The Editor is an expert in the field of signal processing, image processing, neural networks, machine learning, computer vision, pattern recognition, and digital system architectures. His book series on Wide Area Surveillance will be very useful in developing intelligent systems and image reconstruction techniques that would have wide reaching applications in the field of applied engineering and computer science.

• Background Subtraction: Theory and Practice.- Moving Cast Shadows Detection Methods for Video Surveillance Applications.- Moving Object Detection and Tracking in Wide Area Motion Imagery.- Recognizing Complex Human Activities via Crowd Context.- Event Based Switched Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Autonomous Cognitive Crowd Monitoring.- Unified Face Representation for Individual Recognition in Surveillance Videos.- Person Re-identification in Wide Area Camera Networks.- Opportunities and Challenges of Terrain Aided Navigation Systems for Aerial Surveillance by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.- Automatic Target Recognition in Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imagery Via Joint Transform Correlation.- An Overview of Distributed Tracking and Control in Camera Networks.