Prof. Andy M. Tyrrell is a Professor of Electronic Engineering at the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York. He received a 1st class honours degree in 1982 and a PhD in 1985, both in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. His main research interests are in the design of biologically inspired architectures, computer engineering, microelectronics, robotics, evolvable hardware, FPGA system design, and fault-tolerant design.