Micah Adler is an Associate Professor in the Computer 
Science Department at the University of Massachusetts, 
Amherst.  He received his Ph.D. from the Division of 
Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, and 
his B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science from the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Between finishing 
his Ph.D. in 1996 and starting at UMass, Amherst in 1999, he 
was the recipient of Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships from 
both the Heinz Nixdorf Institute in Paderborn, Germany and 
the Computer Science Department at the University of 
Toronto.  His research focuses on foundational issues 
concerning communication networks and multiprocessor 
computational systems. His current interests include network 
security, bandwidth efficiency and algorithmic aspects of 
the World Wide Web.  His recent professional service 
includes being Program Committee Chair for SPAA 2004, a 
Program Committee Member for FOCS 2004, and a Managing 
Editor of Internet Mathematics.