Bio sketch:

Joe Touch is the Postel Center Director in USC's Information Sciences Institute and a Research Associate Professor in USC's Computer Science and EE/Systems Departments. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Pennsylvania and joined ISI in 1992, and his current projects involve virtual networks, optical Internets and computation, and network security. Joe is in Sigma Xi, an ACM Distinguished Scientist, and an IEEE Senior Member and ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer. He serves on various committees and the editorial boards of IEEE Network and Elsevier's Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences, and is active in the IETF.