Z. Sun

Zhili Sun has been working in the area of satellite networking since 1993. He got his B.S. degree in mathematics from Nanjing University, in 1982, and Ph.D. degree in computer science from Lancaster University, in 1990. He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Queen Mary University of London from 1989 to 1993. He has been a Principal Investigator and Technical Coordinator in many European projects including the ESPRIT BISANTE project on evaluation of broadband traffic over satellite using simulation approach, VIP-TEN project on quality of service (QoS) of IP telephony over satellite, EU 5th and 6th Framework Programme GEOCAST project on IP Multicast over satellites, ICEBERGS project on IP-based Multimedia Conference over Satellite, SatLife project on IP over DVB-S/RCS, SATSIX project on IPv6 over satellite, Euro-NGI project on next generation Internet. He has also been a Principal Investigator in UK EPSRC, European Space Agency (ESA), and industrial projects on IP multicast security. He has supervised many Ph.D.’s and research fellows. He published a book titled Satellite Networking by Wiley, and over 120 papers in international journals, book chapters, and conferences. He has also been a member of technical committee of international conferences and member of reviewers of major EU and UK research proposals. He has acted as external examiner for Ph.D. viva in many universities in UK, France, Spain, Singapore, and China. He also teaches M.S., undergraduate, and industrial courses on satellite networking, computer and data networks, Internet traffic engineering, and mobile operating systems.

Biography Updated on 30 May 2007