David Du's Bio

David H.C. Du – received the B.S. degree in mathematics from National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C. in 1974, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1980 and 1981, respectively.

He is currently a Qwest Chair Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Since March 2006, Dr. Du is serving as a Program Director at National Science Foundation Computer Network and Systems Division. He is currently working on three research clusters including Cyber Trust, Network Research and Computer Systems Research. His research interests include cyber security, sensor networks, multimedia computing, storage systems, high-speed networking, high-performance computing over clusters of workstations, database design and CAD for VLSI circuits. He has authored and co-authored more than 195 technical papers, including 95 referred journal publications in his research areas. He has also graduated 49 Ph.D. and 80 M.S. students. Dr. Du is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute. He is currently served on a number of journal editorial boards. He has also served as guest editors for a number of journals including IEEE Computer, IEEE and Communications of ACM. He has also served as Conference Chair and Program Committee Chair to several conferences in multimedia, database and networking areas