Kang Su Gatlin is currently a second year PhD student at the University of California San Diego, in the Computer Science and Engineering Department. His research interests include high performance and parallel computation and he is supported by a National Physical Science Consortium Fellowship. Kang Su graduated in June 1994 from the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Computer Science. His other activities include weightlifting and food tasting.