Kazunori Hayashi (Member, IEEE) received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in communication engineering from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the Center for Innovative Research and Education in Data Science, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. He was an Assistant Professor from 2002 to 2007, an Associate Professor from 2007 to 2017 with the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, and a Professor from 2017 to 2020 with the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan. His research focuses on statistical signal processing for communication systems. He was the recipient of the ICF Research Award from the KDDI Foundation in 2008, the IEEE Globecom 2009 Best Paper Award, the IEICE Communications Society Best Paper Award in 2010, the WPMC’11 Best Paper Award, the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award in 2012, the IEICE Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award in 2013, and APSIPA ASC Best Special Session Paper Nomination Award in 2019. He is a Member of IEICE, APSIPA, and ISCIE.