Ideal for researchers and practitioners looking to develop and use computational algorithms for waveform design in diverse active sensing applications.

Hao He received his PhD from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, USA, in 2011. His student papers won awards at the IEEE 13th DSP Workshop and 5th SPE Workshop in 2009 and at the 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing in 2010.

1. Introduction; Part I. Aperiodic Correlation Synthesis: 2. Single aperiodic sequence design; 3. Aperiodic sequence set design; 4. Lower bounds for aperiodic sequences; 5. Stopband constraint case; 6. Ambiguity function (AF); 7. Cross ambiguity function (CAF); 8. Joint design of transmit sequence and receive filter; Part II. Periodic Correlation Synthesis: 9. Single periodic sequence design; 10. Periodic sequence set design; 11. Lower bounds for periodic sequences; 12. Periodic ambiguity function (PAF); Part III. Transmit Beampattern Synthesis: 13. Narrowband beampattern to covariance matrix; 14. Covariance matrix to waveform; 15. Wideband transmit beampattern synthesis; Part IV. Diverse Application Examples: 16. Radar range and range-Doppler imaging; 17. Ultrasound system for hyperthermia treatment of breast cancer; 18. Covert underwater acoustic communications - coherent scheme; 19. Covert underwater acoustic communications - noncoherent scheme.