2025 Speakers
Neil Kirby, Senior Lecturer, The Ohio State University
Neil Kirby is a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the Ohio State University where he recently won the department’s excellence in teaching award. He previously won the College of Engineering’s Charles F. MacQuigg award for outstanding teaching. At OSU he teaches the Design, Development, and Documentation of Interactive Systems and the Low Level Programming classes. Currently he is exploring the impact of generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot on college level programming classes. Before he returned to OSU, Neil was a Member of Technical Staff at Nokia, home of Bell Laboratories. There he developed .NET + database solutions used extensively in the Wireless business unit. Prior assignments included architecture consulting, speech recognition, and operations and support systems. Neil co-founded the IGDA Foundation and serves as secretary on its board. There he also assists in the selection of the Eric Dybsand AI Memorial Scholar. He also assists with the Scholars, Next Generation Leaders, and Velocity programs.
