Mwaffaq Otoom is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech (since 2006). He received the M.S. in Computer Systems from Arizona State University in 2006 and the B.S. in Computer Engineering from Yarmouk University (Jordan) in 2003. His thesis topic is in the development of the concept of Workload Specific Processors. His research interests include performance evaluation and workload characterization of Chip Heterogeneous Multiprocessors (CHMs). Mr. Otoom was a recipient of scholarships from the Jordanian government (1999-2004), YU (2004-2009), ASU (2005-2006), and currently from VT (since 2006). He is a member of IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, Gamma Beta Phi, and Golden Key International Honour.