Masashi Sugano received the M.E. and D.E. degrees in Information and Computer Science from Osaka University, Japan, in 1988 and 1993, respectively. In April 1988, he joined Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. (currently, Kyocera Mita Corporation) as a Researcher. From 1996 to 2003, he was an Associate Professor in Osaka Prefecture College of Health Sciences. From 2003 to 2005, he was an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture College of Nursing. From 2005 to 2009, he was with the School of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, and from April 2009, he has been a Professor of Osaka Prefecture University. His current research interests include performance evaluation of computer communication network, network reliability, and ad hoc and sensor network systems. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, IEICE, and IPSJ.