Minyi Guo received his PhD degree in information science from University of Tsukuba, Japan in 1998. Currently he is the Zhiyuan Chair professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China. Before joining SJTU, Dr. Guo was a professor of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan. Dr. Guo was awarded the National Science Fund award for Distinguished Young Scholars from the National Natural Science Foundation of Science (NSFC) in 2007 and was supported by the Recruitment Program of Global Experts in 2010. His present research interests include parallel/distributed computing, compiler optimizations, embedded systems, pervasive computing, and cloud computing. He has more than 300 articles in major journals and international conferences in these areas. Dr. Guo received five “best paper” awards from international conferences. He was associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems and IEEE Transactions on Computers. Dr. Guo is a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is a member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and China Computer Federation (CCF).
Jingyu Zhou received his PhD degree in computer science from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2006. He is currently an associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He is interested in distributed systems, information retrieval, and security. He has published more than 40 papers at various conferences and in journals, including International Conference on World Wide Web, ACM/IEEE Conference on High Performance Networking and Computing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Big Data, and International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. He has served as a Program Committee member for more than 20 international conferences.
Feilong Tang received his doctoral degree in computer science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, in 2005. Currently, he is a full professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SJTU. He previously was the JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellow, and he received the Distinguished Pu-Jiang Scholars Award from Shanghai Municipality. His research interests focus on mobile cognitive networks, clouding computing, and big data. He has received two best papers from international conferences. Dr. Tang is the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Fellow and is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He has served as program cochair for eight international conferences (workshops).
Yao Shen received his PhD degree in computer science and engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, in 2007. Currently, he is an associate professor in computer science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China. He has published extensively in the areas of distributed computing, cloud computing, and computer networking, and obtained more than ten patents. He received the 2010 and the 2013 Shanghai Science and Technology Award. Dr. Yao Shen pays much attention to system implementation while doing research. He won the Intel Prize in the 2011 Open Source Software World Challenge.