Gregory Hager

Gregory Hager serves as the Mandell Bellmore Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering, with concurrent appointments in the School of Medicine. His interdisciplinary work bridges engineering and clinical medicine through advanced robotics and vision systems.

Research focuses span:

• Real-time computer vision for surgical guidance
• Human-robot collaboration in medical procedures
• Algorithm development for image-guided interventions
• Machine learning in surgical workflow analysis
• Medical device control systems
• Augmented reality for minimally invasive surgery

Hager received the ACM Fellow award in 2017 specifically for pioneering contributions to vision-based robotics and computer-enhanced interventional medicine, reflecting his decade-long impact on surgical robotics standards. His innovations enable precise instrument tracking and motion modeling during complex procedures.

As principal investigator of the Computational Interaction and Robotics Laboratory (CIRL), he directs NIH- and NSF-funded projects advancing surgical AI. His mentorship has shaped numerous graduate researchers in medical technology development, with laboratory outputs influencing commercial surgical robotics platforms.