Complexity and ICT workshop

December 17, 2004, Georgetown University

Participant Bios

Johannes M. Bauer is a Professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media at Michigan State University. He is also the Executive Director of the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at Michigan State University. From 1993 until 1998 he directed the Institute of Public Utilities and Network Industries at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. Dr. Bauer taught and researched as a visiting professor at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (2000-2001) and in Beijing, China (2002). His research covers a wide range of issues related to the evolution of telecommunications and information industries, in particular the design and effect of public policies towards these industries, and business strategies in network industries.

Barbara A. Cherry is Senior Counsel with the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis of the FCC. Barbara brings to the FCC an interdisciplinary academic background integrated with telecommunications industry experience. Prior to joining the FCC, she was Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and the Associate Director of the James H. and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunication Law and Management at Michigan State University. She has numerous publications on telecommunications policy, with particular emphasis on evaluating legal, economic and political constraints on deregulatory reforms, both domestically and internationally. For the period 1993-1998 she was Director of Public Policy Studies at Ameritech, and between 1983 and 1993 she worked at AT&T, during most of that time as Regional Attorney in State Government Affairs. Barbara holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M.A. in Economics and Law from Harvard University while recipient of a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Economics, and a B.S. in Economics summa cum laude from the University of Michigan.

Patricia H. Longstaff

Professional Preparation

Harvard University	Business and Government	MPA, 1994
University of Iowa	Mass Communication	MA, 1976
University of Iowa	Law	JD, 1976

Appointments

1995- Present

Associate Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Research Affiliate, Program on Information Resources Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Recent Relevant Publications

Longstaff, P., Raja Velu, and Jonathan Obar, Resilience for Businesses in Unpredictable Environments: The Movie Industry, Program for Information Resources Policy, Harvard University, July, 2004.

Longstaff, P., The Puzzle of Competition in the Communications Sector: Can Complex Systems be Regulated or Managed?” Program for Information Resources Policy, Harvard University, July, 2003.

Longstaff, P., “Concentration and Competition in Telecommunications,” Annual Review of Communications, Vol. 56, International Engineering Consortium, Chicago IL, 2003.

Longstaff, P., The Communications Toolkit: Build or Regulate Any Communications Business, MIT Press, 2002. An interdisciplinary work that looks for patterns in the development of communications industries. Aimed at an international audience of regulators and executives.

Longstaff, P., Convergence and Divergence in Communication Regulation, Program for Information Resources Policy, Harvard University, Summer 2000. Republished in the Harvard Journal of Convergence, February 2001.

Longstaff, P., Networks and Networked Industries, Program for Information Resources Policy, Harvard University, Spring 2000.

Professional Activities

Presentations

“Security in Complex, Unpredictable Systems: The Case for Resilience Planning,” International Telecommunications Society Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 4-6, 2004.
“Resilience in Complex Systems – a Research Agenda” at consultation conference for European Commission Information Society DG, Brussels, April 2004.
“Can Unpredictable Systems Be Managed?” IEEE International Conference, Washington D.C., October 7, 2003.

Participant

“Managing Complex Organizations,” Northeast Complex Systems Institute, May 2003.
Santa Fe Institute Summer School (Systems Theory and Complex Adaptive Systems) July 1995.

Memberships

International Telecommunications Society, Board of Directors
U.S. State Department, Advisory Committee on International Communications Regulation

Ellen B. Surles is soon to graduate from Georgetown University's Communication, Culture and Technology Program. Currently, she is a teaching assistant in the department and does research for the Ford Foundation that focuses on communications policy from an organizational field perspective. Before joining the research team she received a special appointment from the Governor of Maryland and served as Manager of Web Communications for the Comptroller of Maryland. In 2000, she earned her undergraduate degree in Communication at the University of Maryland.

Caroline S. Wagner specializes in science and technology and its relationship to innovation, policy, and society. She has been a Research Leader for the RAND Corporation offices in Europe and the United States. Beginning in September 2004, she is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Science and Technology Policy, George Washington University, Washington DC. Among her current advisory commitments, Caroline serves on the Advisory Board of Research on Knowledge Systems, a program of the International Development Research Centre of Canada and the United Nations Millennium Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation. She is a founding member of the Washington Science Policy Alliance.

Prior to joining the RAND Corporation in 1993, Caroline was a Professional Staff Member for the United States Congress Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and before that, in the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. She has also served as an analyst for the United States federal government specializing in comparative analysis of global developments in science and technology. This included a 2-year assignment as an analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Korea. She has consulted to the World Bank, the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the U.S. National Science Foundation and a number of governments.

Caroline holds a Ph.D. in science and technology dynamics from the University of Amsterdam School of Communications Research where she applied network theory to international collaboration in science and technology. She holds a Master of Arts degree in science, technology, and public policy from George Washington University Elliott School, and in a B.A. in religion and philosophy from Trinity College. She is the author of more than 25 monographs and articles on topics related to science, technology, and innovation, many of which can be found at http://www.rand.org or http://www.cswagner.net. She can be reached at cswagner@gwu.edu.

Last modified December 15, 2004, Johannes M. Bauer.