He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2003. His areas of research interest include Real-Time Data Management, Real-Time Embedded Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks, Cyber Physical Systems, and Internet of Things. He has published more than 60 conference and journal papers in these areas (e.g., IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Engineering, Ad Hoc Networks Journal, and Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing). He has served on the program committees of prominent international conferences. He is member of ACM and IEEE.