Distinguished professor of computer science with expertise in electronic voting, artificial intelligence, digital libraries, and electronic payment and e-commerce systems.
Formal Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Yale University
- Master of Science in Computer Science, Yale University
- Master of Arts in Physics, Vassar College
- Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Princeton University
Career Highlights
- Director of a master of science degree program in artificial intelligence at one of the top-ranked universities in the realm of computer science
- Former director of an IT consultancy serving insurance industry
- Former consultant to McKinsey, Morgan Stanley, and Bell Atlantic
- Author of several books including one that is within the top 100 most cited books in the field of computer science
- Has taught courses in algorithm design and analysis, e-commerce technology, electronic payment systems, electronic voting, and ubiquitous computing
- Named inventor on five issued U.S. patents relating to e-commerce
Expert Qualifications
- Retained as a testifying witness in more than two hundred patent litigations, requiring deposition or trial testimony in over a hundred
- Testifying expert for the defendant in a claim of copyright infringement before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas based on reverse-engineered firmware in telephone switching systems
- Testifying expert for Rovi in a U.S. ITC investigation of imported products containing electronic program guides
- Served as an expert for a patent owner in an Inter Partes Review (IPR) before the U.S. Patent Office’s PTAB that involved Apple and related to a wearable device to alert a user to an incoming cellphone call
- Provided testimony on electronic voting at the U.S. Congress and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as well as before legislative bodies and commissions in states including Texas and Virginia
- Invited to testify before the British House of Lords on the subject of EU regulation of e-commerce