Michael Gleicher is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Computer Sciences. His research interests include computer graphics, multimedia, and visualization.
Background
Prior to joining the university, Dr. Gleicher was a researcher at The Autodesk Vision Technology Center and at Apple Computer’s Advanced Technology Group. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and holds a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University.
Dr. Gleicher is founder and leader of the Department of Computer Science’s Computer Graphics group. The overall goal of his research is to create tools that make it easier to create pictures, video, animation, and virtual environments; and to make these visual artifacts more interesting, entertaining, and informative. He seeks to build and apply an understanding of human perception, artistic traditions, numerical computation, and geometry. His current focus is on tools for character animation, for the automated production of multimedia, and visualization and geometric analysis for biological applications, particularly structural bioinformatics.
More Information
For more information about Michael Gleicher and his work, see his faculty page.
Contact Information
Michael Gleicher
Professor of Computer Sciences
1210 W. Dayton St.
6385 Computer Sciences
Madison, WI 53706
v: + 1 608 263 2874
e: gleicher at cs dot wisc dot edu
