Associate Professor Polina Golland has been honored as one of two recipients of the 2013 Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Golland is a professor in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a principal investigator at CSAIL where she is focused on developing novel techniques for image analysis and understanding. Her current work focuses on developing statistical analysis methods for characterization of biological processes using images (from MRI to microscopy) as a source of information.
She received BSc and Masters in Computer Science from Technion, Israel, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2001. She joined the faculty in 2003.
The goal of the Jamieson Prize is to honor educators for excellence in teaching and curricular development.
For more information on Golland’s work, please visit: http://www.csail.mit.edu/user/791.