Mentors
Dr. Linda Shapiro is a Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Adjunct
Professor of Biomedical Informativs and Medical Education at
the University of Washington in Seattle. She completed a
bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of
Illinois in 1970, and master's and Ph.D. degrees in computer
science from the University of Iowa in 1972 and 1974.
Furthermore, she has been an esteemed member of the University
of Washington Electrical Engineering Department since 1986 and
the Computer Science Department since 1990.
Professor Shapiro's research focuses on a variety of topics,
ranging from 3D object recognition to biomedical informatics
to artificial intelligence and pattern learning. For a
complete list of Professor Shapiro's research interests,
please visit her
research page
and her
biography page.
Melissa Clarkson is currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedical and
Health Informatics at the University of Washington (UW) School of
Medicine in Seattle. She is advised by
Dr. James Brinkley
of the UW
Structural Informatics Group.
As her dissertation title "Developing design patterns for the
visualization of biomedical knowledge networks" suggests,
Melissa's passion resides in designing methods of communicating
complex scientific knowledge, primarily via web applications.
As part of her dissertation work, she is designing browsers for the
Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA),
an ontology of human anatomy, and the
Ontology of Craniofacial Development and Malformation (OCDM).
Furthermore, Melissa has a B.S. degree from Kansas State
University in microbiology and biochemistry, a M.S. degree
from Carnegie Mellon in Communication Planning and Information
Design, and a certificate from UW in Natural Science Illustration.
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