James R. Ottewill (Member, IEEE) was born in London, U.K. He received the B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in mechanical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K., in 2005 and 2009, respectively. He is currently a Senior Principal Scientist with Hitachi ABB Power Grids Research, Kraków, Poland, working in the field of applied analytics for condition monitoring applications. His main research interests relate to advanced physics-based and data-driven approaches for diagnostics and prognostics, including dynamic testing, modeling, and analysis of nonlinear systems, signal processing, and information fusion. Dr. Ottewill is a Chartered Engineer in U.K. and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, U.K.