Research
Achieving Innovative and Reliable Services in Unlicensed Spectrum
Finished Projects - 2002
Three-year collaborative project with the WINLAB at Rutgers University and Eric J. Friedman at Cornell University. Studies voluntary and mandatory governance mechanisms for unlicensed spectrum. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. CCF—0205281 (2002-2006). The project resulted in more than 10 refereed papers and presentations at national and international conferences.
Broadband: Benefits and Policy Challenges
Finished Projects - 2008
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.
Related Publications and Media
Broadband in the United States — August 26, 2006
Making U.S. Telecommunications Policy Who Participates and Who is Heard
Finished Projects - 2003
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. Funded by the Ford Foundation (2003-2005). The white paper is available at http://www.quello.msu.edu/research/FORD01/WhitePaper.doc
Modeling Dynamic Communications Systems
Finished Projects - 2008
Explores the application of complex evolutionary systems theory to problems of ICT management and governance.
The Economics of Malware (2006-2008)
Finished Projects - 2006
This collaborative project with Professor Michel van Eeten, John Groenewegen, and Walter Lemstra at the 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.
