Xiyu Shi received a B.Eng. in Radio Engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 1984; an M.Sc. in Communication and Electronic Systems from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, in 1989; and a PhD in Computer Networks from Cranfield University, Shrivenham, U.K., in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he worked at the Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K. From 2004 to 2005, he worked at the Department of Applied Computing, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, U.K. In 2005, he rejoined the University of Surrey as a Research Fellow. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Digital Technologies, Loughborough University London, London, U.K. His research interests include voice/audio signal processing, deep learning, and AI explainability.