Professor
Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins
Russell H. Taylor PhD is the John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science with joint appointments in Mechanical Engineering, Radiology, and Surgery at Johns Hopkins University and is also Director of the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR) at JHU. After receiving his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford in 1976, Prof. Taylor spent 19 years as a Research Staff Member and research manager at IBM Research, before moving to Johns Hopkins in 1995. His research interests include medical robotics and computer-integrated interventional medicine. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the IEEE, of the AIMBE, of the MICCAI Society, of the National Academy of Inventors, and of the Engineering School of the University of Tokyo. He has also received numerous awards, including the Maurice Mueller Award, the IEEE Robotics Pioneer Award, the MICCAI Enduring Impact Award, the IEEE EMBS Technical Field Award, and the Honda Prize.