Keynote Speaker I
(Online)
Andrea Alu
Abstract:
Extreme Control of Radio-Waves and Light with Metasurfaces
In this talk, I discuss our recent research activity in photonics and mm-wave technologies, showing how suitably structured surfaces can open exciting avenues to enable extreme wave phenomena. In particular, I will discuss the role of broken geometrical and temporal symmetries, and of strong wave-matter interactions in polaritonic systems, to open new opportunities for classical and quantum wave control. Our findings open opportunities to tailor waves in robust and efficient ways, controlling their propagation, breaking Lorentz reciprocity and enabling topological order and phase transitions. In the talk, I will discuss the fundamentals of these concepts, and their impact on practical technologies, from imaging and sensing to computing.
Bio:
Andrea Alù is a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY), the Founding Director of the Photonics Initiative at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, and the Einstein Professor of Physics at the CUNY Graduate Center. He received his Laurea (2001) and PhD (2007) from the University of Roma Tre, Italy, and, after a postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 2009, where he was the Temple Foundation Endowed Professor until Jan. 2018. Dr. Alù is a Fellow of NAI, AAAS, IEEE, OSA, MRS, SPIE and APS, and has received several scientific awards, including the Blavatnik National Award in Physical Sciences and Engineering, the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, and the NSF Alan T. Waterman award.
Keynote Speaker II
Qammer Abbasi
Abstract:
What 6G can support and its enabling technologies
Future wireless networks are expected be more than allowing people, mobile devices, and objects to communicate with each other. The sixth generation (6G) of mobile networks are envisioned to include high data rate applications and ultra-massive, connected things. This also includes bio and nano-internet of things (IoT) tele-operated driving, unmanned mobility, haptic communications, unmanned aerial vehicles, and many more. Given the size of nano-sensors, THz frequency is proposed to do various sensing activities at this scale. However, it will be ideal to use the same radio frequency for communications as well. Furthermore, THz is also proposed as an enabler of extremely high data rate applications in 6G communications. The talk will be focused on Terahertz antenna design and new technology, which is referred to as Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) which will be enabler for future 6G communication.
Bio:
Qammer H. Abbasi (SMIEEE, MIET, FRET, FRSA, FEAI, Industrial FREng), Dr Abbasi is a Professor with the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, U.K., theme lead for Connecting People, deputy head for Communication Sensing and Imaging group (110+ researchers), deputy theme lead for Quantum & Nanotechnology in the University’s Advance Research Centre, Co-Manager for RF and terahertz laboratory. He has grant portfolio of £10M+ and contributed to more than 450+ leading international technical journal (including Nature Portfolio) and peer reviewed conference papers and 10 books and received several recognitions for his research including URSI 2019 Young Scientist Awards, UK exceptional talent endorsement by Royal Academy of Engineering, Sensor 2021 Young Scientist Award , National talent pool award by Pakistan, International Young Scientist Award by NSFC China, National interest waiver by USA, University Research Excellence Award from TAMUQ in two consecutive years, Reward for Excellence from University of Glasgow, Research Culture award University of Glasgow, 11 best paper awards, Pakistan Award (for services to Antenna and RF community in Pakistan), Best chapter award 2021 as chair from IEEE APS and IEEE MTT both, most downloaded paper in IEEE Terahertz Transaction, cover of MDPI journal twice, Editor’s choice paper from MDPI Sensor 2021, and best representative image of an outcome by QNRF. In addition, his work received media coverage by Analog IC tips, Microwaves & RF newsletters, Vertical news, Pakistan Dawn news, BBC news, Scotland TV, Fiercewireless, City42, Dunya news, Chinese news and many other media houses. Dr. Abbasi is an IEEE senior member and is chair of IEEE AP/MTT Scotland joint chapter and was chair of IEEE young professional affinity group. He is an Associate editor for IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, IEEE Sensors, IEEE Internet of Things, IEEE open access Antenna and Propagation, senior editor for Frontiers IoT and Sensors Networks section and acted as a guest editor for numerous special issues in top notch journals. He is a committee member for IEEE APS Young professional, Sub-committee chair for IEEE YP Ambassador program, IEEE 1906.1.1 standard on nano communication, IEEE APS/SC WG P145, IET Antenna & Propagation and healthcare network. Dr. Abbasi has been a member of the technical program committees of several IEEE flagship conferences and technical reviewer for several IEEE and top notch journals and acted as TPC chair and executive chair for 4th, 5th and 6th international UCET conference 2019, 2020, 2021 in addition to EAI Bodynets 2021 General Chair. Dr. Abbasi is expert reviewer for UK National Commission for UNESCO’s, EPSRC and MRC UK (panel member, 2020), Qatar national research funds, Flemish funding council (FWO, panel member), Belgium, OSF Polland, British council, UAE and KSA funds. He serves regularly as organiser of conferences, special sessions, workshops and TPC member for several IEEE flagship conferences, in addition to reviewer for Wiley & Sons books, Springer, IET books, IEEE conferences and more than 30 leading journals including Nature. He is Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of European Alliance of innovation and industrial Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering.
Keynote Speaker III
Anja Skrivervik
Abstract:
How far are we from closed form In-, On, and Off-Body link budget approximations
Link budgets have been used since early radio days to obtain a first idea of the feasibility of a link, and of the power levels included. This presentation will catalog and explain the difficulties linked to the establishment of link budgets for In-, On, and Off- Body links. Existing initial solutions for near-field losses, reflection at interfaces, and In-Body propagation will be presented. Moreover, the impact of the electric size of the host body will be discussed.
Bio:
Anja Skrivervik obtained her Master's degree in electrical engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1986, and her PhD, also in electrical engineering, from the same institution in 1992, for which she received the Latsis award. After a stay at the University of Rennes as an invited Research Fellow and two years in the industry, she returned part-time to EPFL as an Assistant Professor in 1996 and is now a Professeur Titulaire at this institution, where she is the head of the Microwave and Antenna Group. She is also a visiting Professor at the University of Lund. Her research activities include electrically small antennas, antennas in biological media, periodic structures, reflectand transmit arrays, and numerical techniques for electromagnetics. She is the author or co-author of more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Her teaching activities include courses on microwaves and antennas, and she teaches at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels. She was director of the EE section from 1996-2000, and is currently the director of the EE doctoral school at EPFL. She is very active in European collaboration and European projects. She was the chairperson of the Swiss URSI until 2012, is a Board member of the European School on Antennas, and is frequently requested to review research programs and centers in Europe. She is a member of the board of directors of the European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP) since 2017. She has been the general Chair of the Loughborough Antenna and Propagation Conference in 2015, Vice-Chair and Technical Program Committee-Chair of EuCAP 2016 conference, and financial chair of EuCAP 2017 to EuCAP 2022.
Keynote Speaker IV
Vadim Issakov
Abstract:
mm-Wave System and Circuit Design for Highly-Integrated Radar Transceivers
This talk focusses on system and circuit design considerations for highly-integrated radar transceivers in CMOS and SiGe HBT technologies. The speaker will first provide motivation for realization of radar sensors at mm-wave frequencies by showing the possible applications. Then, frequency band allocations for radar at mm-wave frequencies are discussed. Next, speaker will discuss system level consideration in detail and will present step-by-step system design steps for an integrated fast-chirp FMCW radar transceiver, such as level budget calculation, phase noise considerations, PLL linearity, design of the analog baseband. The system considerations will be systematically translated into specifications of circuit blocks (e.g. LNA, mixer, PA, VCO, analog baseband etc.) of the radar transceiver. Additionally, digital modulation techniques such as phase-modulated continuous-wave (PMCW) will be discussed and a systematic comparison with FMCW will be given. Next, technology-dependent considerations and challenges related to critical building blocks are discussed (e.g. phase noise, noise figure, operating frequency, routing density, digital baseband). Then, the speaker will present several design examples of integrated radar transceivers operating at V-band and D-band and will discuss the circuit architectures. The talk is rounded out by a vision on novel modulation techniques and trends in MIMO radar array realizations.
Bio:
Vadim Issakov received the M.Sc. from TU Munich in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Paderborn, in 2010. In 2010, he joined Infineon Technologies. Afterwards, he was with imec, Belgium, and then with Intel Corporation, before he came back to Infineon in 2015 as Principal mm-wave Design Engineer working on predevelopment of millimeter-wave radar products. Since April 2021 he is a full Professor at the TU Braunschweig. Dr. Issakov was a recipient of several awards including 2019 IEEE MTT Outstanding Young Engineer Award.
