Mark G. Karpovsky, PhD, is Professor of Computer Engineering at the College of Engineering and Director of Reliable Computing Laboratory, both at Boston University. Dr. Karpovsky authored the classic reference Finite Orthogonal Series in the Design of Digital Devices (Wiley). He has published more than 150 research papers and several books on the design of reliable computer and communications networks.

Radomir S. Stankovic is Professor of Computer Logic Design at the Department of Computer Science at University of Ni, Serbia. He has been a visiting researcher/faculty member at Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, and Tampere University of Technology, Finland.

Jaakko T. Astola has held academic positions in mathematics, applied mathematics, and computer science. Since 1993, he has been Professor of Signal Processing at Tampere University, Finland, and Director of Tampere International Center for Signal Processing. He has published over 150 research papers and several books on signal processing.