Tim Dorcey - Biography

While working as a statistical consultant at Cornell University in 1992, Tim Dorcey wrote the first widely used Internet videoconferencing software, CU-SeeMe. He continued work on the software for the next 3 years under a National Science Foundation grant. His innovative work received worldwide recognition, including a 1996 profile in the Wall Street Journal, a "Best of What's New" award from Popular Science, and several appearances in the Wired/Tired column of Wired Magazine (on the Wired side).

Dorcey left Cornell in 1996 to develop a next generation Internet videoconferencing system. With a small team based in Los Angeles, he released the first version of iVisit in 1997, and has been working steadily since that time to improve the state of the art in Internet communications.

Although his original interests were primarily in the area of video compression, he has since become fascinated by communication protocols, how to achieve high integrity and efficiency at the network bit-level, as well as in the way that people use them.

Dorcey holds a Masters degree in Statistics, and a Masters degree in Psychology from Purdue University. He grew up in Michigan, and received a B.S. in Psychology from Northern Michigan University, in 1982.

How does iVisit work?