Yi-Bing Lin is chair professor of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). He also serves as vice president of the Office of Research and Development, NCTU (2005–2006). Dr. Lin is a senior technical editor of IEEE Network, an editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, an editor of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, an editor of ACM Wireless Networks, program chair for the 8th Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Simulation, general chair for the 9th Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Simulation, program chair for the 2nd International Mobile Computing Conference, guest editor for the ACM MONET special issue on Personal Communications, guest editor for IEEE Transactions on Computers special issue on Mobile Computing, guest editor for IEEE Transactions on Computers special issue on Wireless Internet, and guest editor for IEEE Communications Magazine special issue on Active, Programmable, and Mobile Code Networking. Lin is co-author of the book Wireless and Mobile Network Architecture (with Imrich Chlamtac; published by John Wiley & Sons). Lin received 1997, 1999, and 2001 Distinguished Research Awards from the National Science Council, ROC; the 2005 Pan, Wen-Yuen Outstanding Research Award; the 2004 K.-T. Li Breakthrough Award; and the 1998 Outstanding Youth Electrical Engineer Award from CIEE, ROC. He also received the NCTU Outstanding Teaching Award in 2002. Lin is an Adjunct Research Fellow of Academia Sinica, and is an adjunct chair professor of Providence University. He is also an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Fellow, an AAAS Fellow, and an IEE Fellow.

Ai-Chun Pang received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Information Engineering from National Chiao Tung University. She joined the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, as an Assistant Professor in 2002 and an Associate Professor in 2006. Since August 2004, Dr. Pang has also joined in the Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Her research interests include design and analysis of personal communications services networks, mobile computing, voice over IP, and performance modeling.