Arun K. De received the B.E. (ETC), M.E. (Electronics), and Ph.D. (Tech.) degrees from the University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India, in 1972, 1977, and 2000, respectively. He joined the Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, in 1979, as a Computer Engineer and is currently engaged as a Computer System Engineer Gr I (Professor). His research interest includes signal processing, wave propagation, atmospheric sciences, and remote sensing. He has published 50 scientific papers in national and international journals/edited books. He was coeditor of Proceedings of MMPABL (1988) and Proceedings of ICAPRDT (1999).