Mohamad Khairi Ishak was born in Kedah, Malaysia. He received the B.Eng. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, the M.Sc. degree in embedded system from the University of Essex, Colchester, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K. He is currently a Senior Lecturer of mechatronics engineering with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is also a registered Graduate Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. His research interests include embedded system, real-time control communications, and robotics. His emphasis is given toward the development of theoretical and practical methods which can be practically validated. Recently, his significant research effort has been directed toward important industrial issues of embedded networked control systems.