Han Chen  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532 (chenhanus.ibm.com). Dr. Chen, a research staff member, is involved in research and development work in the area of sensor and actuator applications. His research interests include distributed computing systems, scalable display systems, and multimedia systems. He received a B.S. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1997. He also holds Ph.D. (2003) and M.A. degrees (1999) in computer science from Princeton University.

Paul B. Chou  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532 (pchouus.ibm.com). Dr. Chou, a research staff member, manages the Sensor and Actuator Solutions department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. His research focuses on developing technologies to exploit emerging business opportunities brought about by advancements in sensors and pervasive devices. His research team is currently tackling the challenges associated with the adoption of the RFID technology and its impact on software infrastructure and applications. In his previous assignments, he led research efforts in Office of the Future, Automotive Telematics/In-Vehicle Information Systems, Customer Prospect Optimization, Manufacturing Execution and Quality Management, and Automated Optical Defect Classification Systems. He has extensive experience and a number of publications in ubiquitous and pervasive computing, data mining, machine learning and computer vision systems. He received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1988 from the University of Rochester.

Norman H. Cohen  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532 (ncohenus.ibm.com). Dr. Cohen is a research staff member currently working on programming models and infrastructure for event-based applications. Since joining the IBM Research Division in 1987, he has worked on formal specifications, optimizing compilers, mobile computing, and context-based computing. He participated in the project that culminated in 1995 with the revised Ada standard, wrote the textbook Ada as a Second Language, and received a Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Ada. Prior to joining IBM, he worked for SofTech, Inc. (1983 to 1987), and the research group of Sperry Univac (1979 to 1983). His work in those positions included programming-language design, formal verification, and software-engineering training. He holds a B.A. (1975) in mathematics and computer science from Cornell University and M.A. (1977) and Ph.D. (1980) degrees in applied mathematics and computer science from Harvard University. He is a member of the ACM.

Sastry S. Duri  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532 (sastryus.ibm.com). Dr. Duri, a senior software engineer, represents IBM in the industry standard group EPCglobal, a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council (UCC). He earned a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1995 and a Master's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, India, in 1988.

Chang Woo Jung  IBM Ubiquitous Computing Laboratory, 23N23, MMAA B/D 467-12 Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135700, Korea (jungcwkr.ibm.com). Chang Woo Jung, a staff software engineer, is currently working on developing sensor and actuator applications using Eclipse, OSGi, and embedded Java technologies. He specializes in applying embedded Java, object-oriented design, and OSGi technology to a variety of problem spaces, including in-vehicle telematics and RFID systems.