Zhen Lei's Homepage
- Faculty of Innovation Engineering - People - School of Computer Science and Engineering - Faculty Staff
- Young Biometrics Investigator – International Association for Pattern Recognition
- Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition