Dr. Thomas I. M. Ho

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Purdue University
Purdue School of Engineering & Technology
Computer Technology
Computer Technology
ChairmanAppointed: 1995
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
School of Engineering & Technology
Computer Technology
ProfessorAppointed: 1995
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Mailing Address

723 W. Michigan St
IUPUI
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5132
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (317) 274-6799
Fax: (317) 274-9702
tho@iupui.edu
http://www.DrThomasHo.com

Qualifications

Ph.D., Purdue University, Computer Science, 1974.

Expertise and Research Interests

Dr. Ho is actively involved in distance education experiments with RealAudio and RealVideo to add instructional value to Web-based training. He is one of the founders of IUPUI's CyberLab at http://cyberlab.iupui.edu. He is also involved in electronic commerce with particular emphasis on tracking commercial activities on the Internet. He is best-known for 'Thomas Ho's Favorite Electronic Commerce WWW Resources' which was sold to internet.com’s guide to electronic commerce on the World Wide Web at http://ecommerce.internet.com/. He is also engaged in efforts to apply telecommunications and networking to primary and secondary education. While in Pittsburgh, he served as External Liaison for Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh, a project to provide Internet access to the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In Singapore, he was a consultant to the IT2000 Education Sector Programme of the National Computer Board.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Distance Learning, Internet Or World Wide Web (WWW), Real-Time Computing, Telecommunications.

Additional Terms:

Distance Learning, Distributed Education, Real-time Streaming, RealAudio, RealVideo.

Previous Positions

1993-1995, Senior Fellow, National University of Singapore, School of Computing (http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/), Information Systems
1990-1992, Director, Carnegie Mellon University, Information Networking Institute (http://www.ini.cmu.edu/)
1988-1990, Professor of Computer Technology, Purdue University, Technology, Computer Technology (http://www.cpt.tech.iupui.edu)
1986-1988, Executive Director, INTELENET Commission
1978-1988, Chairman & faculty member, Purdue University, Technology, Computer Technology (http://www.cpt.tech.iupui.edu)

Profile Details

Last Updated: 10/12/2001

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