Dr. Gregory Hager

Biography

Gregory D. Hager is the Mandell Bellmore Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, with joint appointments in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Surgery at the School of Medicine. He is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, an interdisciplinary research center focused on developing innovative healthcare technology systems. Hager's research is centered on collaborative vision-based robotics, time-series analysis of image data, and medical applications of image analysis and robotics. With over 500 publications, he leads the Computational Interaction Robotics Lab, addressing challenges at the intersection of imaging, robotics, and human-computer interaction. Notably, Hager has contributed significantly to real-time computer vision algorithms with applications in automated surgical training and diagnostics. Recognized as a Fellow of multiple professional societies, he has received numerous accolades, including the Hans Fischer Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich. Hager's previous roles include serving as deputy director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology, and chair of the Department of Computer Science from 2010 to 2015.

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