Pawel Gburzynski received his MSc and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw, Poland in 1976 and 1982, respectively. Before coming to Canada in 1984, he had been a research associate, systems programmer, and consultant in the Department of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw. Since 1985, he has been with the Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, where he is a Professor. Dr. Gburzynski's research interests are in communication networks, embedded systems, operating systems, simulation, and performance evaluation.