Professor Max Wong, McMaster University, is a leader in the research of signal processing. His research ranges from development of fundamental theory and algorithms in signal processing to applications and designs of signal processors in communication, radar, and sonar systems. His research in sensor array processing brought high resolution processing methods into practical use in non-ideal noise environments. His more recent work pioneered the application of convex optimization techniques to signal processor designs and made great impacts in line and wireless communications. Author of over 200 technical papers, his inventions include the transmultiplexer and the wavelet echo canceller used in daily telephone systems while his algorithms in target detection and estimation are implemented in our defence systems. Dr. Wong is currently the Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds the Canada Research Chair Professorship of Signal Processing.