**Meet the editor**

Narottam Das received BSc and MSc degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, and Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, respectively. He received PhD degree in systems and information engineering from Yamagata University, Japan in 2000. Currently he is an academic staff at the Department of

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia. Earlier, he worked at Edith Cowan University and Monash University, Australia; NEC Yamagata Ltd., Japan and Bangladesh Export Import Company, Dhaka. He is the author/co-author of books, book chapters, over 70 referred international journal papers and conference proceedings, and over 20 industrial technical reports at NEC Japan. Dr. Das is a senior member of the IEEE, member of the Institute of Engineers, Australia, and member of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh.
