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Evi Nemeth已經從科羅拉多大學（University of Colorado）計算機科學係教師的崗位上退休瞭，但是她仍然在參與CAIDA的網絡研究工作，CAIDA是聖地亞哥超級計算中心（San Diego Supercomputer Center）的Internet數據分析協作組織（Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis）

Garth Snyder曾經在NeXT和Sun公司工作過，他從斯沃索莫學院（Swarthmore College）獲得瞭電機工程專業的學位，並且在羅徹斯特大學（University of Rochester）取得MD和MBA學位。

Trent R. Hein（trent@atrust.com）是Applied Trust Engineering公司的創辦人之一，這是一傢提供網絡基礎設施的安全和性能谘詢服務的公司。Trent從科羅拉多大學（University of Colorado）獲得瞭計算機科學專業學士學位。