B.M. Azizur Rahman received BSc Eng and MSc Eng degrees in Electrical Engineering with distinctions from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He also received two gold medals for being the best undergraduate and graduate student of the University in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from University College, London in 1982. From 1976 to 1979, he was a Lecturer at the Electrical Engineering Department, BUET. After completing his Ph.D. he joined University College London as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow and continued his research work on the finite element modeling of optical waveguides until 1988. In 1988, he joined the Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering Department of City University, London, as a Lecturer, where he is now a Professor. He is a Member of the Institute of Engineering Technology (formerly IEE), England, a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (USA).