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Last review,Oct 10,2001

"A Herb Simon, en  agradecimiento" . (Enredando, July 24,2001)
Last Feb 9th 2001, Herbert Simon died in Pittsburgh. The electronic journal Enredando published a short article in memoriam. With it,  I would celebrate his creative life.
For the first time, I'm publishing the complete doctoral dissertation I  made studying the CMU culture between 1990-93 and a short interview about engineering  as an expression  of  human culture.
 Carnegie Mellon: Una Cultura de Diseño. (full Doctoral Dissertation.1992)

An anthropologist at the UPC

Research Center

• Coordinator of the CANET-UPC,Center for Applications on Internet-Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya.

Areas of interest

• Next generation Internet  infraestructure, applications and  services,
• Community networking,
• Basic technology research model

Projects

• i2CAT, Internet 2 a Catalunya, (1999-2003)
• EPITELIO(1996-98), European telematic project against social exclusion .
• COMIC (1992-95),an ESPRIT project on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• "Models  de futur, noves tecnologies i tradicio cultural" (1990-92) UB-CMU

Teaching

• 2001-2002. Co-director Master on Internet Management. ICT.
• 2001-2000 Professor Master on e-Business. FPC
• 2001-2000 Co-director. Master on  Advanced Architecture and Digital Cities. METAPOLIS-FPC.
• 1999-2000. Co-director .Postgraduate Course on Multimedia Digital Journalism FPC-La Vanguardia

Research papers

• 2000.Serra, A.(2000). Next Generation Community Networking: Futures for Digital Cities. In T. Ishida & K. Isbister (Eds.), Digital Cities: Technologies, experiences, and future perspectives. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1765, Springer-Verlag.
• 1997. " Community Networks, approaching a new research field". Workshop on CNs. ECSCW'97. Lancaster.
• 1997 Serra,A.,Gascon,Carles  Enquesta sobre  Internet i Alta Velocitat a Catalunya.
• 1996." The InterMed Network: Changing Cultural Patterns with a Large-Scale Cooperative Internet Network in the Mediterranean. INET'96.Montreal
• 1995.I*EARN,an organisational learning network.UPC. COMIC working paper.
• 1995.El projecte "Transferència Telemàtica de Tecnologia" CDI.
• 1992."CMU as an Americ an Computer University". Paper presented at the 91th Congress of the American Anthropological Association

Articles

Forum 2004

• "El forum de la societat del coneixement". 11 sept 2001.Enredando Núm. 284 - 36º

• "La ingenieria, una  expresion  de  la  libertad humana" (Entrevista en Enredando, july 20, 1999)

• Serra, A. 1996. "Epitelio, telematica contra exclusion social". Netconexion. Año 2. Nº12. Octubre :82-83.
• Serra,A. 1996. "Redes ciudadanas de innovacion,una oportunidad para Europa". Netconexion. Año 2, Nº 11.Septiembre. :80-82
• Serra, A. 1996. "Redes ciudadanas, ¿una alternativa para paises en desarrollo?". Netconexion. Año 2. Nº10. Agosto. :92-93.
• Navarro, L. Serra,A.1996. "La societat civil protagonista de la era digital". NetConexion. Año 2. Nº9. Julio :68-70
• Serra, A.,1996. "BCNet, Barcelona Red Ciudadana, en marcha" Net Conexion, Año2, Nº8, Junio.

• Serra,A.1996. "InterMed'96" Netconexion, Año 2, Nº3, enero :20-21
• Serra,A. 1996 "La Red InterMed" Netconexion, Año2, Nº5, marzo :24-26
• Serra,A. 1996 "La iniciativa INRIA en el Mediterraneo". Netconexion, Año 2, Nº8 :22-23

• Serra,A. 1996. "Internet Society". Netconexion. Año 2. Nº10.Agosto :63-65
• Serra,A. 1996. "Internet y Catalunya". La Vanguardia. Suplemento Ciencia y Vida. 20 Julio 1996
• Serra,A. 1996. "La Internet, Transformar la sociedad". Netconexion Nº8, Año 2, Junio, :30-33
• Serra, A. 1996. "Internet, una cultura de diseño". Netconexion, Año 2, Nº 6. Abril :62-65

Conferences

• 2000.Global CN2000, Firsts Global Community  Networking Congress. Barcelona, novembre 2000
• 1998.INET-CAT'98, Internet i Catalunya:Societat Civil i Segona Generacio Internet.
• 1997.Xarxes ciutadanes. Jornades "Telematica i Comunitats Locals". Callús. Aj. de Callús.
• 1997.Workshop on Community Networks as a new research field. ECSCW'97.
• 1996. INET-CAT'96, first conference of Internet a Catalunya. Forum Nord.Barcelona. Programa preliminar
• 1996.INTERMED 96,a conference on the Mediterranean and the global information society.UPC

Organizations

• 2000.Founding member of the Global Community Networking Partnership.
• 1997.Founding member of the the European Alliance for Community Networking
• 1995.Founding member of the Catalan Chapter of Internet Society (jul,1995)
• 1994.Member of Pangea network.
• 1992.Member of Internet Society
• 1990.Member of American Anthropological Association

Your comments are welcome