This book is more than just a compilation of the original articles. All of the material in the book has gone through careful editorial review and has also benefited from the feedback of the readers of the magazine; the result is a consistent across all of the articles. Additionally, the authors have used this opportunity to include the additional explanations, applications, and illustrations that could not be included in the original articles due to space limitations.
Richard G. Lyons is a Consulting Systems Engineer and Lecturer with Besser Associates in Mountain View, California, and has been the lead hardware engineer for numerous multimillion-dollar signal processing systems for both the National Security Agency (NSA) and TRW, Inc. He delivers digital signal processing seminars and training courses at technical conferences as well as to leading industry companies. He is a Member of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu, and is Associate Editor of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, where he created and edits the "DSP Tips & Tricks" column.