This is a project-oriented laboratory book with online supplementary files focused on digital signal processing (DSP) for students, instructors and professionals. The authors provide eleven large and detailed projects which take the reader through the essentials of signal processing applications. Included are MATLAB codes which are fully commented on for developing working proofs of concepts. The accompanying online material together with the text directly integrates theory into practice. The eleven projects include speech coding for cell phones, understanding brain scan imaging, how MP3 players compress the data rate of audio CDs, embedding private information in music without detection, and much more. Applied Signal Processing: A MATLAB™-Based Proof of Concept allows readers to benefit from the experience and expertise of professionals, researchers, and instructors in a variety of applied signal processing related fields, presented in a project framework. It is ideal for lecture and laboratory courses, and the subject matter is compatible for use along with most standard textbooks.