Linda Doyle is an Associate Professor in Trinity College, University of Dublin in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering. Prof. Doyle received her Ph.D. in radio wave propagation in 1996 and has been a faculty member since then. She plays an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and in research. Prof. Doyle’s leads a large research team working on wireless networking, software radio, cognitive radio, reconfigurable networks, dynamic spectrum access, spectrum trading and spectrum regulation.  Professor Doyle and her team have built a strong reputation in the field of cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access. They have published over 140 papers in the last few years. Professor Doyle has just recently published a book on cognitive radio, The Essentials of Cognitive Radio (Cambridge University Press). Linda is currently is vice-chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks.