Dr. Jie Wu is a Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University. He has published over 200 papers in various journal and conference proceedings. His research interests are in the area of mobile computing, routing protocols, fault-tolerant computing, and interconnection networks. Dr. Wu served as a program vice chair for 2000 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP) and a program vice chair for 2001 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). He is a program co-chair of the 12th ISCA International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems in 1999. He is also a co-guest-editor of a special issue in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems on "Challenges in Designing Fault-Tolerant Routing in Networks" and a co-guest-editor of a special issue in Journal of Parallel and Distributing Computing on "Routing in Computer and Communication Networks". He is the author of the text "Distributed System Design" published by the CRC press. Currently, Dr. Wu serves as an Associated Editor in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems and three other international journals. Dr. Wu a recipient of the 1996-97 and 2001-2002 Researcher of the Year Award at Florida Atlantic University. He served as an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor. Dr. Wu is a Member of ACM and a Senior Member of IEEE.