John G. Proakis is an American scientist and engineer, he is described as an expert in adaptive filtering, adaptive communication systems and adaptive equalization techniques, communication through fading multipath channels, radar detection, signal parameter estimation, optimization techniques, and statistical analysis.
He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, in 1967.
[3] He is a winner of the IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal.
[4] He is an IEEE Life Fellow and recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Education Award in 2004.
[5] He is the author of a number of notable books on digital communication.