Ricardo Bianchini is currently a Professor of Computer Science at Rutgers University. Prof. Bianchini received his PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Rochester. His research interests include cloud computing, and power/energy/thermal management of data centers. In fact, Prof. Bianchini is a pioneer in data center energy management, energy-aware storage systems, energy-aware load distribution across data centers, and leveraging renewable energy in data centers. Prof. Bianchini has co-chaired the program committee of several conferences and workshops, and currently serves on the editorial board of four journals. Prof. Bianchini has published five award papers, and has received the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. He is currently an ACM Distinguished Scientist.