Biographical sketches of authors

Zhe Xiang 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 (xiangzhe@cn.ibm.com). In 2002 Dr. Xiang received a Ph.D. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University, where he worked on multimedia streaming, servers, and protocols. From 2002 to 2003 he worked for Microsoft Research Asia in the areas of multimedia communication and wireless communication. Dr. Xiang joined the IBM China Research Laboratory in 2003. He is currently working on wireless applications and pervasive computing. His expertise and interests are in wireless communication, multimedia streaming, and pervasive computing in the Exploratory Solutions Group. Dr. Xiang has published more than 20 technical papers and one book in the field of multimedia communication.

Song Song 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 (soong@cn.ibm.com). Mr. Song received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and an M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Tsinghua University in 1986 and 1988, respectively. From 1988 to 1995, he worked on the research and development of the diagnostic ultrasound imaging and picture archiving and communications system (PACS) as an associate professor and professor at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. Mr. Song joined the IBM China Research Laboratory in 1995 as a Senior Research Member and manager of the Pervasive Computing team. He is currently working on wireless and life science solutions in the Exploratory Solutions Group.

Jin Chen Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G4 (jinchen@cs.toronto.edu). Ms. Chen received B.E. and M.E. degrees from the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), in 1998 and 2001, respectively. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto. She was previously a Research Member of the Exploratory Solutions Group, IBM China Research Laboratory, where her research focused on technologies related to Bluetooth and WLAN 802.11. She worked at Microsoft Research Asia in the Wireless and Network Group from 2001 to 2002. Ms. Chen's main interests are in wireless and networking, ubiquitous computing, and information systems.

Hao Wang 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 (wanghcrl@cn.ibm.com). Dr. Wang received a Ph.D. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in 2002, joining the IBM China Research Laboratory that same year. He is a member of the Exploratory Solutions Group, where his research interests include pervasive computing and context-aware computing.

Jian Huang 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 (jianh@cn.ibm.com). In 2003 Mr. Huang received an M.E. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he worked on content-based video analysis and architecture. He joined IBM in 2003 and is currently working in the Exploratory Solutions Group on pervasive computing and wireless applications.

Xingxin (Grace) Gao 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 (gaoxingx@cn.ibm.com). Ms. Gao received a B.S. degree in precision instruments and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 2001 and 2003, respectively. She has been working at the IBM China Research Laboratory since 2003. Ms. Gao is a member of the Exploratory Solutions Group. Her research interests are in wireless technologies and applications, including WLAN and RFID.