Bruce Hopkins is a 6-year Java veteran with experience in distributed computing and wireless networking. He has an electrical and computer engineering degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and has interest in robotics, microcomputing, and electronics. He has worked in Java since JDK 1.0a, and his research studies include distributed computing, clustering, encryption, and pervasive computing. He currently works as an independent consultant in the Detroit area.

Ranjith Antony earned his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the College of Engineering, Chengannur, Kerala, India, an institute affiliated with Cochin University of Science and Technology. He became a lecturer in the Department of Computer Engineering of the Government Model Engineering College, an institute affiliated with Cochin University of Science and Technology. In June 1998, he joined Atinav as a software engineer. Presently, he is working as a senior technical manager and is managing the Bluetooth-related Java products from Atinav.