Today, staying current in technical fields is more challenging than ever. The working world of the 21 st Century requires more skill, more productivity, more independent thought and greater innovation from its workforce than any other time in human history. With so many choices, why should you turn to Technological University of America (TUA)? When you choose TUA, you choose more than a school, you choose a partner that will elevate your thinking, challenging you to reach for greater heights as you blaze your path on the road of life. Technical knowledge, particularly in Science and Engineering, is doubling about every five years. Some estimates say in 10 years knowledge will double in less than six months. How will you keep up? At TUA we meet these challenges by maintaining an enduring commitment to educating tomorrow's Technology Leaders for Career Success and preparing students for tomorrow's global economy. Our Professional Education unit helps professionals stay up-to-date with the cutting-edge technology. We stand by the quality and excellence of our programs and we are committed to the successful enhancement of your professional career. To that end we provide excellent instruction, technology designed to deliver that instruction, and an infrastructure aimed at supporting your efforts. I invite you to make a closer inspection and review TUA's acclaimed undergraduate and graduate programs and courses then join our community of learners who wish to continue their education and stay on the forefront of technology to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
I look forward to seeing you in our classes—on campus and online.
Sincerely,
Kia Makki, PhD
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Kia Makki received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California , Davis , and two M.S. degrees from The Ohio State University and West Coast University . He is currently the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Technological University of America (TUA). Previously, he was a Lucent Technology Professor with tenure and he had also been the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing and the Co-Director of the Telecommunications and Information Technology Institute (IT2) at the Florida International University. Before that, he was a tenured faculty with an O'Krepki Chair Professorship at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, the Director of the Center For Telecommunications Studies, and the Co-Director of the NOMAD and Advanced Computer Laboratory which was partially funded by NSF and NASA. His technical interests include mobile and wireless communication networks, ad-hoc networks, sensor networks, network security and privacy, routing & multicasting and optical telecommunications. He has numerous publications in refereed Journals and conferences and his work has been extensively cited in books and papers. Dr. Makki has been the Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Communications (JCM), Academy Publisher , Associate- Editor-In-Chief , Journal of Networks, Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Guest Editor of several other International Journals including Editorial Board Member of several telecommunication journals. Dr. Makki has been involved in numerous conferences as a Steering Committee Member, General Chair, Program Chair, Program Vice-Chair and Program Committee Members. His current professional activities include Executive General Chair of IEEE Globecom2010, Standing Committee of IEEE INFOCOM, Steering Committee Member of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, and Steering Committee Member of the ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. He has been the Co-General Chair of NSF International Workshop on Mobile and Wireless Network Security 2006 and Technical Program Co-Chair of Int Conference on Information Society 2006. He has also been Technical Program Co-Chair of the IEEE INFOCOM 2005 conference. He has received Outstanding Achievements Awards from the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, and ACM conferences for his technical contributions. He is also a Co-Author of several well received books in Mobile and Wireless Networks and Network security and Privacy.
