Background
Sirbu, Marvin Alan was born on July 15, 1945 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Marvin Alan and Beatrice Friedlander Sirbu.
Sirbu, Marvin Alan was born on July 15, 1945 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Marvin Alan and Beatrice Friedlander Sirbu.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973.
Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973—1978, principal research associate, 1979—1983, assistant professor, 1984—1985. Associate professor Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1985—1990, professor, since 1990. Senior consultant Hammer & Company, Cambridge, 1981—1983, Communications Studies and Planning, Cambridge, 1983—1985.
Director Telelogic Corporation, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1984—1988, Comav Corporation, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1998—1999. Member Federal Communications Commission Technological Advisory Committee, Washington, 1999—2001. Founder Carnegie Mellon Information Networking Institute.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (co-chairman 1980, board directors vice president 1994), Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Barbara Beth Lazarus, January 9, 1979 (deceased July 15, 2003). Children: Margaret Ann, Benjamin James.