Program
on Internet & Telecoms Convergence
The Program
on Internet & Telecoms Convergence (ITC) aims to further the Internet's
evolution by clearly identifying economic, technical, or policy-related
hurdles, articulating relevant issues and approaches, and shaping solutions
in conjunction with its industry partners.
ITC research focuses
on uncertainties in the Internet's evolution, organized around three key
areas: user devices, network access, and global backbone transport.
ITC's methods bring
together industry practitioners and business-savvy academics to collaborate
on problems that can't be solved by engineers, policymakers, or corporate
strategists alone. ITC participants gain valuable insight, tools, and
technologies, strategies and tactics for the evolving Internet economy.
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Industry partners
ITC industry partners
include domestic and international equipment and service providers, which
offer a global perspective from both large and small firms. Current partners
include these companies:
- British Telecommunications
- Motorola
- Nokia
- The Merton Group
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Faculty and staff
ITC academic staff
comes from disciplines that include computer science, economics, and political
science. They include a core group of permanent researchers and a larger
community of affiliates. The core group consists of these members:
David Clark, Director;
Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Computer Science
617.253.6003
Sharon Gillett, Executive
Director; Research Associate
617.253.2373
Bill Lehr, Associate
Director
617.258.0630
Jean Camp, Research
Affiliate, KSG, Harvard University
617.496.6331
Ben Compaine, Research
Affiliate, Harvard University
617.661.8401
David Gabel, Research
Affiliate, Queens College, City University of New York
617.243.0093
Lee McKnight, Research
Affiliate, Syracuse University
617.253.0995
Shawn O'Donnell, Research
Affiliate, Tufts University
Marvin Sirbu, Research
Affiliate, Carnegie Mellon University
412.268.3436
John Wroclawski, Research
Affiliate
617.253.7885
Rita Adom, Administrative
Assistant
617.253.4138
For additional contact
information, please visit ITC staff on the
CTPID People page.
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Publications
ITC's recent publications
include these papers and books:
- "Wireless
Internet Access: 3G vs. WiFi?" William Lehr, Lee W. McKnight. Telecommunications
Policy. Vol. 27 (2003) pp. 351-370.
- "The Personal
Router: An Agent for Wireless Access." P. Faratin, J. Wroclawski,
G. Lee, and S. Parsons. American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
2002.
- Broadband: Bringing
Home the Bits. David D. Clark. National Academy Press. 2002.
- The Digital
Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth? Edited by Ben Compaine.
MIT Press. 2001.
- Internet Telephony.
Edited by Lee McKnight, William Lehr, and David D. Clark. MIT Press.
2001.
- The Internet
Upheaval: Raising Questions, Seeking Answers in Communications Policy.
Edited by Ingo Vogelsang and Benjamin M. Compaine. MIT Press. 2000.
For an extensive list
of program publications, see the Research section of the ITC
website.
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Outreach
ITC holds semiannual
members-only conferences, one hosted at MIT and the other at the site
of a member company. These two-day meetings include presentations of current
ITC research as well as research updates from members. Agendas and membership
information are available at the ITC website.
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Contact
Learn more about ITC
at the program's website at http://itc.mit.edu/.
Contact Sharon Eisner Gillett by phone at 617.253.2373 or email: sharoneg
at mit.edu.
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