The JSCC project group was started by my advisor, Professor Douglas. Jones and Professor Kannan Ramchandran here in the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Professor Ramchandran has later left for University of California, Berkeley). We were later joined by Professor Naresh R. Shanbhag (also from UIUC). Quite several student members, including myself, were recruited in this joint effort, some of them, including Igor, Mike, Manesh, have graduated and left. We are actively recruiting new students (this is not entirely a joke)!