Dr Leong received his SB, MEng and PhD degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1997, 1997 and 2006 respectively. He was awarded the Faculty and University Teaching Excellence Awards from AY2007/2008 to AY2009/2010 and was put on the Honour Roll for both awards in 2011. Dr Leong’s research interests are in the areas of Computer Networking and Distributed Systems.