Dr. Gruteser received his PhD degree in computer science in 2004 from the University of Colorado and joined the faculty of Rutgers University. He has conducted research on smart spaces at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and received an NSF CAREER award for his work on location privacy. He has also received a Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation as part of the ORBIT testbed team and a Rutgers Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence. His research has appeared on CNN national TV as well as in the New York Times, MIT Technology Review, CBC Online, and many other media outlets.