Dr Gerald Karam has been appointed chair of Communications and Information Technology Ontario (CITO), an Ontario Centre of Excellence. Karam is department head of communication service infrastructure research at AT&T Labs – Research. He has been a member of CITO’s board for the past three years. New research directors to CITO’s board are: Max Wong, McMaster Univ; Rafik Goubran, Carleton Univ; and, Stan Matwin Univ of Ottawa. CITO’s new or re-elected industrial board members are: Bob Crow, Research In Motion; Frank Huntley, Kingston Software Factory; Brian O’Higgins, Ent