Dr. James J. Hunt is a cofounder and CEO of aicas a leading vendor of virtual machine technology and analysis tools for Java-based systems. He has a BS in Computer Science and Physics from Yale University, an MA in Computer Science from Boston University, and a Doctorate of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe. He spent several years as a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory developing CAD software for restructurable wafer scale integrated circuits (RVLSI) and a parallel Lisp system for signal processing. Dr. Hunt leaded the IST project HIDOORS and is now the technical lead for the Artemis CHARTER project, which is developing tools and technology for Java-based safety-critical systems. He is an contributing member of the JCP, particularly for Safety-Critical Java (JSR-302) and the Real-Time Specification for Java (JSR-282), as well as the Distributed Realtime Specification for Java (JSR-50). He participated in the SC-205/WG-71 Plenary for updating software safety standard for avionics, where he was the European cochair for the Object-Oriented Technology subgroup.