Danna Gurari

Danna Gurari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder and the founding director of the Image and Video Computing research group. She has deep expertise in computer vision, human-computer interaction, assistive technology, and biomedical data analysis, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches. Since 2017, she has taught over 600 undergraduate and graduate students, and her research has resulted in more than 60 papers published in top-tier academic conferences and journals, with several receiving awards. She earned her PhD from Boston University, completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin, and gained valuable industry experience at Boulder Imaging and Raytheon.

• 2017–Present·University of Colorado Boulder·Assistant Professor, Founding Director of the Image and Video Computing Group
  • Leads a research team in the fields of computer vision and multimodal computing and teaches courses on artificial intelligence and computer vision.
• Postdoctoral Research Period | University of Texas at Austin | Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Conducted research in computer science under the supervision of Professor Kristen Grauman.
• During and Pre-PhD | Boulder Imaging and Raytheon | Software Development Engineer
  • Contributed to the development of high-performance multi-camera image analysis systems and software for satellite systems.

• 2010–2015·Boston University·PhD
  • Computer Science, supervised by Professor Margrit Betke.
• 2005–2007·Washington University in St. Louis·Master's
  • Computer Science.
• 2001–2005·Washington University in St. Louis·Bachelor's
  • Biomedical Engineering.