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| Brusilovsky,
Peter |
Associate Professor
Office: 704 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9404
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: peterb (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Epeterb/ |
Dr. Brusilovsky obtained the
PhD in Computer Science (1987) and the M.S.
in Applied Mathematics (1983) from the Moscow
State University (Russia). He has had visiting
appointments at Carnegie Mellon University,
University of Trier (Germany), University
of Sussex (UK) and Tokyo Denki University
(Japan).
Research Interests:
Adaptive hypermedia and adaptive Web; user
modeling and personalization; navigation
support in electronic environments; intelligent
tutoring
systems and shells; Web-based education;
human-computer interaction.
Teaching Interests:
Web applications, Information
Systems, Programming Languages, Web-based
Educational Technology, Human-Computer Interaction.
Selected Publications:
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 |
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| Carbo,
Toni |
Professor
Office: 602 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9310
Fax: 412-648-7001
Email: tcarbo (at) mail sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~carbo/
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Research Interests:
National and international information policy; Information Ethics; e-government
in the U.S. and European Union; the measurement and use of information,
especially in policy making; and education of information professionals.
Teaching Interests:
Information Ethics;
Information Policy; E-Government and introductory
courses
Selected Publications:
2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991| 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982
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| Debons,
Anthony |
Professor Emeritus
Office: 622 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9433
Fax: 412-648-7001
Email: adebons (at)
mail sis pitt edu
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Dr. Debons obtained the Ph.D
and the MS in Psychology from Columbia University
(1954), and BS in Psychology and Sociology
from Brooklyn College (1948).
Research Interests:
Measurement of information and knowledge; the organization of information and
knowledge for creativity; theories and principles for the analysis and design
of information/knowledge systems;...
Selected Publications:
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| Druzdzel,
Marek |
Associate Professor
Office: 2B13 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9432
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: marek (at) mail sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~druzdzel/ |
Dr. Druzdzel obtained the
Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from
Carnegie Mellon University (1992), the MS
in Electrical Engineering from Delft University
of Technology (1987), and the MS in Technical
Mathematics and Informatics from Delft University
of Technology(1985). His main project, Environment
for Strategic Planning, has been funded by
National Science Foundation, Air Force Office
for Scientific Research, NATO and HRL
Laboratories.
Research Interests:
Decision making under uncertainty, decision-theoretic methods in intelligent
systems, user
interfaces to decision support systems.
Teaching Interests:
Decision Analysis and Decision Support
Systems; Research Design; Statistical
Analysis of Data; Data Structures; Database
Management; Information Communication
and Coding Theory.
Selected Publications:
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993
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| Flynn, Roger R. |
Associate Professor
Office: 701A IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9428
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: rflynn (at) mail sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~rflynn/flynn.html |
Dr. Flynn obtained
the Ph.D. in Information Science from University
of Pittsburgh (1978), the MST in Computer
Science from Illinois Institute of Technology
(1973), and BA in Philosophy and Mathematics
from Villanova (1962).
Research Interests:
Education in information science; knowledge representation and inference;
database design; artificial intelligence; systems analysis and design;
data structures; human-computer interaction; database management
systems.
Selected Publications:
2002 | 1987
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| He,
daqing |
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Assistant Professor
Office: 618 IS Building
Phone: (412) 624-2477
Fax: (412) 648-7001
Email: daqing
(at) mail sis pitt edu
Personal Web Page:
http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/~daqing/ |
Research Interests:
Information Retrieval and Interactive Interface Design, Computational
Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, Web Search Analysis
and Adaptive System Design.
Education:
BSc, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, Computer
Science & Engineering, 1992
MSc, University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, Computer
Science & Engineering, 1995
PhD, University of Edinburgh,Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Informatics,
2001
Selected Publications: 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 |
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| Hirtle, Stephen C. |
Professor
Office: 2B01 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9434
Fax: 412-624-5231
Email: shirtle (at) mail sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~hirtle/hirtle.html |
Dr. Hirtle is Professor and
past-chair of the Department of Information
Science and Telecommunications at the University
of Pittsburgh, with joint appointments in
the Department of Psychology and Intelligent
Systems Program. He received a bachelor's
degree from the Grinnell College in mathematics
and psychology in 1976 and a Ph.D. from University
of Michigan in Mathematical Psychology in
1982. He is the founding co-editor of Spatial
Cognition and Computation, past-president
of the Classification Society of North America
and Book Review Editor of the Journal of
Classification. He has had visiting appointments
in the Department of Geoinformation at the
Technical University of Vienna in Austria
and the Department of Computer Science at
Molde College in Norway. He hosted the Third
International Conference on Spatial Information
Theory (COSIT'97), in the Laurel Highlands,
outside of Pittsburgh, PA, in October of
1997 and co-chaired the NCGIA/Varenius Panel
on "Cognitive Models of Dynamic Phenomena
and Their Representations" in October
of 1998 with Alan MacEachren. He directs
the Spatial Information Research Group at
the University of Pittsburgh, which conducts
research on the structure of cognitive maps,
navigation in hypertext, and models for spatial
cognition.
Research Interests:
Spatial information; classification; cognitive science; geographic information
systems; hypertext and multimedia systems; visualization; neural
networks.
Teaching Interests:
Foundations of Cognitive
Science; Scaling Theory; Information Spaces:
Representation, Visualization and Design;
Human Information Processing; Scaling Theory;
Seminar on Spatial Cognition; Human Information
Processing; Foundations of Cognitive Science;
Human Information Processing.
Selected Publications:
2003 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991| 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 |1982
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| Jedrus, Stanley |
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: 708 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9470
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: sjedrus (at) tele pitt
edu
Homepage: http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Esjedrus/ |
Research Interests:
Performance Evaluation of Computer Networks, Multifractal traffic models,
diffusion approximation, queuing networks, partial differential equations,
computer networks simulation, data encryption algorithms, operating
systems, quantum computing.
Teaching Interests:
Computer Networks, Operating
Systems, Assembly/C/C++ Programming, Performance
Evaluation/Queuing Theory Data Security,
Distributed and Concurrent Programming.
Selected Publications:
2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998
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| Joshi, James B. D. |
Assistant Professor
Office: 706A IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9982
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: jjoshi (at) mail sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/%7Ejjoshi/ |
Dr. Joshi obtained the Ph.D.
in Computer Engineering from Purdue University
(2003), the MS in Computer
Science
from Purdue University (1998),
and BE in Computer Science & Engineering
from Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College,
India(1993).
Research Interests:
Information Systems Security: Role Based Access Control, XML Security,
Distributed Systems, Multimedia Systems, Systems Survivability. Selected Publications:
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| Kabara, Joseph |
Assistant Professor
Office: 717B IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9417
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: jkabara (at) mail sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Ejkabara/ |
Dr. Kabara obtained the Ph.D.
in Electrical and Computer Engineering from
Vanderbilt University (1997), the MS in Electrical
Engineering from Johns Hopkins University
(1991), and BS in Electrical Engineering
from Marquette University (1987).
Research Interests:
Design of wireless communication networks to capacity requirements; Information
assurance in wireless networks; Embedding neural networks in communication
networks;educational libraries for handheld wireless devices; sensor/actuator
networks.
Teaching Interests:
Fundamentals of Telecommunications;
Client-Server & Workstations.
Selected Publications:
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000
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| Karimi, Hassan |
Associate Professor
Office: 713 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-4449
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: hkarimi (at) mail sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://gis.sis.pitt.edu/geoinformatics/ |
Research Interests:
Geospatial information systems, Grid/distributed/parallel computing,
mobile computing, computational geometry, in-car navigation systems,
spatial
algorithms, and spatial databases.
Selected Publications:
2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2000 | 1999
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| King, Donald |
Research Professor
Office: 601A IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9315
Fax: 412-648-7001
Email: dwking (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Edwking/
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Donald King obtained the MS
in Statistics from University of Wyoming
(1960), and BS in Statistics from University
of Wyoming (1959).
Research Interests:
Evaluation and economic analysis of publishing, libraries and other information
services and products. Particular applications to scientific, engineering
and medical communications. Selected Publications:
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| Krishnamurthy, Prashant |
Associate Professor
Office: 718 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-5144
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: prashant (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.tele.pitt.edu/%7Eprashant/
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Research Interests:
Information and network security, wireless security, wireless data networks
and indoor radio propagation and channel modeling.
Teaching Interests:
Foundations of Wireless
Communications, Mobile Data Networks, Network
Security, Random Signals and Noise, Radio
Propagation and Antennas, Digital Modulation
and Coding
Selected Publications:
2000
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| Larsen, Ronald |
Dean & Professor
Office: 514 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-5139
Fax: 412-624-5231
Email: rlarsen (at) mail
sis pitt edu |
Dr. Larsen earned the Bachelor
of Science degree in engineering sciences
at Purdue University in 1968, the Master
of Science degree in applied physics at the
Catholic University of America in 1971, and
the Ph.D. degree in computer science at the
University of Maryland, College Park, in
1981.
Research Interests:
Digital libraries, interoperability, scalability, cross-lingual information
retrieval, location-aware computing, mobile computing, computer and
network performance analysis, performance metrics for distributed
digital libraries. Selected Publications:
2002 | 2001
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| Lewis, Michael |
Associate Professor
Office: 2A00 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9426
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: mlewis (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~cmlewis/
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Research Interests:
Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction, Visualization, CSCW, Virtual
Environments, Software Agents, Human Error, Negotiation and E-Commerce.
Teaching Interests:
Human Factors in Systems
Design; Interactive System Design; Human
Computer Interaction
Selected Publications:
2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991| 1990 |
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| Metzler, Douglas |
Associate Professor
Office: 711 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9414
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: metzler (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~dmetzler/ |
Dr. Metzler obtained the Ph.D
in Cognitive Psychology from University of
California, Davis.
Research Interests:
Knowledge representation and reasoning; natural language and communication;
intelligent tutoring systems; human and machine learning and datamining;
problem solving, reasoning and expert systems.
Teaching Interests:
Artificial Intelligence;
Natural Language Processing; Human Information
Processing
Selected Publications:
1999
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| Munro, Paul |
Associate Professor
Office: 721 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9427
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: pmunro (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~pmunro/
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Dr. Munro obtained the Ph.D
in Physics from Brown University (1983),
the MS in Physics from Brown University (1979),
and the BS in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (1977).
Research Interests:
Connectionist systems; neural information processing; image processing;
modeling and simulation; cognitive science; models of learning; visualization;
genetic algorithms/artificial life.
Teaching Interests:
Artificial Life; Backpropagation:
Theory and Applications; Communication and
Coding Theory; Introduction to Parallel Distributed
Processing; Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms,
and Artificial life; Mathematical Communication
Theory; Mathematics Foundation
Selected Publications:
2000 | 1999 |
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| Perkoski, Robert
R. |
Director, Undergraduate Program & Lecturer
Office: 503 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9425
Fax: 412-624-5231
Email: perks (at) pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/%7Eperkoski/
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Research Interests:
Human computer interaction, distance learning and intelligent tutoring;
telecommunications, knowledge transfer and representation within
informal and formal groups; Internet companies.
Selected Publications:
1989 | 1988 | 1987
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| Ray,
Glenn L.
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Assistant Professor
Office: 710 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9470
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: gray (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~gray/ |
Education:
1/1998-4/2000: MSES,
Software Engineering, Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, FL
6/1985-6/1987: Certified
Financial Planner Program, College for Financial
Planning, Denver, CO
9/1976-12/1980: Ph.D.,
Earth Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA
9/1972-8/1976: B.S.
(Magna Cum Laude), Geology, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, FL
Research Interests:
Software engineering; Object and aspect-oriented analysis and design; Rule-based
systems; Web services; Formal methods; Geographic information systems; Distance
education.
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| Sochats, Kenneth
M. |
Assistant Professor & VISC
Director
Office: 707 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9416
Fax: 412-624-3006
Email: sochats (at) sis
pitt edu
Homepage: http://ltl13.exp.sis.pitt.edu/
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Professor Sochats is pursuing
the Ph.D in Business Administration at University
of Pittsburgh. He obtained the MBA in Business
Administration from University of Pittsburgh
(1975), the MS in Electrical Engineering
from University of Pittsburgh (1973), and
the BS in Electrical Engineering from University
of Pittsburgh (1969).
Research Interests:
Information networks; simulation; databases; artificial intelligence;
management information systems (MIS); systems analysis and design;
software engineering; network design; microcomputer applications;
graphics.
Teaching Interests:
Computer Graphics; Telecommunications
Concepts; Network Design; Management Information
Systems; Network Management; Advanced Computer
Graphics; Telecommunications Applications;
Selected Publications:
2002
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| Spring, Michael B. |
Associate Professor
Office: 701B IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9429
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: spring (at) pitt
edu
Homepage: http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Espring/
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Dr. Spring obtained the Ph.D.
in Education from University of Pittsburgh,
the MA in Education from University of Pittsburgh,
and BS in Psychology from the College of
the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. For more than
a decade prior to joining the Department
of Information Science, Dr. Spring served
as Associate Director and then Director of
the University External Studies Program at
the University of Pittsburgh.
Research Interests:
Distributed systems; client server systems; collaborative authoring;web
services and e-business; information infrastructure and e-markets;interactive
systems; secure systems; standards and standardization.
Teaching Interests:
IT Standards; Document
Processing; Client Sever and Workstation
Systems; Interactive Systems; Augmentation;
Social Capital
Selected Publications:
2003 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999
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| Thompson, Richard
A. |
Director, Telecommunications
Program & Professor
Office: 717A IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9423
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: rat (at) tele pitt
edu
Homepage: http://www.tele.pitt.edu/
people/faculty_bios.htm#Thompson
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Dr. Thompson obtained the
Ph.D in Computer Science from University
of Connecticut (1971), the MS in Electrical
Engineering from Columbia University (1966),
and the BS in Electrical Engineering from
Lafayette College (1964).
Research Interests:
Communications switching systems, especially photonic switching; intelligent
networks; terminals, user services, and the human interface; fault
tolerance and cellular automata; probabilistic formal languages.
Teaching Interests:
Fundamentals of Electrical
Engineering for Telecommunications; Switching
Systems; Voice and Data Telecommunication;
Photonic Communications; Random Signals and
Noise; Intelligent Networks; Designing Computer
and Network Services
Selected Publications:
2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991| 1990
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| Tipper, David |
Associate Professor
Office: 715 IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9421
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: tipper (at) tele
pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/%7Edtipper/tipper.html
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Dr. Tipper obtained the Ph.D
in Electrical Engineering from University
of Arizona (1988), the MS in Systems Engineering
from University of Arizona (1984), and BS
in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech
(1980).
Research Interests:
Network design and traffic restoration; procedures for survivable networks;
simulation and queuing theory with emphasis on transient/nonstationary
behavior, virtual network design, and network control algorithms.
Teaching Interests:
Queuing Theory; Wireless
Communications; Network Performance; Electronics
Communications
Selected Publications:
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| Weiss, Martin B.H. |
Associate Dean, Department Chair
& Associate
Professor
Office: 720A IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9430
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: mbw (at) pitt edu
Homepage: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~mweiss/new/index.htm
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Dr. Weiss obtained the Ph.D
in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie
Mellon University (1988), MS in Computer,
Information and Control Engineering from
University of Michigan (1979), and BS in
Electrical Engineering from Northeastern
University (1978).
Research Interests:
Policy and industry implications of new technologies; cost modeling of
telecommunications technologies; technical standards and their impact
on industry; the study of technical coordination among competing
firms.
Teaching Interests:
Introduction to Telecommunications;
Fundamentals of Telecommunications; Electronic
Communications II; US Telecommunications
Policy; International Telecommunications
Policy; Information Policy; Economics of
Networks; Telecommunications
Selected Publications:
2002 | 2001 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991| 1990
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| Zadorozhny, Vladimir |
Assistant Professor
Office: 706B IS Building
Phone: 412-624-9411
Fax: 412-624-2788
Email: vladimir (at) mail
sis pitt edu
Homepage: http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/%7Evladimir/
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Research Interests:
Scalable architectures for wide-area environments with heterogeneous
information servers, Web-based information systems, query optimization
in distributed databases, semantic interoperability in heterogeneous
network environments, distributed object systems and object metamodels.
Selected Publications:
2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991
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| Znati, Taieb |
Professor
Office: 6415 Sennott Square
Phone: 412-624-8417
Email: znati (at) cs pitt
edu
Homepage: http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~znati
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Dr. Znati obtained the Ph.D
in Computer Science from Michigan State University
(1988), the MS in Computer Science from Michigan
State University. He joined the faculty of
the Department of Computer Science with a
joint appointment in the Graduate Program
in Telecommunications at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1988. Prior to that he was
a member of the Syrius research group headed
by Dr. G. Lelan at INRIA (France), which
investigated issues related to the design
and analysis of distributed data base systems.
Research Interests:
Real-time communication networks and protocols to support multimedia
environments; multimedia synchronization and presentation; design
and analysis of medium access control protocols to support distributed
real-time systems; network performance.
Selected Publications:
1999
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