Interdisciplinary and Multidimensional Perspectives in Telecommunications and Networking: Emerging Findings - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1609605055 ISBN 13: 9781609605056

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2011

Synopsis

Telecommunications plays a significant role in shaping modern information sharing and economic growth, as the global exchange of information and data has revolutionized modern business practices and social interaction. Interdisciplinary and Multidimensional Perspectives in Telecommunications and Networking: Emerging Findings offers research on new technologies, models, security issues, and telecommunications and networking applications that are informed by disciplines including electrical engineering, computer science, and information technology. Offering interdisciplinary perspectives on telecommunications and networking issues and problems, this publication provides case studies and research findings useful to researchers and students in a number of related fields.

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About the Author

Michael R. Bartolacci is an Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University's Berks Campus. He teaches courses in the areas of telecommunications and computer networking, systems integration, information security, and business information systems. He has a PhD in Industrial Engineering with a concentration in information systems from Lehigh University and a MBA from Lehigh University. He was formerly an elected member of the INFORMS Telecommunications Section's governing board and sits on the editorial boards of several telecommunications journals. His research interests include wireless telecommunications modeling, and cultural aspects of information technology.

Steven R. Powell is Professor Emeritus at California State Polytechnic University (Pomona, USA), where he led the university's efforts in interdisciplinary telecommunications education and research. He is the founder and General Chair of the Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, a leading interdisciplinary mobile communications and wireless networking conference supported by the IEEE Communications Society. Dr. Powell has taught telecommunications, engineering management, electrical engineering, IS, and computer science courses at the California State Polytechnic University - Pomona, Claremont Graduate University, Long Island University - C.W. Post Campus, and the University of Southern California. His industrial experience includes positions as Director of Corporate Planning at American Express Company and Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. He organized and chairs the IEEE Communications Society Foothill Chapter. Powell's research interests are primarily in the areas of telecommunications strategy, telecommunications management, telecommunications policy, international telecommunications, and wireless communications. He holds an MBA from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, a PhD and MS in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1609605055
• ISBN 13: 9781609605056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Bartolacci Michael R., Powell Steven R.