Jong-Tae Park is a professor of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Kyungpook National University, Korea. He received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and previously worked at AT&T Bell Labs in the United States. He has founded the Committee of Korean Network Operations and Management (KNOM) in the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences and was one of the founding members of Asia-Pacific Symposium on Network Operations and Management (APNOMS). He served as a chair of the Technical Committee of Information Infrastructure of IEEE Communication Society. He is currently on the editorial board of International Journal on Network and Systems Management, China Communications, and a standing committee member for APNOMS. He was a general chair for APNOMS97, a general chair for ICC 2002 Symposium and a co-chair for Globecom2002 Symposium on Global Service Portability and Infrastructure. He has also served as a committee member or advisory board member for IEEE/IFIP NOMS and IM. He has published more than 100 journals and articles in the areas of computer communication networks, network management, and distributed systems. His current research interests include issues related to the control and management of next generation information networks including MPLS/GMPLS, 4G and ubiquitous sensor networks. He is also interested in the development of real-time location system using active RFID technology, and mobile RFID middleware, and the wireless multimedia Internet applications. He is an IEEE senior member.