ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY

James O' Brien, Ph.D., was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Miami, Florida, where he attended Christopher Columbus High School. After graduating from FIU with a Bachelors in Computer Science, he went on to complete a Doctorate of Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000.

James is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the  
University of California, Berkeley. He conducts research in the area of computer graphics, focusing primarily on simulation and motion capture techniques for modeling natural phenomena and human behavior.  

Among his distinctions in the field are being named a Sloan Fellow, being selected by Technology Review as one of the world's 100 top
technology innovators in 2004, receiving awards for his research contributions by the Okawa and Hellman Foundations. He lives in Berkeley with his wife and two children.  

To learn more about James and other outstanding FIU Honors College alumni, visit http://honors.fiu.edu/alumni/

Past Alumni Spolights - (Christina Ceballos) (Camilo Ponton) (David Cohen) (Anitere Flores)
                                  (Kelsey Vaughan) (Victoria Gitman) (Frank Ramos) (Garth Graham)
                                  (Kirill Reznik)(Flora Schule) (James O' Brien)