S. Sitharama Iyengar is the director of and Ryder Professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University. A SIAM distinguished lecturer, ACM national lecturer, IEEE distinguished scientist, and fellow of the IEEE, ACM, AAAS, and SDPS, Dr. Iyengar is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. He is a world-class expert in computational aspects of sensor networks, data structures, and algorithms for various distributed applications. Many of his techniques have been used at institutions such as NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Richard R. Brooks is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Clemson University. A senior member of the IEEE, Dr. Brooks is the associate managing editor of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. His research interests include distributed systems, network security, sensor networks, and self-organizing systems. His work has been sponsored by DARPA, the U.S. Office of Naval Research, and other high-level organizations.