Guiyun Tian received a B.Sc. in metrology and instrumentation and an M.Sc. in precision engineering from the University of Sichuan, Chengdu, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and a Ph.D. from the University of Derby, Derby, U.K., in 1998. From 2000 to 2006, he was a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Professor, and Head of the Systems Engineering group at the University of Huddersfield, U.K. Since 2007, he has been based at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., where he is the Chair Professor in Sensor Technologies. Currently, he is also an adjunct professor with the School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has coordinated several research projects from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Royal Academy of Engineering, NSFC, and FP7. On top of this, he also has good collaboration with leading industrial companies such as Airbus, Rolls Royce, BP, nPower, Network rail, TWI, and several pipeline companies.