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News Release from: RAD Data Communications
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2006
Professor Daniel Kofman Named CTO
Renowned European Academic also Serves as Scientific Coordinator of Euro-NGI Research Effort on Next Generation Internet
RAD Data Communications has announced the appointment of Prof Daniel Kofman, a world-renowned expert in new networking technologies and telecommunications systems, as the company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Given his experience and reputation, Dr Kofman will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to RAD's strategy regarding future technologies and applications," stated Efraim Wachtel, President and CEO of RAD Data Communications, upon making the announcement.
Daniel Kofman holds a doctorate with highest honours from ENST, France's prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, where he has taught and conducted research for the past thirteen years.
Apart from serving as a full professor, he also heads ENST's Networks, Mobility and Security Research Group.
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In addition, Prof Kofman is the scientific coordinator of the European Network of Excellence Euro-NGI, composed of 59 partners from academy and industry in eighteen countries, and chairman of its steering board.
Euro-NGI is an integrated research effort focusing on the design of Next Generation Internet.
Prof Kofman is also contributing to the preparation of the upcoming European Commission Framework Program 7 (FP7) in the area of networking and the future of the Internet.
He has advised various governmental and research agencies as well as numerous companies in the telecommunications industry, and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities in Europe, Asia and North and South America.
"In addition to the traditional responsibilities of a CTO, Dr Kofman will also strengthen RAD's working relationship with the European Commission and its IST-related projects," said Hugo Silberman, RAD's Vice President of Research and Development.
"Professor Kofman will work to increase our activity in standardisation forums and intensify our cooperation with universities in Europe and throughout the world," he added.
Dr Kofman's primary area of professional expertise is present and future network architecture design and engineering, traffic engineering and modeling for performance evaluation and optimisation.
"For many years I have keenly followed RAD's leadership role in pioneering solutions supporting multiple services across various types of network architectures, protocols and technologies," Kofman noted.
"RAD's multidisciplinary expertise enables it to quickly develop solutions for a wide range of applications, and I look forward to contributing to the company's record of success".
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