2026 Sharath Pankanti: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	69	1922	1861	975	937	308	31626

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - OSA Fellows Sharathchandra Pankanti IBM TJ Watson Research Center, United States “for significant contributions to the scientific foundations of video-based pattern recognition and to designing practical computer vision applications in domains of public safety, retail, automotive, and biometrics” (Engineering and Science Research)
2015 - SPIE Fellow
2014 - Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) For contributions to the application of computer vision and pattern recognition technologies to video analytics, public safety and security

Overview

Sharath Pankanti is affiliated with IBM in the United States. Their primary field of study is Computer Science, with specific focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main research topics covered in Pankanti's work include Cryptography and Data Security, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Cryptographic Implementations and Security, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning, Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior, and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Recent papers authored by or involving Sharath Pankanti include:

Blockchain: From Technology to Marketplaces, 2020, Computer
Efficient CNN Building Blocks for Encrypted Data, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
Efficient Encrypted Inference on Ensembles of Decision Trees, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors in their publications are:

Karthik Nandakumar
Nalini Ratha
Alex Pentland
Maurice Herlihy
Nayna Jain

They have published predominantly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University) and the journal Computer.

Sharath Pankanti has been recognized with several awards, including:

OSA Fellows, 2017, for contributions to video-based pattern recognition and applications in public safety, retail, automotive, and biometrics
SPIE Fellow, 2015
Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), 2014, for work related to computer vision and pattern recognition in video analytics, public safety, and security

Best Publications

Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society

Anil K. Jain;Ruud Bolle;Sharath Pankanti

3697
Citations
Filterbank-based fingerprint matching

A.K. Jain;S. Prabhakar;L. Hong;S. Pankanti

1735
Citations
Biometric recognition: security and privacy concerns

S. Prabhakar;S. Pankanti;A.K. Jain

1661
Citations
An identity-authentication system using fingerprints

A.K. Jain;Lin Hong;S. Pankanti;R. Bolle

1602
Citations
Biometrics: a tool for information security

A.K. Jain;A. Ross;S. Pankanti

1592
Citations
Biometric identification

Anil Jain;Lin Hong;Sharath Pankanti

1381
Citations
Biometric cryptosystems: issues and challenges

U. Uludag;S. Pankanti;S. Prabhakar;A.K. Jain

1267
Citations
Guide to Biometrics

Ruud M. Bolle;Jonathan H. Connell;Sharath Pankanti;Nalini K. Ratha

1131
Citations
On the individuality of fingerprints

S. Pankanti;S. Prabhakar;A.K. Jain

925
Citations
Fingerprint-Based Fuzzy Vault: Implementation and Performance

K. Nandakumar;A.K. Jain;S. Pankanti

773
Citations
Deep learning ensembles for melanoma recognition in dermoscopy images

N. C. F. Codella;Q.-B. Nguyen;S. Pankanti;D. A. Gutman

603
Citations
Fuzzy vault for fingerprints

Umut Uludag;Sharath Pankanti;Anil K. Jain

601
Citations
Method for bio-metric-based authentication in radio communication for access control

Rudolf Marten Bolle;Sharathchandra Pankanti;Nalini Kanta Ratha;Louise Nanzu Sharon

528
Citations
Biometrics: a grand challenge

A.K. Jain;S. Pankanti;S. Prabhakar;Lin Hong

503
Citations
Appearance models for occlusion handling

Andrew W. Senior;Arun Hampapur;Ying-li Tian;Lisa M. Brown

495
Citations
Smart video surveillance: exploring the concept of multiscale spatiotemporal tracking

A. Hampapur;L. Brown;J. Connell;A. Ekin

465
Citations
Biometrics, Personal Identification in Networked Society: Personal Identification in Networked Society

Ruud Bolle;Sharath Pankanti;Anil K. Jain

417
Citations
System and method for determining block direction in fingerprint images

Anil K. Jain;Lin Hong;Rudolf Maarten Bolle;Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti

416
Citations
RepMet: Representative-Based Metric Learning for Classification and Few-Shot Object Detection

Leonid Karlinsky;Joseph Shtok;Sivan Harary;Eli Schwartz

387
Citations
Enabling video privacy through computer vision

A. Senior;S. Pankanti;A. Hampapur;L. Brown

383
Citations
On the individuality fingerprints

S. Pankanti;S. Prabhakar;A.K. Jain

33
Citations
Individuality of Fingerprints.

Sarat C. Dass;Sharath Pankanti;Salil Prabhakar;Yongfang Zhu

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nalini K. Ratha University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Jonathan H. Connell IBM (United States)

Ruud M. Bolle IBM (United States)

Andrew W. Senior Google (United States)

Lisa M. Brown Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Anil K. Jain Michigan State University

Rogerio Feris IBM (United States)

Yu Cheng Microsoft (United States)

Karthik Nandakumar Michigan State University

Arun Hampapur Bloom Value

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