Hossein Bidgoli, Ph.D., is professor Management Information Systems at California State University. Dr. Bidgoli helped set up the first PC lab in the United States. he is the author of 43 textbooks, 27 manuals and over five dozen 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. Dr. Bidgoli also serves as the editor -in-chief of the Internet Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Information Systems. The Encyclopedia of Information Systems.

The Encyclopedia of Information Systems was the recipient of one of the Library Journal's Best Reference Sources for 2002 and The Internet Encyclopedia  was recipient of one of the PSP Awards (Professional and Scholarly Publishing), 2004. Dr. Bidgoli was selected as the California State University, Bakersfield's 2001-2002 Professor of the Year.