Russell H. Taylor

Professor
Director, CISST ERC
Joint Appointments:
Mechanical Engineering and Radiology

rht@jhu.edu
Office 410-516-6299
Fax 410-516-5553
Lab 410-516-3417

PERSONAL ASSISTANT: Elisa Ahmanson
rht_asst@cs.jhu.edu; 410-516-0740

NSF Engineering Research Center For Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Computer Science
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218

CS department Office 410-516-8775

Courses & Advising

Short Biography

Russell H. Taylor received a B.E.S. degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford in 1976. He joined IBM Research in 1976, where he developed the AML robot language. Following a two year assignment in Boca Raton, he managed robotics and automation technology research activities at IBM Research from 1982 until returning to full time technical work in late 1988. From March 1990 to September 1995, he was manager of Computer Assisted Surgery. In September 1995, Dr. Taylor moved to Johns Hopkins University as a Professor of Computer Science. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science, with joint appointments in Radiology and Mechanical Engineering and is Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include robot systems, programming languages, model-based planning, and (most recently) the use of imaging, model-based planning, and robotic systems to augment human performance in surgical procedures. He is Editor Emeritus of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of various honorary societies, panels, editorial boards, and program committees.

Publications

See my CV

Talks

Talk at NSF Workshop on Next Generation Human Assist Devices and Automation on Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery. (PDF file)
Introductory talk to students in JHU's "Introduction to Computer Science" course. September 28, 2000, JHU Homewood Campus (PDF File)
Tutorial on Medical Robotics and CIS at MICCAI 2002, September 2002 (PDF File)
Talk at NSF/WTEC Workshop on future of robotics, July 2004 (PDF File)
Talk at TATRC Symposium, Marina del Rey, September 2004 (PDF File)
Talk at NSF Integrative Systems Workshop, 10 March 2005 (PDF File)

Note: You can also look on my course web site (cs.jhu.edu/~cis/cista).

Projects

A Summary of Research Projects