Sophocles J. Orfanidis
Prof. Sophocles J. Orfanidis was highly respected in the signal processing and engineering community for his legacy of well-crafted, widely cited, and extensively utilized books. His "Introduction to Signal Processing" book has been a primer for the design of FIR and IIR filters, found useful in various engineering applications, including the Filter Design Toolbox and the Signal Processing Toolbox in Matlab. His "Optimum Signal Processing " book has been a presentation masterpiece of linear, predictive and adaptive filtering, as well as spectrum estimation. Also popular is his book on "Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas" with an application-oriented perspective including many examples and exercises in Matlab. The book is considered a fine reference by experts.
Prof. Orfanidis was highly recognized as a model educator. During his tenure at the Department of ECE at Rutgers University, he received several teaching awards, typically nominated by his students. His teaching and scholar devotion is also showcased by the fact that he acquired all the necessary licenses of his books and made them freely available to students (in fact, to everybody) from his Rutgers webpage. As a result, Prof. Orfanidis has educated numerous students worldwide, while his work has also been translated to Korean and Chinese. His rigorousness, as well as attractive teaching style has placed him - unarguably - among the best teachers in the history of the Rutgers ECE Department.
Books
Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas (2016)
Applied Optimum Signal Processing (2018)