He obtained his B.Sc in Computer Science from Fudan University (China) in 2001, and his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore in 2005. He has spent some wonderful years as a researcher at the L3S Research Centre (Germany) and the CSIRO ICT Centre (Australia). His research interests include database and information management. He is especially interested at making data consumable for people with various needs. He has played key roles in a number of scientific and industrial projects in Europe and Australia, and published his work in the major conferences and journals on data management.