He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China, in 1990 and 1993, and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2001. His research interests include distributed computing, computer networks, and cyberspace security. He received first prize in Scientific and Technological Achievement from the Electronic Industry Department of China in 1995, the NSF CAREER Award in 2005, and the Lumley Research Award from the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2009.