The list below includes some of the authors and corresponding books that have influenced me the most in the field of signal processing. The list I provide consist of my top 15 selection. I hope to have time to do a more detailed review of each of them someday in the future:

-Digital Signal Processing, Proakis (DSP Fudamentals)
-Introduction to Linear Algebra, Strang (Math Basics for SSP)
-Intuitive Probability and Random Processes using MATLAB, Kay (Math Basics for SSP)
-Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling, Hayes (Statistical SP)
-Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing, Manolakis (Statistical SP)
-Applied Optimal Estimation, Gelb (Kalman Filters)
-Linear Estimation, Kailath/Sayed (Kalman Fitlers)
-Statistical Signal Processing, Kay (Linear Estimation)
-Adaptive Filter Theory, Haykin (Adaptive Filtering)
-Adaptive Signal Processing, Widrow (Adaptive Filtering)
-Fundamentals of Adaptive Filtering, Sayed (Adaptive Filtering)
-Spectral Analysis of Signal, Stoica (Spectrum Estimation)
-Digital Spectral Analysis with Applications, Marple (Spectrum Estimation)
-An Introduction to the Bootstrap, Efron (Adaptive Filtering)
-Bootstrap Techniques for Signal Processing, Zoubir (Bootrap)

Of these, the most influencial books for my research have been Statistical Digital Signal Processing by Hayes and Linear Estimation by Kailath.

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The list below includes some of the authors and corresponding books that have influenced me the most in the field of management and leadership. I hope to have time to do a more detailed review of each of them someday in the future:

-The Delta Project, Arnoldo Hax (Strategy)
-Classic Drucker, Peter Drucker (Management)
-The Practice of Management, Peter Drucker (Management)
-The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker (Leadership)
-Kotler on Marketing, Philip Kotler (Marketing)
-Re-Imagine, Tom Peters (Innovation)
-The Circle of Innovation, Tom Peters (Innovation)
-Competitive Strategy, Michael Porter (Strategy)
-Competivite Advantage, Michael Porter (Strategy)
-Leading Change, John Kotter (Change Management)
-Marketing Management and Strategy, Peter Doyle and Phillip Stern (Marteting)
-The Dynamics of International Strategy, Susan Segal-Horn and David Faulkner (International Strategy)
-Analysis for Financial Management, Robert Higgins (Finance)
-The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation, Ralph Katz (Technology Management)
-The Organization and Architecture of Innovation, Thomas Allen (Space & Innovation).

Of these, the authors that have influenced me the most have been Arnoldo Hax, Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, and Philip Kotler. I had the great pleasure and oppotunity to take the course on “Reinventing Business Strategy” taught by Arnoldo Hax at MIT Sloan. His presentations, analysis, and clarity of thinking was life changing. I also had the opportunity to take courses by Ralph Katz and Thomas Allen at MIT.

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