Derek F. Reilly

Until recently I was Associate Professor at OCAD University (formerly Ontario College of Art and Design) in Toronto, where I helped to initiate and for a short time directed their graduate program in Digital Futures. I currently hold an adjunct appointment in Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

Before OCAD I was a postdoctoral researcher in the GVU Center at Georgia Tech, where I led a research project called TwinSpace, a fusion of virtual and physical collaborative workspaces, and was a member of the Pixi Lab.

My doctoral research at Dalhousie considered pointing and mixed-media techniques for connecting spatial information resources (primarily paper maps and content on mobile devices), under the supervision of Kori Inkpen and Carolyn Watters. I also hold a degree in Education (Computing and English/Media, Queen's), and an honours degree in Computer Science (McGill).

In a previous life I worked in software R&D for a number of companies in Waterloo and Montreal, ending up at U S West's Global Village Labs, an applied research group pioneering corporate intranet applications. Following this I was partner in a startup between 1999-2001 (Locasys Software) where I built an infrastructure for a social location-based service called OpenPlaces.