François Bar
Curriculum Vitae
 
EDUCATION
1990 PhD, University of California, Berkeley, City and Regional Planning
1983 Master's Degree, University of California, Berkeley, City and Regional Planning
1981-1982 Master's program in Planning and Public Policy, Harvard University, J.F.K. School of Government
1981 Diplôme d'Ingénieur Civil (Master's in Civil Engineering), Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France
REGULAR POSITIONS
2003- Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1995-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford CA
since 1995 Senior Research Fellow, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) University of California, Berkeley, CA
1995-2000 Director, Network Research, Stanford Computer Industry Project (SCIP) Stanford University, Stanford CA
1994-1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication. University of California, San Diego, CA
VISITING POSITIONS
March 1997 Visiting Professor, Université de Paris XIII, Sciences Economiques et Gestion, Paris, France
1991-1994 Professeur Associé, THESEUS Institute, Sophia-Antipolis, France
1992-1994 Visiting Professor, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France
1991-1992 Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, Center for International Studies. (Joint appointment to the Bissell Chair of Canadian-American Relations), Toronto, Canada
EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY POSITIONS
since 1993 Editorial Board, Communications & Strategies
1994-2000 Telecommunications Consumer Advisory Panel (TCAP), Pacific Telesis
since 1996 Advisory Board, CompuMentor, San Francisco, CA
since 1999 Advisory Boards: Bandwidth Financial Corp., Clickability, Goldridge, Gradience, Kinecta, Polaris Wireless.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995-2000 Senior Fellow, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego
1985-1995 Program Director, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), University of California, Berkeley
1992 Expert, Commission of the European Communities (CEC), Research on Advanced Communications for Europe (RACE)
1992 Expert, Ontario Ministry of Communications, Task Force on "Convergence: Policy and Regulation Affecting Local Telephone and Cable Networks"
1990-91 Evaluator, Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre, TELNETS Project
1985-1987 Consultant, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD - CSTP and ICCP)
GRANTS
1999 Senior Investigator, "KDI: Co-evolution of Knowledge Networks and 21st Century Organizational Forms: Computational Modeling and Empirical Testing".(NSF Grant # IIS-9980109, 1999-2002, $1.5m)
2000 Sub-contractor, "Socio-Economic Trends Assessment for the Digital Revolution (STAR)", European Union, Contract No. IST-14122 (2000-2003, €2.5m)
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
2000 Federal Communications Commission, Cable Services Bureau, Public Forum on the AT&T / MediaOne Merger
1996 California Public Utility Commission, Testimony on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, and Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), Pacific Telesis and SBC merger proceedings
1993 California Senate Committee on Energy and Public Utilities, Committee Hearing on "The Changing Market Structure in the Telecommunications Industry in California", June 29, 1993, Sacramento, CA
1993 California Public Utility Commission, Full Panel Hearing on "California's Telecommunications Infrastructure", overview speaker, July 1, 1993, Sacramento, CA