Jeremy Smith received a BEng (Hons) degree in engineering science and a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, in 1984 and 1990, respectively. Between 1984 and 1988, he conducted research on image processing and robotic systems in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, where he has been a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader in the same department since 1988. Since 2006, Dr. Smith has been a Professor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Liverpool. His academic research interests include the development of vision-based sensors and control systems to be used in advanced robotic systems for automated welding and other manufacturing processes, the development of advanced digital systems based upon SOPC devices and parallel processing systems, and the development of neural network and fuzzy logic techniques to allow the fusion of data from several sensors to provide control information. Other areas of research include the development of a networking system based upon the CAN bus, the development of robotic manipulator controllers, and the development of an advanced remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) requiring the integration of vision and manipulator systems, along with sophisticated navigation techniques.