Author: Xudong Wang

Dr. Ian F. Akyildiz is Ken Byers Distinguished Chair Professor in Telecommunications, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Director of the Broadband and Wireless Networking Laboratory. Current research interests are Sensor Networks, Inter Planetary Internet, Wireless Networks, Satellite Networks and Next Generation Internet. ?Ian has published over 200 journal and conference papers, is Editor-in-Chief of Computer Networks and Ad Hoc Networks Journals (Elsevier), and an Editor for ACM-Kluwer Journal of Wireless Networks. Ian is an IEEE Fellow (1996) with the citation: “For contributions to performance analysis of computer communication networks, ” and an ACM Fellow (1997) “for fundamental research contributions in: finite capacity queuing network models; performance evaluation of Time Warp parallel simulations; traffic Control in ATM networks, and mobility management in wireless networks”. Dr. Xudong Wang is Senior Research Engineer at KIYON Inc., where he conducts research and development of MAC, routing, and transport protocols for wireless mesh networks. Research interests also include software radios, cross-layer design, communication protocols for cellular networks, mobile ad hoc networks, sensor networks, and ultra-wideband networks. He has two patents pending in wireless mesh networks. He is technical committee member of several international conferences, has been a reviewer for numerous international journals, and is guest editor for the Special Issue on Wireless Mesh Networking in IEEE Wireless Communications.