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Professor Goodman studies international developments in the information technologies and related public policy issues. In this capacity, he has served on many government and industry advisory and study committees. Professor Goodman has been the International Perspectives Contributing Editor for the Communications of the ACM for the past 10 years. He earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. We would like gratefully acknowledge all those who helped support this project.
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