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Biographical Sketch
James Dunson joined the Virginia Tech Center for Wireless Telecommunications (CWT) as systems and network administrator in 1999, having worked for a variety of university departments and research centers, and at a startup in the university's research park.
Involved in systems administration since the late 1980s, he has accumulated experience in systems administration, networking, computer security, purchasing, and user education for a wide variety of platforms, architectures, operating systems, and software packages; frequently operating in a heterogeneous mixture under the cost constraints of higher education budgets. He also brings CWT additional experience in printing, layout, graphics design, and digital photography.
Other areas of expertise include video production and editing, multimedia courseware design, geographical information systems (GIS), scientific photo processing, convention planning and logistics, and SQL administration.
James has long-standing interests in information-age ethics and privacy, computer security, accessible computing, the societal impacts of ubiquitous computing, information superiority as a warfare concept, and the commercialization of space.
When not near a computer, James enjoys hiking the Appalachians, reading, historical re-creation, cooking, and brass music.
Contact Information
- Email: jdunson@vt.edu
Last updated: January 19, 2006
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