Marvin Sirbu received B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering (1966) and Mathematics (1967), an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering (1968) and an Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Economics (1973) all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Dr. Sirbu remained at MIT as a Research Associate in the Center for Policy Alternatives before joining the faculty of MIT's Sloan School of Management.  While at MIT he directed its Research Program in Communications Policy.  

In 1985 he moved to Carnegie Mellon University with a joint appointment in Engineering and Public Policy, the Tepper School of Business, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.  In 1989 He founded CMU's Information Networking Institute which engages in  interdisciplinary research and education at the intersection of telecommunications, computing, business and policy studies.

Dr. Sirbu spent the 2006-2007 academic year at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications

Broadband local access networks:  Fiber to the Premises (FTTx), DSL, Cable Modem, Wireless.  Municipally owned broadband networks.  Pricing in broadband networks.  Regulation of Next Generation Networks.  Universal Service.  Economic impact of broadband deployment. Network interconnection.  Network Neutrality.

Lehr, W., Sirbu, M., Peha, J. and Gillett, S., "Scenarios for the Network Neutrality Arms Race," 34th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 2006, Arlington, Va.

Banerjee, A. and Sirbu, M., “Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) Industry Structure: Implications of a Wholesale-Retail Split,”  34th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 2006, Arlington, Va.  This is a significantly expanded version of:  Banerjee, A. and Sirbu, M., “Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) Industry Structure: Implications of a Wholesale-Retail Split,” Proceedings IEEE COMNETS 2005, Boston, Ma.

Lehr, W., Osorio, C., Gillett, S., and Sirbu, M., “Measuring Broadband’s Economic Impact,” Broadband Properties, Dec 2005, pp. 12-24.  Originally presented as Lehr, W., Osorio, C., Gillett, S., and Sirbu, M., “Measuring Broadband’s Economic Impact,” Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Arlington, Va., Oct. 2005.

Sirbu, M., Lehr, W., and Gillett, S.  "Evolving Wireless Access Technologies for Municipal Broadband."  Government Information Quarterly, 23, No. 3-4,  2006, pp. 480-502.

Ferreira, P. and Sirbu, M., “Interconnected Communication Networks Provisioned Selfishly,” in Proceedings of the Sixth ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, Vancouver, B.C., June, 2005.

Banerjee, A. and Sirbu, M,.”Towards Technologically and Competitively Neutral Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Infrastructure," in Chlamtac, I., Gumaste, A. and Czabo, C., eds, Broadband Services: Business Models and Technologies for Community Networks, (John Wiley:  New Jersey, 2005).

Chuang, J. and Sirbu, M., "Optimal Bundling Strategy for Digital Information Goods:  Network Delivery of Articles and Subscriptions," Information Economics and Policy, 11, 2, pp. 147-176

Chuang, J. and Sirbu, M., "Pricing Multicast Communications: A Cost-Based Approach," Proc. of INET '98, Geneva, July, 1998.

Xie, J., Song, M., Sirbu, M. and Wang, Q., "Kalman Filter Estimation of New Product Diffusion Models", Journal of Marketing Research, 34, 3, Aug., 1997, p. 378-393.

Wang, Q., Peha, J. and Sirbu, M., "Optimal Pricing for Integrated Services Networks," in Internet Economics, McKnight, L. and Bailey, J. eds., (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1997).

Sirbu, M. and Tygar, J.D. "NetBill: An Electronic Commerce System Optimized for Network Delivered Services," IEEE Personal Communications, August, 1995

Xie, J. and Sirbu, M., "Price Competition and Compatibility in the Presence of Positive Demand Externalities, "Management Science, 41,5,May, 1995, pp. 909-926. Appendix

Sirbu, M., Reed, D. and Ferrante, F., "An Engineering and Policy Analysis of Fiber Introduction into the Residential Subscriber Loop," Journal of Lightwave Technology, 7, 11, November, 1989, pp. 1876-1884.

Sirbu, M. and Zwimpfer, L., " Standards Setting for Computer Communication: The Case of X.25," IEEE Communications Magazine, 23, 3, Mar 1985, pp. 35-45.

Crémer, J., and Sirbu, M., "Une analyse économétrique de l'effort de recherche et développement de l'industrie française," Revue Economique 29, 5, Sept. 1978, pp. 940-957.

Allen T.J., Utterback, J.M., Sirbu, M., Ashford, N.A., and Hollomon, J.H., "Government Influence on the Process of Innovation in Europe and Japan," Research Policy, 7, 2 (1978), pp. 124-149.

Sirbu, M., "Government Aid for the Development of Innovative Technology: Lessons From the French," Research Policy, 7, 2, (1978), pp. 176-196.

Utterback, J.M., Allen, T.J., Hollomon, J.H., Sirbu, M., "The Process of Innovation in Five Industries in Europe and Japan," Engineering Management, EM-23, 1, Feb. 1976, pp. 3-9 Best paper of 1976 award by E.M.