Siti Barirah Ahmad Anas received a B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in Computer and Electronic Systems from the University of Strathclyde, U.K., in 1999, a M.Sc. in Communication and Network Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, in 2003, and the Ph.D. in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of Essex, U.K., in 2009. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia. Her current research interests include optical transmission systems, optical multiplexing techniques, optical access network technologies and optical wireless communications. She is actively involved in the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) by serving on the executive committee of the IEEE Photonics Society Malaysia Chapter for many years.