Connection-Oriented Networks

Harry G. Perros is a Professor of Computer Science, an AlumniDistinguished Graduate Professor, and the Program Coordinator ofthe Master of Science degree in Computer Networks at NC StateUniversity. He received the B.Sc. degree in Mathematics in 1970 from AthensUniversity, Greece, the M.Sc. degree in Operational Research withComputing from Leeds University, England, in 1971, and the Ph.D.degree in Operations Research from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland,in 1975. He ahs held visiting faculty positions at INRIA,Rocquencourt, France (1979), NORTEL, Research Triangle Park, NorthCarolina (1988-89 and 1995-96) and University of Paris 6, France(1995-96, 2000, and 2002). He has published numerous papers in the area of performancemodeling of computer and communication systems, and he hasorganized several national and international conferences. He hasalso published two print books: Queueing Networks with Blocking:Exact and Approximate Solutions, Oxford Press 1994, AnIntroduction to ATM Networks, Wiley 2002, and an e-bookComputer Simulation Techniques - The DefinitiveIntroduction, 2002 (available through his Web site). In 1995, he founded the IFIP Working Group 6.3 on thePerformance of Communication Systems, and he was thechairman from 1995 to 2002. As of 2004, he is the chairman of theIFIP Working Group 6.10 on Optical Networks. He is also amember of IFIP Working Groups 6.2, and 7.3, and an IEEE SeniorMember. In addition, he is an associate Editor for thePerformance Evaluation Journal, and theTelecommunications Systems Journal. His current researchinterests are in the area of optical networks. In his free time helikes to go sailing on the Aegean, a Pearson 31!