The following special sessions are being organized to be held at AP-S/URSI 2024:
| Advanced Antenna Technology for Civilian and Defence Applications |
| Advanced Technologies for EMF Exposure Assessment/Prediction/Monitoring |
| Advances in Additively Manufactured Dielectric Antennas for Modern Communication and Sensing Systems |
| AMTA Session - New developments in Antenna Measurements |
| Application of Electromagnetic Information Theory in next-generation wireless communication |
| Beam-Scanning Antennas for Next-Generation Wireless and Satellite Communications at mm-Waves and Beyond |
| Electromagnetic solutions for advanced and emerging RFID systems |
| High Sensitivity Feeds and Antenna Arrays for Radio Astronomy and Remote Sensing |
| IEEE AP-S Industry Initiative Session: Antennas for Future Communication Networks |
| Innovative Antenna Solutions for Next-Gen Non-Terrestrial Networks |
| Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces and Programmable Metasurfaces: Enabling the Future of 5G and 6G Communications |
| Machine-Learning as Applied to EM - Trends, Advances, and Applications |
| Machine‐Learning as Applied to EM ‐ Trends, Advances, and Applications |
| Maximizing the societal impact of wireless connectivity by bridging new technologies and social science |
| Medical applications of microwaves: from emerging trends to pathways for clinical application |
| Multi-functional Reconfigurable Surfaces For Next-Generation Sensing and Communications |
| Quantum Technology Related to Electromagnetics |
| Quantum/Atom Based Electric and Magnetic Field Sensors |
| Recent Advances in the Numerical Synthesis of Metasurfaces |
| Safety Aspects of Wearable and Implanted Antennas and Sensors |
| The Latest Developments for Automotive Antennas |
The following celebratory sessions are being organized to be held at AP-S/URSI 2024:
| Advancing Electromagnetic Frontiers in Antennas and Propagation: A Centenary Tribute to Leopold B. Felsen |
| Celebrating Prof. Constantine A. Balanis' 85th Birthday and Contributions to Antennas and Propagation |
| Mathematical Advances in Theoretical and Computational Electromagnetics: a Tribute to Prof. Zich |
| Special Session in Honor of Dr. Arthur D. Yaghjian for his 80th Birthday |
| Technical and Professional Advancements in Antennas, Propagation, and Radio Science: In Memory of W. Ross Stone |
| Understanding Our History |
Authors are also encouraged to submit papers on the following focused sessions. Please, submit your paper as regular paper by using the suggested AP-S/URSI topic and contact the proposer(s) if you are willing to submit a paper in focused sessions.
| Title | Proposer | Suggested AP-S/URSI topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics-assisted learning and optimization techniques for Inverse Problems | Martina Teresa Bevacqua | martina.bevacqua@unirc.it, scapaticci.r@irea.cnr.it, santi.pavone@unict.it | AP-S AP-S.5.44: Inverse scattering and imaging URSI C.2: Computational imaging and inverse methods |
| Non-destructive sensing and imaging: From mm to optical waves | Maria Antonia Maisto | Mariaantonia.maisto@unicampania.it, loreto.didonato@unict.it | AP-S AP-S.5.44: Inverse scattering and imaging URSI B.2.7: Imaging, inverse scattering, and remote sensing |
| Advanced Materials and Manufacturing of Antennas and Microwave Components for Sensing and Communication Applications | Gaetano Marrocco | gaetano.marrocco@uniroma2.it, Mohammad.zarifi@ubc.ca | AP-S AP-S.6.52: 3D printed antennas and structures URSI D.10: IoT and RFID antennas, circuits, and systems |
| Challenges, advances and future trends on emerging applications of Radar Imaging | Guillermo Alvarez-Narciandi | g.alvarez-narciandi@qub.ac.uk, m.garcia-fernandez@qub.ac.uk, okan.yurduseven@qub.ac.uk | AP-S AP-S.6.50: Antennas on platforms and in specialized environments URSI C.5: Radar systems, target detection, localization, and tracking |
| New Paradigms in Electromagnetic Identification and sensing | Cecilia Occhiuzzi | Cecilia.occhiuzzi@uniroma2.it, Simon.hemour@u-bordeaux.fr | AP-S AP-S.6.53: RFID antennas and systems URSI C.6.1: Internet of Things |
| Non-LTI Electrically Small Antennas | Carl Pfeiffer | carlpfei@umich.edu, bae-ian.wu.1@us.af.mil | AP-S AP-S.6: Antenna Applications and Emerging Technologies URSI B.1 Antennas |
| Inverse Design of Antennas, Arrays and Metasurfaces | Qi Wu | qiwu@seu.edu.cn, zs9193@princeton.edu, chaoqianzju@zju.edu.cn | AP-S AP-S.4.37: Optimization methods in EM designs |
| Novel Physical Layer Technologies for Covert Communications | Fikadu Dagefu | fikadu.t.dagefu.civ@army.mil, saraband@umich.edu | AP-S AP-S.2.18: Reconfigurable and adaptive antennas and arrays URSI B.1.2: Antenna arrays and systems |
| Antennas for Planetary Exploration | Avinash Sharma | avinash.sharma@jhuapl.edu | URSI B.1 Antennas |
| New Applications of Characteristic Mode Analysis to Antenna System Design | Buon Kiong Lau | Buon_Kiong.Lau@eit.lth.se, Yi.Huang@liverpool.ac.uk | AP-S AP-S.4.29: Computational electromagnetics |
| Antennas and associated techniques for RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer Systems | Mohammad Hashmi | mohammad.hashmi@nu.edu.kz, nasimuddin@i2r.a-star.edu.sg, merih.palandoken@ikc.edu.tr | AP-S AP-S.6.54: Wireless power transmission and harvesting |
| Next-Generation Antenna Technologies for New Space Satellite Communications and Beyond 5G | Karu Esselle | karu.esselle@uts.edu.au, khushboo.singh@uts.edu.au, dushmantha.thalakotuna@uts.edu.au | AP-S AP-S.6.49: Satellite antennas URSI B.1.4: Antenna feeds and reflector and reflectarray antennas |
| Rays and Beams in EM Theory and Applications | Ludger Klinkenbusch | klinkenbusch@tf.uni-kiel.de, giuliano.manara@unipi.it, pathakph@gmail.com | AP-S AP-S.4.30: High-frequency and asymptotic methods URSI B.3.11: Computational electromagnetics, analysis, and optimization |