Michelle Borkin

Research interests

• Information and scientific visualization
• Human–computer interaction
• Medical imaging and radiology
• Astrophysics
• Visualization, cognition, and perception

Education

• PhD in Applied Physics, Harvard University
• MS in Applied Physics, Harvard University
• BA in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Physics, Harvard University

Biography

Michelle Borkin is an assistant professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston. 

Borkin develops novel visualization techniques and tools to enable new insights and discoveries in data. She works across disciplines to bring together computer scientists, doctors, and astronomers to collaborate on new analysis and visualization techniques. Her research resulted in the development of novel computer assisted diagnostics in cardiology, scalable visualization solutions for large network data sets, and novel astrophysical visualization tools and discoveries.

Prior to joining Northeastern, Borkin was a postdoctoral research fellow in computer science at the University of British Columbia, an associate in computer science at Harvard University, and a research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was previously a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow, a National Defense Science and Engineering graduate fellow, and a TED fellow.

Labs and groups

• Data Visualization
• Northeastern University Visualization Consortium (NUVis)
• NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks

Recent publications