Neal Snooke received a University of Wales BSc Honours degree in Microelectronics and Computing in 1990, followed by a Ph.D in Wavelet based image compression in 1994 from Aberystwyth University, UK. He has been research director of a successful spin-off company specializing in automotive electrical failure modes and effects analysis, and is currently a Lecturer at the department of Computer Science at Aberystwyth University specializing in network technologies, ubiquitous computing, and software engineering. His research interests include model-based reasoning, qualitative reasoning, and software analysis with application to automated design analysis tools for electrical, electronic, network-based, and embedded systems. He was also a member of the steering committee for the European Network of Excellence on Qualitative and Model-based reasoning. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers.