Biographical sketches of authors

Yih-Shin Tan IBM Software Group, 4205 South Miami Boulevard, Durham, NC 27709 (ystan@us.ibm.com). Yih-Shin Tan, a Senior Technical Staff Member, is the lead architect for Web services and grid computing in the System House Design and Technology Group. He pioneered the concept of the service domain and played a key role in developing the service domain component of the Emerging Technology Toolkit on the IBM alphaWorks™ Web site and in applying this technology to several customer pilot projects. He is an IBM Master Inventor and a member of the IBM On Demand Operating Environment Architecture and Technology team.

Vivekanand Vellanki IBM Software Group, PO Box 12195, 3039 Cornwallis Road RTP, NC 27709 (vellanki@us.ibm.com). Dr. Vellanki is involved in advanced technology projects in the areas of Web services, grid computing, and autonomic computing. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001. His interests include distributed computing, Web servers, and peer-to-peer computing.

Jie Xing IBM Software Group, PO Box 12195, 3039 Cornwallis Road RTP, NC 27709 (jiexing@us.ibm.com). Dr. Xing, an advisory software engineer, is currently involved in advanced technology projects in the areas of Web services, grid computing, and autonomic computing. He received a Ph.D. in operations research and computer science from North Carolina State University in 2000. His interests include multiagent systems, distributed systems, and workflows.

Brad Topol IBM Software Group, 4205 South Miami Boulevard, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (btopol@us.ibm.com). Dr. Topol received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics and computer science from Emory University in 1993 and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998. He joined IBM in 1998. As a member of the SWG System House Design and Technology Group, his current focus is on integrating IBM software products within IT solutions. He is also involved in advanced technology projects in the areas of autonomic computing and Web services. In 2000, he received an IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for contributions to the WebSphere Transcoding Publisher product. He is an IBM Master Inventor and a member of the IBM Autonomic Computing Architecture Board.

Gary Dudley IBM Software Group, PO Box 12195, 3039 Cornwallis Road RTP, NC 27709 (dudleyg@us.ibm.com). Mr. Dudley holds a B.S.E degree from Duke University and an M.S. degree from North Carolina State University, both in electrical engineering. Prior to joining the IBM Software Group, he worked in storage systems and networking architecture. Currently, he is actively involved in advanced technology projects in the areas of Web services, aspect-oriented programming, and autonomic computing.