Ian S. Graham is by training a physicist, with a PhD in theoretical biophysics, and approximately 20 publications in computational statistical mechanics, condensed matter theory, and chemical physics. At present he work part-time at the Information Commons at the University of Toronto, where he: teach courses on the Web and other Information Technology issues; help develop computer-based instructional materials; and research Web technologies and electronic information discovery. He also work at a software company he co-founded, GroveWare Inc., where he is the Vice-President of Research and Development, and lead a team of eight software developers and system architects. His interests lie in the areas of distributed document management, parallel computing, multimedia design and virtual reality — not to forget scientific computing and simulation. .