I originally trained as a Biochemist, receiving a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Stirling in 1983. I then worked for a number of years as a Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer, specialising in Haematology and Transfusion Science.
I became increasingly interested in the application of computer methods, particularly graphical ones, to scientific work. Therefore I applied to the University of York to study for an MSc in Biological Computing, which I received in 1990.
I went to work at the Computer Graphics Unit at the University of Manchester, where as part of the the Gravigs Project, I wrote a set of modular distance learning materials on Computer Graphics or Scientific Visualisation. These are now available online. I also wrote a paper on distance learning materials, presented at the Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Visualisation Education, describing our use of the then (1993) fairly-new World Wide Web for teaching.
Later I moved to another project, MAN T&EC, where I wrote and presented courses on Scientific Visualisation, Internet Skills for Bioinformatics, and Active Web Pages. Concurrently with this I was a (part-time) representative for JISC to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and attended Advisory Council meetings (well, only one actually. I was in post for just a few months).
I now work for W3C.
Web workI attended the First Web Conference in Geneva. Yep, that is me (honest): Here is my position paper for the workshop on teaching and learning with the Web.
I was a consulting student on the Biocomputing course recently run by the GNA's Virtual School of Natural Sciences. This provided a good refresher in the sort of things Molecular Biologists use the net for, and also served as a field test for BioMOO, a same-time collaborative technology with interesting teaching applications.
I attended the AGOCG-sponsored UK Web Conference & Workshop in February 1995; my position paper is here in PostScript.
I have presented a number of tutorials and short courses on various aspects of the Web - portable document design, HTML, HTTP and CGI - such as this course at Edge Hill College and a tutorial on Active Web Pages at Eurographics UK in March 1995.
Current activitiesI am an active contributor to the IETF HTML Working Group. The HTML 2.0 specification is being enhanced to support tables, multinational documents, file upload from forms, and client-side imagemaps among other things. The HTML WG page has some details. The W3C page about the future of HTML should also be consulted.
My interests include:
I am an Associate of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences, a member of the British Computer Society Electronic Publishing Specialist Group, and was on the executive board of Eurographics UK Chapter (until I went to live in France).
Some of my publications are available as gzipped PostScript files.
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