Publications

Journal Papers

Government by Code? Applications to Public Sector Governance

Pedro Bustamante, Meina Cai, Marcela Gomez, Colin Harris, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Wilson Law, Michael Madison, Ilia Murtazashvili, Martin Weiss (2022). Frontiers in Blockchain. 5

Ostrom among the Machines: Blockchain as a Knowledge Commons

Bodon H, Bustamante P, Gomez M, Krishnamurthy P, Madison M, Mustazashvili I, Mutazashvili J, Mylovanov T, Weiss M (2022). Cosmos + Taxes Journal. 10-3+4

Spectrum anarchy: Why self-governance of the radio spectrum works better than we think

Bustamante, P., Gomez, M., Murtazashvili, I., & Weiss, M. (2020). Journal of Institutional Economics, 1-20. doi:10.1017/S1744137420000259

Federal Communications Commission's experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data

Bustamante, P., Weiss, M., Sicker, D., & Gomez, M. (2020). Data & Policy, 2, E6. doi:10.1017/dap.2020.6

Conference Papers

Exploration of the Federal Communications Commission’s Experimental Radio Service (ERS): Understanding ten years of experimental spectrum licenses

Written with Dr. Martin Weiss and Dr. Douglas Sicker. Presented at the 45th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. (September 2017)

Agent-Based Modeling Approach for Developing Enforcement Mechanisms in Spectrum Sharing Scenarios: An application for the 1695-1710MHz band.

Written with Dr. Martin Weiss, Dr. Marcela Gomez, Dr. Taieb Znati, Dr. Jung-Min (Jerry) Park at the 46th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. (September 2018)

Crowdsourced Misuse Detection in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

Das, Debarun; Znati, Taieb; Weiss, Martin; Bustamante, Pedro; Gomez, Marcela; Stephanie, Rose. Presented at International Conference on Networks (March 2019)

A Collaborative Enforcement Mechanism for Spectrum Sharing Using Blockchain and Smart Contracts: An Application for the 1695-1710MHz band.

Pedro Bustamante; Marcela Gomez, Martin Weiss, Taieb Znati, Stephanie Rose, Debarun Das. Presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. (September 2019)

Is Blockchain the Next Step in the Evolution Chain of [Market] Intermediaries?

Marcela Gomez; Pedro Bustamante; Martin Weiss; Ilia Murtazashvili; Michael Madison; Wilson Law; Tymofiy Mylovanov; Prashant Krishnamurthy. Presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. (September 2019)

Market Disputes | Legal, Social, and Long-term Implications for an Evolving Spectrum Market

Stephanie Rose; Martin Weiss; Taieb Znati; Marcela Gomez; Pedro Bustamante; Debarun Das. Presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. (September 2019)

Crowdsourced Misuse Detection in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

Das, Debarun; Znati, Taieb; Weiss, Martin; Bustamante, Pedro; Gomez, Marcela; Stephanie, Rose. Presented at IEEE Globecome 2020 (December 2020)

Toward Automated Enforcement of Radio Interference

Pedro Bustamante; Marcela Gomez, Martin Weiss, Taieb Znati, Stephanie Rose, Debarun Das. Presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. (February 2021)

Mitigating Conflict Situations in Spectrum Sharing: A localized and decentralized governance approach.

Pedro Bustamante Presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. (September 2022)

Spectrum Rights in Outer Space: Interference Management for Mega-Constellations

Randall Berry, Pedro Bustamante, Dongning Guo, Michael Honig, Whitney Lohmeyer, Ilia Murtazashvili, Scott Palo, and Martin Weiss, University of Pittsburgh, Tom Hazlett. Presented at the Telecommunications Policy and Research Conference (September 2022).

Polycentric Governance in the US Amateur-Radio Community: Unassigned Spectrum and Promoting Open Innovation.

Pedro Bustamante, Marcela Gomez, William Lehr, Ilia Murtazashvili, Ali Palida, and Martin Weiss, the University of Pittsburgh. Presented at the Telecommunications Policy and Research Conference (September 2022).

Other

Analyzing usage conflict situations in localized spectrum sharing scenarios: An agent-based modeling and machine learning approach

Presented as part of my Doctor of Philosophy Degree (December 2021)

Master Thesis: Analysis of the Experimental Licenses of the Federal Communications Commission FCC

Presented as part of my Masters of Science in Telecommunications Degree. (December 2016)