Poul E. Heegaard received his Siv.Ing. degree (M.S.E.E.) in 1989 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Trondheim, Norway and was awarded the degree Dr.Ing. (PhD) from NTH in 1998. Heegaard has since 2006 been Associate Professor at Department of Telematics, NTNU, where he is the coordinator of the Network Research area. In the academic year 2007/2008 he is a visiting professor at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Since 1999 he has been a Senior Research Scientist in Telenor R&I in Trondheim, where he currently holds a 20% position. He has previously been a Research Scientist and Senior Scientist at SINTEF Telecom and Informatics (1989-1999). His research interests are in the area of performance, dependability and survivability evaluation of communication systems. His special interests are rare event simulation techniques, and monitoring, routing and management in dynamic networks. His current research focus is on distributed, autonomous and adaptive management and routing in communication networks and services.
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