Edin Omerdic received his Dipl. Eng. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 1997 and 2001 respectively, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wales, UK in 2004. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS), University of Limerick, Ireland. His research interests include Modelling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems, Real-Time Simulators and Real-Time Embedded Control Systems, Virtual Reality, Multi-Modal Human Machine Interface for Cyber-Physic Systems based on AI techniques (VR headsets, speech recognition, hand gesture recognition), Machine Learning, Guidance, Navigation and Control System for Marine Platforms, Nonlinear Control Systems, Underwater Robotics, and Fault-Tolerant Systems. Dr. Omerdic has received four awards for his work, including the Society of Underwater Technology (SUT) prize for Best Multimedia Presentation (GCUV 2003) 'Thruster Fault Accommodation for Underwater Vehicles', IFAC prize for best online demonstration (MCMC 2003) 'Fault Detection and Accommodation for ROVs', IMarEST SMI Donald Maxwell Award Prize for Best Journal Paper (2004) 'A Fuzzy Track-Keeping Autopilot for Ship Steering', and Curriculum Paper Contest National Instruments International Competition LabVIEW in the Curriculum 2006 (First Prize Winner) 'Virtual Underwater Lab: Efficient Tool for System Integration and UUV Control Development'.