Dr. Ir. IDRIS ISMAIL received the bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Wichita State University, KS, USA, in 1986, the master's degree in control system engineering from The University of Sheffield, U.K., in 2000, and the Ph.D. in electrical and electronics engineering from The University of Manchester, U.K., in 2009. He is currently an Associate Professor with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, and a registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia. His current research interests include data analytics and model predictive control.