About the VSNS organizers

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Dr. Marcus Speh, now at Andersen Consulting, London (UK). While working as a theoretical particle physicist at DESY, the German high energy physics lab, he coordinated the award-winning fully virtual course on OOP and C++, and an early participant in both GNA and the Web. From Oct 94-July 95 he is GNA's COB.

Dr. Peter Murray-Rust is member of the Protein Structure Group of Glaxo, and visiting professor at Birkbeck College, London, UK. He is active in developing interactive education environments and was a consultant to the virtual OOP/C++ course.

Gustavo Glusman is a biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, IL with a wide background in computing. He is also wizard of BioMOO, a virtual meeting place for biologists and teaching site of GNA-VSNS, and a technical advisor to the GNA.

Paul Hansen is systems administrator and Internet services developer at the Together Foundation. He has a background in natural resources policy and planning and is focusing on using the Internet for environmental education. Paul is director of EcoMUSE, a virtual environmental community.

Colman Reilly is a mathematician from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Since Sept 94, he is acting-secretary of the GNA for which he also designs the "Autocrat". Linking MOOs and WWW is his special skill and interest.