1. Yan Chen 陈焰
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University
Education
Univ. of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. of Computer Science, 2003
State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, M.S. of Computer Science, 1998
Zhejiang University, Honored B.E. of Computer Engineering, 1995

2. Northwestern Lab for Internet and Security Technology (LIST)
Research Interests
Computer networks and large-scale distributed system, in particular, for measurement, management and security
Wireless and ad hoc networks
Still pretty large technical gap between China and US …
Sponsors:
Department of Energy (Early CAREER Award)
Microsoft Research
Motorola Inc.

3. Collaboration with China
Experience
Prof. Xin Li (李星), Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua Univ. on Internet Measurement
Prof. Bo Li (李波) of Hongkong Univ. of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Dr. Qian Zhang (张黔) of Microsoft Research Asia (now also at HKUST), on wireless and ad hoc networks.
Enabling more collaborations
Summer visit program/opportunities (provide help on housing, etc.)
Matching funds for outstanding scholars in China to visit and do research in US (like the model of Korean Research Foundation)