Paul Thomas obtained his first degree in Applied Chemistry in 1989 and MSc in Computer Science in 1994. Since then Paul has been leading signal processing and data fusion for the Ministry of Defence, currently in Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Paul’s research areas have spanned from fusion of Chemical and Biological sensor data for military situational awareness to multisensor integration for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR), and his published papers reflect this. In 2008 Paul founded the University Defence Research Centre for Signal Processing (UDRC) whose aims include development of signal processing science and technology to address military challenges, and enabling the rapid exploitation of science & technology (S&T) in the signal processing domain to address military requirements. Paul is the Co-Chair for the SSPD series of conferences and chairs Defence sessions in the ISIF Fusion conferences. Paul currently holds the role of Lead Technical Reviewer for the UDRC and advises the MOD’s research programme office on technology concepts for ISTAR.