Nadeem Ghafoor Chaudhry received his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, U.S.A. He worked in the software industry in the U.S. for about four years. Then he switched to academia in Pakistan and taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at different institutes of higher learning in Pakistan. Currently, he is engaged as Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) is a renowned institute for higher learning in Pakistan. Currently, the CIIT is offering 47 different degree programs divided into 20 undergraduate and 27 graduate programs in the fields of Information and Communication Technology, Management Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Bio-sciences, Development Studies, Environmental Science, Meteorology, and Architecture and Design. The present student strength is around 20,000 with faculty corpus of more than 1,600. The CIIT has already produced approximately 10,000 graduates.
Sagara Gunathunga holds a special degree in Computer Science (B.Sc.) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and a degree in Information Technology (BIT) from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is an Apache Axis PMC member, an Apache committer for several projects that include Apache Web Service and Apache Woden. His research interest focuses on SOA, web services, distributed systems, and modularity systems.
He also has a sound industry experience in J2EE-related technologies, including ORM tools, dependency injection frameworks, and reporting. Currently, he is playing a Tech-Lead role in a U.S.-based software services company named Aeturnum Inc.
Sagara also maintains his blog at http://ssagara.blogspot.com/, and you can get in touch with him at<[email protected]>.
Lloyd H. Meinholz works as an IT professional in the Washington D.C. area. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing software in a variety of programming languages and production environments. Lloyd has focused on Java, Linux, and other open source technologies for the past 12 years. He has been employed by start-up companies as well as Fortune 500 companies and worked in both the public and private sectors. Lloyd has found JasperReports and iReport to be a great reporting solution for many of his employers.
Bhavani P. Polimetla has been learning and working in the IT Industry since 1990. He graduated as a Bachelor of Computer Science and Master of Computer Applications from Andhra University, India. He worked on standalone Swing applications to Grid computing and N-tire architecture. He has worked with the world's top clients including three from Fortune 50 companies. At present, he is working as an independent Java consultant in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
To demonstrate his skills, he completed 25+ certifications in the spectrum of J2EE, database, and project management subjects. He also achieved many awards for many of his projects. He reads and writes poetry in his free time. More information is available at his website www.polimetla.com.