Dr. Jinrong Jiang received a B.S. degree in computational mathematics and economics from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 1999, an M.S. degree in computational mathematics from the Institute of Computing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, and a Ph.D. degree in computer software and theory from the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he is currently a Research Fellow with the Computer Network Information Center. His research interests include the development of earth system models, parallel computing, and computer architecture.