Weisheng Hu, received BS (86), MS (89), and PhD (94) from Tsinghua, BUST, and Nanjing University. He joined WUST as assistant professor in 1989-94, SJTU as post-doctorate fellow in 1997-99, and as professor in 1999. He was director of SKL of advanced optical communication systems and networks (2003-07), member of coordinate task force of CAINONet and 3Tnet (1999-06), and technology forecast of Shanghai (2004-). He serves TPC for OFC, APOC, Optics East, LEOS/PS, CLEO/PS, ICICS, and editorial board for JLT, COL, and FOC.