John Daugman received his degrees at Harvard University and then
taught at Harvard before coming to Cambridge University, where he is
Professor of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. He has held
the Johann Bernoulli Chair of Mathematics and Informatics at the
University of Groningen, and the Toshiba Endowed Chair at the Tokyo
Institute of Technology. His areas of research and teaching at
Cambridge include computer vision, information theory, neuro computing
and statistical pattern recognition. Awards for his work in science
and technology include the Information Technology Award and Medal of
the British Computer Society, the "Time 100" Innovators Award, and the
OBE, Order of the British Empire. He has been elected to Fellowships of:
the Royal Academy of Engineering; the US National Academy of Inventors;
the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; the International
Association for Pattern Recognition; and the British Computer Society.
He was one of three finalists for the European Inventor of the Year Award,
and he has been inducted permanently into the US National Inventors Hall
of Fame. He is a Founding Science Partner of Ahren Innovation Capital,
and he is the founder and benefactor of the Cambridge Chrysalis Trust.