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Hossein Bidgoli, Ph.D., is professor of management information systems at California State University, where he was chosen as the 2001-2002 Professor of the Year and the 2015-2016 Researcher of the Year. Dr. Bidgoli helped set up the first PC lab in the United States and served as its initial director. He is the author of 54 textbooks, 27 manuals and more than 200 technical articles and papers on various aspects of computer applications, information systems and network security, e-commerce and decision support systems published and presented throughout the world. In addition, Dr. Bidgoli serves as editor-in-chief of THE HANDBOOK OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, THE INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA, THE HANDBOOK OF INFORMATION SECURITY, THE HANDBOOK OF COMPUTER NETWORKS and THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THE INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA received a 2004 PSP (Professional and Scholarly Publishing) Award from the Association of American Publishers, while THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS was named among the LIBRARY JOURNAL's Best Reference Sources for 2002.