Lei SHU is a currently Specially Assigned Research Fellow in Department of Multimedia Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Japan, with Prof. Shojiro Nishio and Prof. Takahiro Hara, and was a Research Scientist in the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), with Prof. Manfred Hauswirth. He received the B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from South Central University for Nationalities, China, 2002, and the M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, 2005, and the PhD degree in Digital Enterprise Research Institute, NUIG, in 2010. He has published over 80 papers in related conferences, journals, and books, including around 40 papers during the PhD course, 3 of his published papers are further published as breaking news, and 1 of his papers is further published by ZDNet.com and silicon.com as white paper. He has already built up various collaborations with more than 300 researchers, including more than 100 co-authors. He has been awarded the MASS 2009 IEEE TCs Travel Grant and the Outstanding Leadership Award of EUC 2009 as Publicity Chair.

 He has served as editor of 18 international journals: KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS), International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security (IJCNIS), International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), Information Technology Journal (ITJ), Journal of Applied Sciences (JAS), International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence (IJIMAI), International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking (IJFGCN), International Journal of Network Protocols and Algorithms (NPA), Advances in Information Sciences and Services Sciences (AISS), International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS), International Journal of Arts and Technology (IJART), International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA), International Journal of Advanced Researches on Computer Science (IJARCS), Asian Journal of Scientific Research (AJSR), Research Journal of Information Technology (RJIT), Asian Journal of Information Management (AJIM); and guest co-editor of: International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS), Journal of Communications (JCM), International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications (IJSEIA), International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence (IJIMAI).

 He has taken part in a number of projects: Integrating Heterogeneous Sensor Networks into One, CAMUS: Context-Aware Middleware for Ubiquitous Computing Systems, Sensor OS, GSN: Global Sensor Network Middleware for Interconnecting Heterogeneous Sensing Systems, and Semantic Reality. He has implemented a new open source wireless sensor networks simulator & visualizer: NetTopo, which has more than 60 international users. His research interests include semantic sensor networks, wireless sensor network, context aware and sensor network middleware. He is a member of the Libelium WSNs group. He is a member of ACM and IEEE. (IEEE membership ID: 90411188)