Zhenyu Yang joined the multimedia operating systems and networking group in the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the supervision of Professor Klara Nahrstedt in Spring 2004, and received Ph.D. (thesis focus: 3D tele-immersive environments) in October 2007. After graduation, he continued working with Professor Klara Nahrstedt as a postdoctoral fellow until August 2008. Zhenyu Yang received his M.S. (thesis focus: fault tolerance and reliability) from the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2002 and B.E. from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CHINA), July 1994. His research interests include networking and distributed systems with a focus on communication and multimedia systems involving quality-of-service management, overlay and peer-to-peer networks, content delivery network, wireless networks, 3D collaborative environments, ubiquitous computing, human-computer interface/interaction, and development of multimedia applications particularly to promote collaborative and interdisciplinary research.