Theme: "Managing Pervasive Computing and Ubiquitous Communications"

Mitsuhiro Azuma (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan)

Mitsuhiro Azuma is a senior researcher at Mobile Communications Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan. He received M.S. degree in Information Sciences and Electronics from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 1981. After this, he joined Fujitsu Laboratories, where he mainly engaged in research and development of Local Area Networks, Network Security, and Operation Support Systems for Transport Networks. He was a visiting researcher at Bell Communications Research, New Jersey, USA (currently Telcordia) from 1991 to 1993, where he was involved with research on network restoration and survivability. Since 1997, he has been served as an Organizing Committee member of previous APNOMSs. He was also a Vice Chairman of IEICE TM Committee in Japan from 2001 to 2002. He is currently responsible for research on next generation mobile communication systems and wireless broadband access systems. He is a co-translator of ¡°Data Networks¡±, D. Bertsekas and R.Gallager, Prentice-Hall, 1987. He is a member of IEICE, IPSJ and IEEE.

James Storey (Rocket Software, USA)

Dr. James Storey is the General Manager of the Rocket Software OSS Unit (formerly TCSI Corporation). He has been involved in architecting and managing the development of carrier-class OSS for the telecommunications industry for the past 20 years. Currently, his group is focused on service quality management solutions for mobile and fixed packet-switched networks, including 2.5G, 3G, WLAN, VoIP, and IP-VPN technologies. Dr. Storey has been an active participant in leading industry organizations including the TeleManagement Forum, Object Management Group, and Pacific Telecommunications Council. Dr. Storey received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1986 and 1982 respectively, and B.S. with Distinction in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1981.

Jong-Tae Park (Kyongpook National Univ.)

Jong T. Park is a professor of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Kyungpook National University, Korea. He received Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and previously worked at AT&T Bell Labs in the United States. He has founded the Committee of Korean Network Operations and Management (KNOM) in the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences, and was a general chair for APNOMS97. He has also served as a committee member or advisory board member for IEEE NOMS and IM. He was a chair of the Technical Committee of Information Infrastructure of IEEE Communication Society. He has published more than 100 journals and articles in the areas of computer communication networks, network management, and distributed systems. His current research interests include issues related to the control and management of next generation information networks including MPLS, GMPLS, B3G/4G, IPv6 and Ubiquitous Network.

Keith Willetts (Mandarin Associates Ltd, UK)

Keith Willetts is recognised as one of the world¡¯s leading authorities on communications management. As co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the TeleManagement Forum, he has been the driving force behind its continuous evolution and Currently Managing Partner at Mandarin Associates Ltd. in the UK, he consults with companies on a wide variety of business development issues. He previously held executive positions at BT and TCSI. A regular presenter and writer, he co-authored the highly influential book, ¡°The Lean Communications Provider¡±. His achievements have been internationally recognised, being honoured twice in the Communications Week ¡°Top 25¡± awards for industry visionaries, the British Computer Society award and the BT Gold Medal.

Marcus Brunner (NEC Europe, Germany)

Dr. Marcus Brunner is a senior research staff member at the Network Laboratories of NEC Europe Ltd. in Heidelberg, Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), while working in the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK) of the Electrical Engineering Department. He got his M.S. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich in 1994. Aside from the involvement in different national and international projects, his primary research interests include network architectures, programmability in networks and its management, network and service management for various technologies such as IP, MPLS, GMPLS, 3G, and Quality of Service management in general. He is actively participating in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) mainly in the working group on Next Steps in Signaling (NSIS) defining a new Internet Signaling protocol. Additionally, he works in the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) working group on networking and policy definitions. The major work item is a MPLS CIM model. Additionally, he is active in the network management research community with being in the Technical Program Committees of major network management conferences such as NOMS, IM, DSOM, Policy Workshop, IPOM, LCN. He also is chair and TPC co-chair of DSOM (IFIP/IEEE Distributed Systems: Operations and Management) held in Heidelberg.

Shigeki Yamada (National Institute of Information, Japan)

Shigeki Yamada is a Professor and the Director of Research Center for Testbeds and Prototyping at National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan. He is also a Professor of the Department of Informatics at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan. He received his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Hokkaido University in 1972, 1974, and 1991, respectively. He worked in the NTT laboratories from 1974 to 1999, researching and developing digital switching systems, massively parallel switching systems, and distributed network architectures. He joined NII in 1999. His current research interests include ubiquitous and context-aware computing networks and applications. From 1981 to 1982, he was a visiting scientist in the Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the IEICE, IPSJ and a senior member of IEEE.