Initiative in Innovative Computing (IIC) Harvard University

Michael Halle trained as a computer scientist and engineer at MIT, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1988. From 1987 until 1997, while at the Spatial Imaging Group at the MIT Media Lab, he developed image-processing algorithms and computer graphic techniques that enabled the most advanced holographic three-dimensional displays of the time. He earned his master’s degree from the Media Lab in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1997. Halle’s current work includes development of visualization tools for enabling physicians and scientists to explore and analyze complex image-based data sets. He has a wide range of interests in the field of computation, including system architecture and design, imaging, three-dimensional displays, information visualization, and collaborative software systems. His IIC work focuses on the Astronomical Medicine Project. He is also Director of Technology Development at the Surgical Planning Lab of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an instructor of radiology at Harvard Medical School.