Prior to this, he worked in Fujitsu Network Communications R&D and
prior to that with Cisco Systems in the Optical Networking Group (ONG). He has over 40 pending U.S.
and EU patents and has published close to 60 papers in referred conferences and journals. He has
authored three books on broadband networks, namely DWDM Network Designs and Engineering
Solutions (a networking bestseller), First-Mile Access Networks and Enabling Technologies (Pearson
Education/Cisco Press), and Broadband Services: User Needs, Business Models and Technologies
(John Wiley). Dr. Gumaste is also an active consultant to industry and has worked with both service
providers and vendors. In addition, he has served as program chair, co-chair, publicity chair,
and workshop chair for various IEEE conferences and has been a technical program committee
member for IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, IEEE Broadnets, IEEE ICCCN, Gridnets, among others.
Dr. Gumaste is also a guest editor for IEEE Communications Magazine and is the general chair of
the 1st International Symposium on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS
2007) to be held in Bombay, India. He can be reached via www.
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