Cristian is Professor in the Department of Computer Science Department at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He also holds a Visiting Professor appointment at the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include: mobile computing & sensing; ad hoc & vehicular networks; and cloud & distributed systems. Cristian received his Ph.D. degree from Rutgers University, and the M.S./B.S. degrees from University Politehnica, Bucharest, Romania.