BACKGROUND

I was born in Scotland and come from a small town on the north-east coast called Lossiemouth (between Inverness and Aberdeen). If you don't know where this is, then I've marked it on Xerox PARC's World Map.

I gained my B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. I then moved to the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science.

Upon graduating from Edinburgh, I started work for SRI International in Menlo Park, CA.

I am on the Board of Directors of the Web3D Consoritum, and Team Leader of Consortium's Specification Team. I am a Fellow of the Virtual Reality Society (FVRS), a member of the ACM and the IEEE, a member of the UK Virtual Reality Special Interest Group (UK VR-SIG), co-chair of the GeoVRML Working Group, and a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.

I was on the organizing and program committees for the CVE 2000 conference on Collaborative Virtual Environments, and the program committee for the Web3D 2001 and 2002 conferences, among others.

THE FUN BITS

I have spent many years doing various martial arts; principally WTF Taekwon-Do and Tukido. I hold a black belt (1st Dan) and four British Tukido Championships gold medals, as well as various regional titles. There are some related pictures in my On-line Photo Album. When I can, I train at the Tang So Do club here at the SRI gym.

Although I've not done it for ages, I have always had a passion for flying and have gained my glider pilot's wings. The pinnacle so far has been to fly a Hunter fast jet down the valleys of Loch Ness, and to follow this up with some aeros pulling over 5G.

In the computing world, I have written various public domain and shareware programs. My major product has been the EdWord Professional text editor for the Amiga. I also wrote a little version of Mine Sweeper for the Amiga, and a 3D version for the SGI.

As I have just mentioned, I am a Scotsman. Before I moved to California I lived in Edinburgh. This is a really beautiful city and there's lots going on there. (Did you know that Edinburgh is twinned with San Diego?)

INTERESTS

	I enjoy going off to the cinema and watching movies ("Casablanca" is one of my favourites), so here is a link to the Internet Movie Database Browser.
	I like to get out and see some of the world that surrounds us all. Currently I've seen four of the continents. My photo album has various pictures from my trips around the world to date.
	I like buying books. I may never read them all for years, but I just like buying them. So here is a collection of on-line books. which I have found; although I've not quite read them all yet...
	I enjoy playing and watching basketall too. I'm crap at the game, but these guys aren't.
	As for music, I listen to most things from Mozart to Metalica, with excursions through the eighties, dabblings in dance, a bit of brit pop, and a propensity towards the popular. If you're really that interested, then here's my CD Collection.
	I also enjoy eating (mostly food that isn't good for you). In particular I like pizzas, and anything which has any chocolate, in, on or near it :-)