Alan Porter

Professor Emeritus

Member Of:
  • School of Public Policy
  • Technology Policy and Assessment Center
Office Hours:
none

Overview

Alan Porter is Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and of Public Policy, at Georgia Tech, where he is Co-director of the Program in Science, Technology & Innovation Policy (STIP).  He is also Director of R&D for Search Technology, Inc., Norcross, GA (producers of VantagePoint and Derwent Data Analyzer software).  He is author or co-author of some 230 articles and books, including Tech Mining (Wiley, 2005) and Forecasting and Management of Technology (Wiley, 2011).  Current research emphasizes “forecasting innovation pathways” for newly emerging technologies.  This entails text mining of science, technology & innovation information resources to generate Competitive Technical Intelligence.  Publications are available at:

 http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alan_Porter4, or
 https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ULgx1wUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

Education:
  • Ph.D., Engineering Psychology, UCLA
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET) Medal of Excellence, 2015
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Research Assessment

Interests

Research Fields:
  • Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
Issues:
  • Assessment
  • Emerging Technologies - Innovation
  • Science and Technology
  • Technology
  • Technology Management and Policy