Waleed H. Abdulla (M'06) received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Otago, Otago, New Zealand. Since 2002, he has worked as an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. He is a visiting researcher/collaborator at many universities. He has published over 85 peer-reviewed publications, including a patent and a book. He has supervised more than 25 postgraduate students. Dr. Abdulla is a member of the editorial boards of the IET Signal Processing Journal, The Open Signal Processing Journal, the International Journal of Biometrics, and the International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology. He is a founding member of the Asia–Pacific Association for Signal and Information Processing (APSIPA). He has had leading roles in many conferences and international activities. He is a recipient of many awards and funded projects exceeding $900K. He has recently been awarded JSPS, ETRI, and HKPU fellowships and an Excellent Teaching Award in 2005.