He received Ph.D. and M.S. from Louisiana State University and University of Science and Technology of China, respectively, both in Computer Science. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and IEEE Communication Society. He is a registered engineer in China. He worked as a software engineer in China before he came to U. S. to pursue his Ph.D. Dr. Ding’s recent research involved sensor networks, cyber-physical systems, content-centric networking, network security, and synergy of peer-to-peer systems with other decentralized technologies.