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In The News: Call for Paper Proposals: Experts Workshop
Beyond Broadband Access: Data-Based Information Policy For a New Administration
A call for proposals is going out for a three-day day by-invitation Experts Workshop on approaches to developing data-based information policy. Abstracts are due by April 15, 2009. The deliverables are expected to be policy recommendations, a book and a new research agenda. The event is co-organized by Penn State, Michigan State University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Rutgers University.
Submissions should be made to . Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and should be accompanied by a brief biographical statement.
The workshop will bring together a group of about twenty experts on information metrology from around the world. The event will take place in Washington, DC, where, during morning and afternoon sessions, they will make presentations, share research, hear guest experts, discuss concrete approaches and new theories, identify problems and challenges, and develop conclusions and a future research agenda.
September 22-24, 2009
The New America Foundation
1899 L Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
For more information, contact Richard Taylor at or Dr. Johannes Bauer at .
Posted Friday, March 27, 2009 -- 1:36 pm
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Newly Published: New Malware Paper by Johannes M. Bauer and Michel van Eeten Released as Quello Center Working Paper
Malicious software (“malware”) has become a serious security risk to all users of the Internet, whether they are large or small organizations or home users. Viruses, worms and numerous other variants of malware have developed from a nuisance to sophisticated tools for criminals. Computers all across the world, some estimate as many as 1 in 10 to 1 in 5, are infected with malware without knowledge of the machine’s owner. While hacking continues to be one approach, various other infection strategies are widespread. The paper sets out to identify externalities by analyzing the incentives under which a variety of market players operate when dealing with malware. The core of the paper is a detailed discussion of the findings of a qualitative empirical field study.
This paper was prepared for presentation at the WebSci’09 conference, Athens, Greece, March 18-20, 2009.
Posted Thursday, March 05, 2009 -- 9:49 am
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Related Publication: Securing Cyberspace: Realigning Economic Incentives in the ICT Value Net (WP)
Newly Published: Steve Wildman Co-Authored Article Available as Working Paper 09-03
Ravi S. Sharma and Steven S. Wildman’s article, “The Economics of Delivering Digital Content Over Mobile Networks,” will be published soon in the Journal of Media Business Studies. The article is currently available as Quello Center Working Paper 09-03.
Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 -- 3:31 pm
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Related Publication: The Economics of Delivering Digital Content Over Mobile Networks (WP)
Policy Commentary: “Broadband Stimulus: Well Intended but Implementation Challenges” Policy Commentary 01-09 Available
Quello Center Policy Commentary analyzes the broadband provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to be signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009.
QC Policy Commentary 01-09.pdf
Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 -- 9:04 am
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Newly Published: First Working Paper of 2009 Now Available
The first working paper of 2009, by Johannes M. Bauer, is now available. The paper is entitled “Regulation, Public Policy, and Investment in Communications Infrastructure.”
Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 -- 9:22 am
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Related Publication: Regulation, Public Policy, and Investment in Communications Infrastructure (WP)
Newly Published: Noam Podcast Now Available for Download
A podcast featuring Professor Eli M. Noam of Columbia University is now available for download. Noam spoke on November 17, 2008 on “If Fiber is the Medium, What is the Message? Next Generation Content for Next Generation Media” at Michigan State University’s Union Building.
Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2008 -- 3:31 pm
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Related Publication: Noam Lecture Presentation Podcast
Newly Published: Vasudevan Podcast Now Available for Download
A podcast featuring Venu Vasudevan of Motorola Technology is now available for download. Vasudevan spoke on October 30, 2008 on “Nexgen TV” at Michigan State University’s Union Building.
Posted Saturday, November 01, 2008 -- 3:27 pm
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Related Publication: Vasudevan Lecture Presentation Podcast
In The News: The Economics of Malware (2006-2008)
This collaborative project with Professor Michel van Eeten, Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands, examined the economic incentives of players in the information and communication value net to invest in information security. It examined the interplay of the economics of cybercrime and the economics of security decisions.
Contact: Johannes M. Bauer, , +1.517.432.8003.
Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 -- 1:03 pm
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In The News: The Dynamics of Complex Communication Systems (2006-2009)
This project is a collaborative effort with Professor Volker Schneider at the University of Konstanz, Germany. The three-year project was funded in 2006 by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. The proposed project aims at the development of a micro-foundation to modelling these dynamic processes starting from individual agent’s decisions.
One of the key features of the new environment is the presence of pervasive links between individuals, which changes the conditions of optimal decision-making for individuals, organizations, and policy-makers. Many of the available research approaches and tools fall short of the challenges as they use static or relatively simple dynamic approaches.
The proposed project is premised on the belief that recent “complex systems theories” promise to yield more powerful tools to understand the dynamic processes in communications systems.
Contact: Johannes M. Bauer, , +1.517.432.8003.
Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 -- 1:00 pm
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In The News: Benchmarking the Network Society: Regulation, Investment, and Innovation (2007-)
A wealth of data on the status of information and communication technologies and their uses is available. Major projects of international data collection include the Digital Opportunities Index collected by the Digital Opportunities Partnership (including, among others, the International Telecommunication Union and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development); the Network Readiness Index by the World Economic Forum; the E-Readiness Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit; and the Broadband Portal by the OECD.
The purpose of this project is to provide a comprehensive approach to analyze this wealth of information more thoroughly than is presently done, with a particular emphasis on the effects of regulation on investment and innovation. The existing projects rank nations but do not mine the data in ways that could help decision-makers in policy and industry to improve a nation’s performance. The project will develop an analytical framework and empirical tools to assess regulatory policy and industry strategy and provide a framework and tools to evaluate the likely implications of future courses of action.
Contact: Johannes M. Bauer, , +1.517.432.8003.
Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 -- 12:53 pm
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In The News: Quello Center Initiates NSF-Funded Study of Media Localism and Ownership
While the quality of of media coverage of local affairs and the influence of media ownership structure on that coverage are hotly debated in policy circles, the empirical foundation for that debate is surprisingly slim. To address this need, beginning this Fall an interdisciplinary team of five MSU researchers will initiate the largest study of local media performance to date, examining coverage of local affairs by traditional media and on the internet for selected cities in 100 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The study is funded by NSF for two years at the level of $500,000. The Quello Center will play a major role in this project as the PI is Quello Center Co-Director Steve Wildman and two of the Co-PIs (Professor Stephen Lacy and Professor Emeritus Thomas Baldwin) are Quello Center faculty associates and the project will utilize Quello Center facilities and student research assistants.
Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 -- 1:36 pm
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Newly Published: Research Written Up For Publication
Jun Zhang and Tithi Chattopadhyay, doctoral students at Michigan State University and Quello Center research assistants, modeling the triple play decisions of telecom service providers as part of a study of the economics of multi-play. Earlier findings were presented at a conference in Beijing in 2006 and are now written up for publication.
Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 -- 10:39 pm
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Policy Commentary: Comments on the recent FCC Report on media violence and children
Dr. Bradley S. Greenberg, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Communication, Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University comments on the recent FCC Report on media violence and children.
Dr. Greenberg may be contacted at the Quello Center, +1.517.432.8001.
Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 -- 10:17 pm
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Related Publication: Violent TV Programming and Children
Policy Commentary: Quello Center Commentary on 700mhz Auction Rules
On July 31, 2007, the FCC adopted a critical order which might significantly influence U.S. communications in the years to come. A Quello Center Policy Commentary highlights the main impacts.
Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 -- 10:13 pm
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Related Publication: Quello Center Policy Commentary - 700 MHz Auction Rules
People: Congratulations to Gary Reid!
Quello Center associate director Gary Reid, the professional general manager at MSU broadcast station WDBM, Impact 89 FM, was inducted into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters hall of fame on July 10th. The MAB’s Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame recognizes broadcasters for their leadership, achievement and contributions to the industry.
Congratulations Gary!
