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Evi Nemeth已经从科罗拉多大学（University of Colorado）计算机科学系教师的岗位上退休了,但是她仍然在参与CAIDA的网络研究工作,CAIDA是圣地亚哥超级计算中心（San Diego Supercomputer Center）的Internet数据分析协作组织（Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis）

Garth Snyder曾经在NeXT和Sun公司工作过,他从斯沃索莫学院（Swarthmore College）获得了电机工程专业的学位,并且在罗彻斯特大学（University of Rochester）取得MD和MBA学位。

Trent R. Hein（trent@atrust.com）是Applied Trust Engineering公司的创办人之一,这是一家提供网络基础设施的安全和性能咨询服务的公司。Trent从科罗拉多大学（University of Colorado）获得了计算机科学专业学士学位。