Pattern Recognition

In short: Pattern recognition is detecting regularities in data.

In more detail: Computers learn from examples, for instance to recognise images, speech or fraud.

In Depth

Methods

Statistics, machine learning, neural networks (AI). Examples: face recognition, spam filters (spam), text recognition (OCR), anomaly detection in attacks.

In everyday life

People also recognise patterns. In computer science “pattern recognition” belongs to computational thinking. See data science, generative AI.

See also: AI, Data Science, Spam, Gen AI (Generative AI)