Dr. David P. Reed has held various positions in government, industry, and academia. As a Scholar in Residence in the Computer Science Department at the University of Colorado Boulder, his research focuses on the technology, economics, and public policy issues associated with the development, deployment, and operations of broadband infrastructure. Dr. Reed teaches courses and seminars on Data Communications, Internet policy, and broadband access technology, economics and policy.

Previously, Dr. Reed served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. where he incubated, managed, and led strategy for large R&D projects for the cable industry. He also worked at the Federal Communications Commission on Personal Communications Services, Spectrum Auctions, and Cable/Telco Competition policies.

Education

• Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991

Dissertation: Engineering, Economic, and Public Policy Analysis of Residential Fiber Networks

• MS in Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 1988

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, 1985

Research Interests

• Broadband Internet and telecommunications technology, policy and network economics

• Broadband local access networking technologies (DSL, DOCSIS, FTTH, PON), Internet policy and economics

• Wireless technology (LTE, Wi-Fi, 5G, NGSO satellite), policy and economics topics: spectrum management (licensed and unlicensed), municipal citing of small cells, backhaul economics and evolution of wireless broadband platforms

• Managing broadband network congestion, internet interconnection models and their evolution