I am a recent graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Information.  My research focuses on the evolution of computer networks, especially factors that influence the adoption of new technologies in the internet.  Using economic modeling, I explore the interaction of network architecture and policy, and search for design combinations that enhance incentives for investment.

My disseration was supervised by John Chuang, Hal Varian, and Scott Shenker.  Pamela Samuelson, Suzanne Scotchmer, and Deirdre Mulligan also served as my committee members and advisors.

Before coming to Berkeley, I was lead developer for Project INDIGO, which stands for Information Diffusion and Growth.  This project was started by Marshall Van Alstyne of the University of Michigan's School of Information as a tool for the development and communication of information models.  In the last years, the tool has grown into a general development environment for agent-based simulations.

I recently started a blog, The Network Economist, to bring issues at the intersection of network economics, research, and policy to a wider audience.

P. Laskowski, J. Chuang. A Leap of Faith? From Large-Scale Testbed to the Global Internet. 37th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, September 2009. (Abstract reviewed) [pdf]

P. Laskowski, J. Ubois, D. Marvit, J. Chuang. Discovering Digital Content in the Age of Peer-to-Peer. In Proceedings of NetEcon, July 2009.

P. Laskowski, J. Chuang. Empowering Users to Break the Internet Impasse. Workshop on the Economics of Securing the Information Infrastructure, 2009. (By invitation)

P. Laskowski, B. Johnson, J. Chuang.  User-Directed Routing: From Theory, Towards Practice.  In Proceedings of NetEcon, August 2008. [pdf]

P. Laskowski, J. Chuang.  Network Monitors and Contracting Systems: Competition and Innovation.  In Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM, September 2006. [pdf]

P. Laskowski, J. Chuang.  Antitrust Scrutiny of Price-Fixing Clauses in Patent Licenses.  2005 working paper. [pdf]

P. Dollar, P. Laskowski, and M. Van Alstyne.  Simulating Information Growth and Diffusion in Agent Societies.   In Proceedings of the Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems Conference, 2002, Carnegie Mellon University, Day 2, pp. 97-103.