Dr. Xiaolin Hu is a Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Director of the Systems Integrated Modeling and Simulation (SIMS) Lab of Computer Science Department at Georgia State University. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Arizona, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in 2004. His research interests include modeling and simulation theory and application, complex systems science, agent and multi-agent systems, and advanced computing in parallel and cloud environments. His work covers both fundamental research and applications of computer modeling and simulation. Dr. Hu was a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award recipient.