LEADERSHIP
Wei Zhao, Office of the Vice President for Research
Dr. Zhao is the Associate Vice President for Research, Director of the CIAS, Professor of Computer Science, an IEEE Fellow and, former head of the Department of Computer Science, (1998-2001). He also serves as Director of the Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies in the TEES Division of Science and Technology. He completed his undergraduate program in physics at Shaanxi Normal University, Xian, China, in 1977. He received his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1983 and 1986, respectively. He joined Texas A&M University in 1990.
His current research interests include secured real-time computing and communication, distributed operating systems, databases, and fault tolerant systems. He has played critical leadership roles in projects NetEx and NetCamo. His research group has been widely recognized through receipt of numerous prestigious awards of recognition from IEEE's national and international organization as well as DARPA.
Dr. Zhao holds two U.S. patents and has published over 180 papers in journals, conferences, and book chapters. He has an impressive record of professional service as evidenced by his extensive service as editor, program chair, general chair for national and international conferences in IEEE. He is an invited guest editor for a special issue on security in parallel and distributed computing systems for the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, to be published in 2003.
As Associate Vice President, Dr. Zhao focuses on providing strategic advice in support of the University's research activities in information technologies, and computational science and engineering.
Evan E. Anderson, Mays College and Graduate School of Business
Dr. Anderson is E.D. Brockett Professor and former Head of Information and Operations Management at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining Texas A&M, he was GMU Foundation Professor and Director of Technology Management in the Graduate Business Institute at George Mason University. He founded and directed the IT-Management Consortium, a university-industry group engaged in collaborative graduate technology management education and research. His academic service includes Associate Dean, Professor and Area Coordinator of Managerial Economics and Management Information Systems in the School of Management at the University of Texas-Dallas; Associate Professor of Managerial Economics in the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University; Visiting Associate Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University; Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Technology Management at the Graziado School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University. Periodically he has been a Senior Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, England.
Dr. Anderson's graduate education was at the University of Wisconsin, University of Michigan and Cornell University, where he earned his Ph.D.
His research interests include the economics of computers and information technologies; the design and implementation of information/decision support systems; and management of IT businesses.
Steve Liu, Dwight Look College of Engineering
Steve Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 1989; M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1981, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1979.
His research interests include Information Security, Real-Time Distributed Computing Systems, Network Performance, Network Security, Medical Informatics, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
Dr. Liu's recent work, supported by various federal and state agencies and local industry, includes the project on Development of the Virtual Network Engineering Lab by NSF and Marconi; data archival and management systems for ITS applications by FHWA TxDOT, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB); portable medical information systems by ONR, NHRC, and the Air Force surgeon general; Imagery Database Analysis and Indexing by THECB and Brooks Army Hospital; and On-demand Component Solutions for Advanced Embedded Applications by Microsoft.
Willis Marti, Computing and Information Services
Willis Marti received his Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Stanford University and has completed his studies toward a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is Director of Departmental Computing Services and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and serves as the Associate Director for Networking of the Computing and Information Services Department of Texas A&M.
Marti is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, 1974, and was a Commissioned Officer (Lieutenant and Captain) in the Air Defense Artillery. After ten years of active service, Mr. Marti built large networks in industry serving in project management positions with industries including TRW, Martin-Marietta and Sytek.
Marti has published on distributed platforms, distributed operating systems, fault tolerance, and security and reliability issues. He has served as expert witness in criminal and civil cases for computer forensics, software engineering, system performance and telecommunications. He teaches a senior level course in Networking and Distributed Processing.
Charles F. Hermann, Bush School of Government and Public Service
Dr. Hermann is the Associate Dean for International Programs at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, which is part of the Bush Presidential Library complex at Texas A&M University. Previously, Hermann was at Ohio State University where his posts included Vice Provost for International Affairs, Director of the Mershon Center for National Security Studies and professor of political science. Recent books include Violent Conflict in the 21st Century, The American Defense Annual, and New Directions in the Study of Foreign Policy. In 1969-70 he was an International Affairs Fellow of CFR serving on the NSC staff under Henry Kissinger.