Simon Haykin received his B.Sc. (First-class Honours), Ph.D., and D.Sc., all in Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, England. He is the author of numerous books, including the most widely used books: Communication Systems (4th edition, Wiley), Adaptive Filter Theory (4th edition, Prentice-Hall), Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation (2^nd edition, Prentice-Hall) and the about to be published new book on Adaptive Radar: Toward the Development of Cognitive Radar (Wiley), as well as numerous refereed journal papers. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, recipient of the Honourary Degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences from ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, and the Henry Booker Gold Medal from URSI, as well as other prizes and awards. Currently, he holds the title “Distinguished University Professor” in the ECE Department at McMaster University, Canada.