Research
Ongoing Projects
topBenchmarking the Network Society: Regulation, Investment, and Innovation
The project will provide a framework and empirical tools for the assessment of regulatory policy and the development of improved forms of governance for next-generation networks and services. More »
NSF-Funded Study of Media Localism and Ownership
Beginning this Fall MSU researchers will initiate the largest study of local media performance to date, examining coverage of local affairs for selected cities in 100 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas.i More »
The Dynamics of Complex Communication Systems (2006-2009)
This three-year collaborative project (University of Konstanz, Germany) will explore the use of complex systems approaches, in particular agent-based models, to develop a deeper understanding of the dynamics of advanced communication systems and services. More »
Finished Projects
topAchieving Innovative and Reliable Services in Unlicensed Spectrum
Three-year collaborative project with the WINLAB at Rutgers University and Eric J. Friedman at Cornell University. More »
Broadband: Benefits and Policy Challenges
Report reviews the claims as to the benefits of broadband and develops a framework for the design of public policies towards broadband. Funded by MERIT. More »
Making U.S. Telecommunications Policy Who Participates and Who is Heard
The project studied the role of research and concepts in shaping U.S. telecommunications policy with the goal of mapping who influences (and who is ignored) in public policy making. More »
Modeling Dynamic Communications Systems
Explores the application of complex evolutionary systems theory to problems of ICT management and governance. More »
The Economics of Malware (2006-2008)
This collaborative project examined the economic incentives of players in the information and communication value net to invest in information security. More »
