Resilient Networks and ICT Infrastructure

This project emerged from earlier work on ICT and infrastructure and is led by Jonathan Liebenau, in conjunction with the Centre for Resilient Networks at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information of Columbia Business School in New York City.It focuses on those features, ranging from technical aspects of infrastructure architecture to regulatory environments and business strategies, that contribute to, inhibit, or otherwise affect the ability of networks to withstand damage. Earlier work in the area included analyses of natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes, and of major destructive events including bombings such as those perpetrated by the IRA in central London. Subsequent work focused on the network consequences of the 11 September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, subsequent terrorist attacks, and other causes of network damage, including massive congestion effects.

Recent publications and writings in progress:

‘Intranet Infrastructure and Business Continuity: Hard Lessons from Terrorist Attacks’, paper presented at the Intranet Benchmarking Forum Leadership Summit, March 2, 2006

2006b "Emergency communications needs: mobile content" in Jo Groebel, Eli M. Noam and Valerie Feldman, eds. Mobile Media; Content and Services for Wireless Communications London: Erlbaum (ISBN 0-8058-4642-5) 

2004a (with J. Alleman), "Network resilience and its regulatory inhibitors" in Erik Bohlin, Stanford Levin, Nakil Sung and Chang-Ho Yoon (eds.), Global Economy and Digital Society New York: Elsevier (ISBN 0-444-51335-3)

2003 "Emergency communications; lessons from the World Trade Center disaster" in Michael Noll, Communications on September 11th 2001 New York: Taylor & Francis (ISBN 7425-2542)

"Resilient Communications Networks" [presented at Columbia University in October 2004]

Link to Jonathan Liebenau's home page

Page last updated 26 April 2006