Michael D. Addlesee (C.Eng. MIEE MIEEE) received the B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physics from the University of Nottingham in 1981, the M.Sc. degree in Communications Engineering from Imperial College London in 1986 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge in 1991. In 1985 whilst working for Marconi Communication Systems, he was awarded a GEC Fellowship for a years study at the University of London. His Ph.D. research on Image Compression using the Subband Technique was, in part, funded by Thorn-EMI Central Research Laboratories, the IEE and the Fellowship of Engineering. His research interests are in digital signal processing, image compression and portable multimedia computer networks.