Dr. Wei Zhang received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 2003. From August 2003 to July 2010, Dr. Zhang worked as an assistant professor and then as an associate professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His research interests are in embedded and real-time computing systems, compiler, computer architecture, and low-power systems. Dr. Zhang has received the 2009 SIUC Excellence through Commitment Outstanding Scholar Award for the College of Engineering, and 2007 IBM Real-time Innovation Award. His research has been supported by NSF, IBM, Intel, Motorola and Altera. He is a senior member of the IEEE. He has served as a member of the organizing or program committees for several IEEE/ACM international conferences and workshops.