Michael Reed is a Senior Research Associate at Blue Sky Animation Studios,
where he works on geometric issues in modeling and rendering, and an Adjunct Associate
Professor in Columbia's computer science department, where he teaches Computer Graphics and Computational Aspects of
Geometric Design. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in
Computer Science from Columbia University, his B.S. in Physics
from the State University of New York at Albany, and has held
appointments at the research laboratories of IBM, Philips, and Bell
Atlantic corporations.
His research
interests can be broadly categorized as "geometry + computing" and
include the study of techniques for the sensing, modeling, and generation
of physical objects and phenomena.