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Work
I am currently between jobs.
I was most recently an engineering manager within the software development department
at Pixar Animation Studios, developing new software solutions for Pixar's
upcoming films. You can view my
IMDB Page to see the films that
I worked on.
Previously, I worked at SRI International in
the area of network-based terrain visualization. I've published work
in the areas of level of detail, visual perception, geographic
vizualization, and web-based computer graphics. I gained my B.Sc.
from the University of Strathclyde and my Ph.D. from the University of
Edinburgh (Scotland). I have been on the organizing and program committees
for various international conferences, served for two years
on the Board of Directors of the Web3D Consortium, and was chair of
the GeoVRML Working Group. I have also published a book called "Level of
Detail for 3D Graphics."
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I grew up in a small fishing town in the north of Scotland and now
live in San Francisco, California.
One of my biggest passions these days is travel;
I love to get out and experience new parts of the world.
(You can see some of the places I've visited from my
photo album
on this website.)
In the winter months, I love to ski, and to keep fit during the rest
of the year I attempt to play basketball and flail around
inefficiently in the swimming pool. In my younger days, I spent over
10 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.
I was awarded a Full Blues from Strathclyde University for these
sporting achievements.
Although I've not done it for ages, I have always had a passion for
flying and have gained my glider pilot's wings (I was a sergeant
in the Air Training Corps and had planned to fly
Lynx helicopters for the Royal Navy before going to university).
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.
Many years ago now, I wrote various public domain and shareware
programs. My major product was 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. You can find out more about
these from my
Projects page.
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