Post-Secondary Education

Southern Methodist University
Doctor of Philosophy
Applied Science

University of Texas Permian Basin
Master of Business Admin.
Management

University of North Texas
Master of Science
Computer Sciences Systems

Teaching Experience

2019 - 2023 - Full Professor of Instruction, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio

2011 - 2018 - Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, Austin Community College

Fall 2004 - Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University 

1994 - 2006 - Adjunct Full Professor, Graduate program in Telecom Engineering, Southern Methodist University

1985 - 1988 - Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Professional Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters  

• B. Ku, "Internet Telephony: Technology and Standards Overview", An Invited Chapter appeared in "Multimedia Communications", Academic Press, 2001, ISBN 0-12-282160-2, pp. 191-219  

Referred Conference Proceedings  

• B. Ku, "OAM&P Technologies for Optical Networking", An Invited Paper presented at Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), San Jose, February 1998  
• B. Ku, "Integrated Access Network Management", Proceedings of BT/MCI Alliance Engineering Symposium, Orlando, May 1997, Section 4, Paper 3, pp. 1-10  
• B. Ku, "Migration of Operational Support System to the Future TMN Architecture", Proceedings of BT/MCI Alliance Engineering Symposium, Ipswich, England, May 1996, Section 5, Paper 1, pp. 1-12  
• B. Ku, "The Use of TMN Architecture for SONET/SDH Network Management", Proceedings of the IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Kyoto, Japan, April 1996, pp. 454-465  
• B. Ku, "The Use of TMN Architecture for Integrated Network Management", DataPro McGrawHill International Series on International Management, January 1996, 2615, pp. 1-10  
• B. Ku, "The Experience of the Use of TMN Architecture for SONET Network Management", Proceedings of Technical Symposium of ITU Telecomm'95, Geneva, Switzerland, October 1995, pp. 491-494  
• B. Ku, "A Reuse-Driven Approach for Rapid Telephone Service Creation", IEEE Third International Conference on Software Reuse, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 1-4, 1994, pp. 6472  
• B. Ku, "SCE in Action", Session 4A "Service Creation: Prototypes and Practical Experience", Third •  International Conference on Intelligent Networks, Bordeaux, France, October 11-13, 1994, pp. 117-22  
• B. Ku, "A Reuse-Driven Service Creation Environment for the Advanced Intelligent Network",  
• Proceedings of the SUPERCOMM/ICC'94, New Orleans, May 1-5, 1994, pp. 263-267  
• B. Ku, "Service Independent Building Block - A Reusable Approach for Advanced Intelligent Network Service Creation", Proceedings of the Technical Symposium of ITU Asia Telecom'93, Singapore, May 1993, pp. 67-72  
• B. Ku, "SRSGEN - A Software Reuse Tool for Large Scale Applications", Proceeding of the Second IEEE International Workshop on Software Reusability, Lucca, Italy, March 1993, pp. 109-115  
• B. Ku, "Software Reusability Environment for Switching Applications", Proceedings of Technical Symposium of ITU Telecomm'91, Geneva, Switzerland, November 1991, pp. 163-167  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bernie Ku has been teaching Computer Science and Information Technology since 1985 and joined Austin Community College (ACC) in 2011. Prior to academia, he spent more than 35 years in the telecommunications industry, where he specialized in the design and development of Mobile IP 4G/5G networks.

From 2019 to 2023, Dr. Ku served as a Full Professor of Instruction in the Department of Computer Science, College of AI, Cyber and Computing at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His faculty profile can be found here: UTSA Computer Science Faculty Page

Dr. Ku earned a PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from Southern Methodist University, an MS in Computer Science from University of North Texas, and an MBA from the University of Texas.

He is an elected Senior Member of the IEEE Communications Society and a named inventor on more than 210 U.S. patents, primarily in mobile network design, telecommunications applications, and wireless devices. Since 2021, he has served as a Subject Matter Expert in telecommunications-related patent litigation and patent monetization cases in U.S. Federal Courts.

In 2023, Dr. Ku was recognized as one of Austin’s top inventors in the article “Top 25 Most Prolific Austin, TX Patent Holders”:

Top Austin Patent Holders Article

In 2025, he received a $1,500 award for the best Computer Science proposal in the Globalizing Curriculum FLC 2025 program sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin.