Dr. Marvin Sirbu

Biography

Marvin Sirbu is a Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in telecommunications technology, policy, and management. He received his B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics in 1966 and 1967, respectively, an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1968, and a Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Economics in 1973, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After serving as a research associate in MIT's Center for Policy Alternatives, he joined the faculty of the Sloan School of Management at MIT where he directed a research program in Communications Policy. In 1985, he transitioned to Carnegie Mellon University with joint appointments in the Departments of Engineering and Public Policy, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Tepper School of Business. Sirbu founded the Information Networking Institute, promoting interdisciplinary research and education at the confluence of telecommunications, computing, business, and policy studies. His notable engagements also include a stint at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications during the 2006-2007 academic year. Sirbu's extensive research interests encompass telecommunications technologies, network standards, the economics of information networks, and electronic commerce, emphasizing issues such as network regulation, broadband deployment, and spectrum policy.

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