Biography - Michael J. Murphy

Dr. Michael J. Murphy is the former Director of the Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson University in Toronto. Known as “The Centre of Canada's Digital Culture,” it is home to Ryerson’s programs in radio and television arts, journalism, and computer science. It also provides labs for students in image arts (film, photography, and new media) and the joint graduate program in communications and culture. The Centre is active in research in new media and communications, with a focus on new forms of content generation, storage, and delivery.

Dr. Murphy's research includes the CoMedia Project—an international collaborative project to provide high-bandwidth shared production services for the media industry—as well as a project to define the future of interactive television. He is currently a professor in Ryerson's School of Radio & Television Arts, Faculty of Communication & Design, teaching digital audio and media production techniques and graduate courses in advanced communications technology.

Before joining Ryerson, Dr. Murphy was a senior manager and strategic planner for Northern Telecom (Nortel), where he was involved in the introduction of the digital multiplex switching systems, cellular mobile telephony, and integrated services digital networks. He holds undergraduate degrees in music and electrical and computer engineering from Queen’s University, as well as an M.B.A. (York) and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from McMaster University. He is a past president of the International Information Management Association, and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Audio Engineering Society.