Jiannong Cao is currently Chair Professor and Head of theDepartment of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.His research interests include parallel and distributed computing,computer networks, mobile and pervasive computing, fault tolerance,and middleware. He is an active researcher, publishing extensivelyin the above areas and serving as the editor of well-known journalsand the chair of conference organizing committees. Sajal K. Das is a University Distinguished ScholarProfessor of Computer Science and Engineering and Founding Directorof CReWMaN at The University of Texas at Arlington. He hassignificantly contributed to wireless and sensor networks, mobileand pervasive computing, distributed and cloud computing, smartenvironments and cyber-physical systems, security and privacy,biological and social networks.