Biographical sketches of authors

Rong Yao (Frank) Fu IBM Research Division, IBM China Research Laboratory, 2/F, Haohai Building, No. 7, 5th Street, Shangdi, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China (furongy@cn.ibm.com). Mr. Fu is a Staff Research and Development Engineer in the Future Client and User Paradigm Research Department. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from Northwest Polytechnic University in 1995 and 1998, respectively. Subsequently, he joined IBM, where he has worked on ubiquitous computing. Mr. Fu received an IBM Research Division Award in 2000 and IBM Invention Achievement Awards in 2001 and 2002. He has filed or published 13 patents.

Hui Su IBM Research Division, IBM China Research Laboratory, 2/F, Haohai Building, No. 7, 5th Street, Shangdi, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China (suhui@cn.ibm.com). Dr. Su received B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Institute of Information at Tsinghua University in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He has been a Senior Research Member and manager of the Future Client and User Paradigm Research Department since 1996. He became a member of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2001. Dr. Su's research interests include interaction technologies between humans and computers, user experience, the impact on the ubiquitous computing infrastructure and programming model, and knowledge-worker experience. He has filed or published 18 patents.

James C. Fletcher IBM Ubiquitous Computing Division, P.O. Box 12195, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (fletchj@us.ibm.com). Mr. Fletcher is a Senior Technical Staff Member and chief architect in the IBM Ubiquitous Computing Division. He received a B.S. degree in computer science from North Carolina State University in 1976. He later joined IBM and spent much of his career focused on computer networking prior to joining the Ubiquitous Computing Division, where he focuses on enterprise solutions. He has received numerous IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards during his career. Mr. Fletcher has authored more than 40 technical journal articles and coauthored three books. He holds numerous patents in the areas of networking and ubiquitous computing.

Wei Li IBM Research Division, IBM China Research Laboratory, 2/F, Haohai Building, No. 7, 5th Street, Shangdi, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China (weil@cn.ibm.com). Mr. Li is a Research Staff Member in the Future Client and User Paradigm Research Department. He received an M.S. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in 1998. He subsequently joined the IBM China Research Laboratory, where his work has focused on ubiquitous computing. Mr. Li has published more than ten patents in the area of ubiquitous computing.

Xiao Xi Liu IBM Research Division, IBM China Research Laboratory, 2/F, Haohai Building, No. 7, 5th Street, Shangdi, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China (liuxx@cn.ibm.com). Mr. Liu is a Research Staff Member in the Future Client and User Paradigm Research Department. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1998 and 2000, respectively. Mr. Liu subsequently joined the IBM China Research Laboratory, where he has worked on ubiquitous computing and relevant research.

Shi Wan Zhao IBM Research Division, IBM China Research Laboratory, 2/F, Haohai Building, No. 7, 5th Street, Shangdi, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China (zhaosw@cn.ibm.com). Mr. Zhao is a Research Staff Member in the Future Client and User Paradigm Research Department. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from Tsinghua University in 1998 and 2000, respectively. Mr. Zhao subsequently joined the IBM China Research Laboratory, where he has worked on multimodal interaction and ubiquitous computing.

Chang Yan Chi IBM Research Division, IBM China Research Laboratory, 2/F, Haohai Building, No. 7, 5th Street, Shangdi, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China (chicy@cn.ibm.com). Ms. Chi is a Staff Research and Development Engineer in the Future Client and User Paradigm Research Department. She received a B.S. degree in electronic science and technology from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 1990, and an M.S. degree in electronic engineering from the Harbin Engineering University in 1993. In 1998 Ms. Chi joined the IBM China Research Laboratory, where she works on multimodal interaction and ubiquitous computing.