Paul Reilly (computer scientist)

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Paul Reilly is a pioneer of virtual archeology. He was a research scientist at the IBM UK Scientific Centre. He received his B.A. Honours degree in archaeology and history from the University of Leeds and his Ph.D in computer-based archaeological research, at the Research Centre for Computer Archaeology in Staffordshire Polytechnic. He has worked on many archaeological excavation and field survey projects in Britain and elsewhere in Europe. From 1986 to 1989 he was an IBM UK Scientific Centre Research Fellow and became Research Scientist in 1989. He has written about 20 papers and a book relating to computer applications in archaeological research.

References

  • REILLY,P., 1990, “Towards a virtual archaeology”. Computer Applications in Archaeology 1990, Edited by K.Lockyear and S.Rahtz. oxford: British Archaeological reports (Int. Series 565), 133-139.
  • REILLY, P., 1992, “Three-Dimensional modelling and primary archaeological data”. In Archaeology and the Information Age. Edited by P. Reilly and S.Rahtz. London: Routledge, 147-173 (ISBN 9780415078580)
  • REILLY,P., SHENAN,S., 1989, “Applying solid modeling and animated three-dimensional graphics to Archaeological problems”. Computer Applications in Archaeology 1989, Edited by S. Rahtz and J.Richards. oxford: British Archaeological Reports (Int. Series 548), 157-166.
  • Data visualization in archaeology