About the Author

Nader F. Mir received the B.Sc. degree (with honors) in electrical and computer engineering in 1985 and the M.Sc. and PhD degrees, both in electrical engineering, from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1990 and 1994, respectively.

He is currently a full professor and associate chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at San Jose State University, California. He is also the director of MSE Program in Optical Sensors for Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Previously, he was an associate professor at this school and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. From 1994 to 1996, he was a research scientist at the Advanced Telecommunications Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, in New Jersey, working on the design of advanced telecommunication networks. From 1990 to 1994, he was with the Computer and Communications Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis and worked as a research assistant on design and analysis of high-speed switching-systems projects.

His research interests are analysis of computer communication networks, design and analysis of switching systems, network design for wireless ad-hoc and sensor systems, and applications of digital integrated circuits in computer communications.

He is a senior member of the IEEE and has served as a member of the Technical Program Committee and the Steering Committee of a number of major IEEE networking conferences, such as WCNC, GLOBECOM, and ICC. Dr. Mir has published numerous technical journal and conference papers, all in the field of communications and networking. He has published a book on video communication engineering and a textbook , Computer and Communication Networks , published by Prentice Hall.

Dr. Mir has received a number of prestigious national and university awards, including the university teaching recognition award and research excellence award. He is also the recipient of the 2004 IASTED Outstanding Tutorial Presentation award. He holds a successful United States patent for his invention of a new switching system for computer networks.

Currently, he has several journal editorial positions : editorial board member of the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions , editor of the Journal of Computing and Information Technology , and associate editor of IEEE Communication Magazine .