Background
Christel, Michael George was born on October 7, 1961 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Donald George and Geraldine Lucy (Kowalczewski) Christel.
Christel, Michael George was born on October 7, 1961 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Donald George and Geraldine Lucy (Kowalczewski) Christel.
Bachelor of Science in mathematics, computer science, Canisius College, 1983. Master of Science in Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991.
Software engineer, Calspan Corporation, Buffalo, 1984; software engineer, Personal Computer Systems, Inc., Atlanta, 1984-1985; software engineer, Mindbank, Inc., Pittsburgh, 1986-1987; member technical staff, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1987-1997; senior systems scientist, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1997.
Chartered member Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (secretary, treasurer technical committee multimedia computing), Association Computing Machinery (special interest group on computer human interaction).
Married Diane Jennifer Borkowski, June 6, 1987. Children: James George, Stephanie Annual.