Welcome to Amjad Umar's Personal Web
Site
On this website you
will find the following information:
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Research
and development projects I am currently involved in
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My
current, future, and past books.
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Course
materials (course outlines, presentation slides, project assignments) based on
university and industrial courses that have been taught from these books
· Information about other matters based on requests
My Brief Background
Education: M.S. in Computer and Communication Engineering and
Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering, both from the
Current Assignments:
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Founder/CEO
of a startup
company that specializes in business and technical aspects of next generation
enterprises. Leading long-range projects with global corporations and
industrial research in computer aided consulting.
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Director
and Professor of Information Systems Engineering and Management at
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Adjunct
Professor of Telecom Engineering at the
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Senior
Technical Advisor to the United Nations initiative on ‘ICT for Developing
Countries.
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Fulbright
Senior Specialist on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) with the
Current Areas of Interest: Strategic ICT Planning at a Global level, ICT4D (ICT for
Developing Countries), Enterprise Architectures and Integration, Mobile
Computing and Wireless Communications, Information Security and Privacy,
Digital Enterprises, Digital Governments, Digital Health.
Previous Assignments:
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Director
of eBusiness and Distributed Systems
at Bellcore (part of the Bell Labs
system, now known as Telcordia Technologies) for 10 years. Supervised large
scale projects in IT Planning, enterprise architectures and integration, mobile
computing, and information security.
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University
of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, Fordham Graduate
School of Business, Peking University
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Senior
management/consulting assignments with
global telecom organizations, US Department of Navy, US Army Research
Labs, Frost and Sullivan (England), Toyota Corp., Society of Manufacturing
Engineers, manufacturing organizations, and professional services organizations
in England, Singapore, China, Italy, and Canada.
Publications:
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Author
of more than 60 research papers and nine books on different aspects of
enterprise systems, distributed systems, ebusiness, security and wireless
communications.
Awards: Faculty
Award from
Email: umar@amjadumar.com.
My Recent Industrial Projects
Next Generation Enterprises (NGEs): I
am actively conducting industrial research on the business and technical aspects
of NGEs. My main focus is on IT planning, integration, security and
administration of NGEs and what type of decision support models and patterns
are needed for such enterprises. More …
Computer Aided Planning and Consulting. I am leading projects on computer aided
consulting services by using patterns and integrated intelligent systems. The
goal is to remotely deliver high quality planning services to developing
countries and small to medium businesses (SMBs). The following diagram shows
the main results so far (More):
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Computer Aided Strategic Planner
(STRAP): The main
purpose is to enable governments develop strategic ICT plans quickly and
effectively in global settings. STRAP is a main component of the United Nations
GAID (Global ICT for Development)
initiative.
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GEZA (Global Enterprise Zone for All): This
comprehensive portal supports entrepreneurship for developing and
developed countries. It provides a set of integrated services (e.g., knowledge
services, SMB Yellow Pages, IT Solutions,
outsourcing center, and discussion forum) for SMBs of developing plus
developed countries.
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Pattern Repository for Industry Segments (
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Business Games and Simulations: We
are leveraging our patterns repository and computer aided planning systems to
develop innovative business games and simulations in entrepreneurship, system
integrations, security risk analysis, and business strategies.
My Books
Recent and Upcoming Books (click here for more details)
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“Strategic
IT Planning in the Global Age”, Target (Dec, 2010)
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“Mobile
Computing and Wireless Communications”, second edition, NGE Solutions,
Target (Sept 2010)
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“Information
Security and Auditing in the Digital Age”, NGE Solutions (2004)
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“Third
Generation Distributed Computing Environments”, NGE Solutions (2004)
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“e-Business
and Distributed Systems Handbook”, NGE Solutions (2004)
Previous Books (Oldies but Goodies)
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"Distributed
Computing and Client/Server Systems", Prentice Hall, 1993.
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"Object-Oriented
Client/Server Internet Environments" Prentice Hall, February 1997.
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"Application
(Re)Engineering: Building Web-based Applications and Dealing with
Legacies", Prentice Hall, May 1997.
Note: All
these books are available through Amazon and other booksellers.
Courses Taught (University and Corporate Training)
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Strategic
IT Planning (Corporate Training and Graduate Courses at
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Web
Technologies, Web Services, and SOA (
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Mobile
computing and wireless communications
(Univ of Pennsylvania)- Every spring, since 2000
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Information
Security, Privacy and Controls for Managers (MBA Course,
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IT
for Business (MBA Course,
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IT
Quality and Governance (Corporate Training and Graduate Courses at
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eBusiness
Strategies & Technologies (Fordham
Schools of Business) – 2003-2008
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Information
Systems Analysis, Design, and
Management: Taught at
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Decision
Support and Expert Systems, Data Mining:
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Distributed
Computing and Client-Server Systems: University of Michigan (School of Business
plus Engineering), Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Management),
Fordham (School of Business), and Corporate Training (through Frost &
Sullivan and Society of Manufacturing Engineers) since the mid 1980s (over 30
times)
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Communication
networks: University of