Prof. Jianming Tang is a Professor of Optical Communications and director of Digital Signal Processing Centre of Excellence, School of Computer Science and Engineering at Bangor University, Bangor, UK. As a principal investigator/project coordinator, he has captured a large number of research grants from various funding bodies. He has also published more than 450 papers and filed 8 patent portfolios. In addition, he is actively involved in other research-related professional activities such as delivery of invited talks/seminars, co-chair/member for conference programme committees, and reviewer for grant-awarding bodies, professional journals, and patent offices. He won The Royal Society Brian Mercer Feasibility Award in 2008. He was appointed as a Fellow of The ERA Foundation in 2008.