David Edward Breen

David E. Breen, PhD is a professor of computer science in the College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) at Drexel University. He has held research positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, the California Institute of Technology, the European Computer-Industry Research Centre, the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, and the Rensselaer Design Research Center. Breen's research interests include textile modeling and design, biomedical image informatics, geometric modeling, and bio-inspired self-organization algorithms. He leads the Geometric Biomedical Computing Group, which conducts research at the intersection of biology, medicine, engineering and computer science. The group develops algorithms and software that solve geometry-related computing problems for a variety of biomedical applications. He previously served as deputy director of the NSF Center for Visual & Decision Informatics. Currently, he is affiliated with Drexel's Metadata Research Center and Center for Biological Discovery from Big Data. Breen has authored or co-authored over 100 technical papers, articles and book chapters, and is the co-editor of the book Cloth Modeling and Animation.