Muhammad Firdaus Akbar is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is also the Founder and Director of USM start-up company, Visionlytics Sdn Bhd. He received the Bachelor degree in Communication Engineering from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia, in 2010, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K., in 2012 and 2018, respectively. From 2010 to 2011, he was with Motorola Solutions, Penang, Malaysia, as a Research and Development Engineer. From 2012 to 2014, he was an Electrical Engineer with Usains Infotech Sdn Bhd, Penang. He is currently pursuing advanced research in a IR 4.0 based smart inspection system including microwave imaging and machine vision for non-destructive testing and manufacturing application.