The 5th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering: Theory and Practice was held in Cambridge, UK, in the period of July 11–15, 2005.
As one outcome of the conference, 13 selected papers were approved for publication in Special Issues of the journal Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering (IPSE). These papers represent a good balance between some of the fundamental concepts of inverse problems in engineering and some interesting applications of such problems.
The papers were internationally refereed, each of them being evaluated by three independent reviewers. Therefore, I must acknowledge such colleagues whose anonymous work is greatly appreciated.
Thanks are also due to the authors who have worked hard to prepare the full versions of their papers.
Finally, I am greatly indebted to Prof. George S. Dulikravich, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPSE journal who kindly approved the publication of the Special Issues and who was also very supportive along the entire review process.
Dr. Daniel Lesnic
Guest Editor