Stan Kurkovsky is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science at Central Connecticut State University. Stan earned his PhD from the Center for Advanced Computer Studies of the University of Louisiana (1999). Results of his doctoral research have been applied to network planning and industrial simulation. Stan's current research interests are in mobile and pervasive computing, distributed systems, and software engineering. He published over 40 papers in refereed proceedings of national and international conferences, scientific journals, and books. Stan serves as a reviewer and a member of program committees on a number of national and international conferences. During his academic career, Stan received over a million dollars in funding from private and federal sources.