It is our pleasure to announce that the 2025 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications will host the following Special Sessions.

The Technical Program Committee (TPC) expresses its gratitude to all the Organizers.

Contributors will find information about the submission process in the information for authors.

SPS01  Modeling of wave propagation in complex environment: from the HF to VHF bandwidths

 Organizer: Alain Reineix, University of Limoges, CNRS, Xlim, France

 Contact: alain.reineix@unilim.fr

SPS02  Advances in Dielectric Resonator Antennas: Design, Applications, and Future Trends

Organizer: Kaoutar Allabouche, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdella, Fes, Morocco

Contact: kaoutar.allabouche@usmba.ac.ma

SPS03  Workshop on Reconfigurable Antenna Research for LEO and GEO Datalinks (Transmitarrays, Reflectarrays, RIS, and Phased Arrays)

Organizers: André Barka, ONERA-The French Aerospace Lab, Toulouse, France; Anne-Claire Lepage, Télécom Paris Tech, France

Contact: andre.barka@onera.fr, anne-claire.lepage@telecom-paris.fr

SPS04  Innovative Materials and Antenna Applications

Organizers: Cristina Ponti, Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy; Karu Esselle, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Contact: cristina.ponti@uniroma3.it, karu.esselle@uts.edu.au

SPS05  Reconfigurable Radiating Devices at Millimeter-Waves and Sub-THz Bands

Organizers: Aurélian Crunteanu, and Cyril Decroze, University of Limoges, CNRS, Xlim, France

Contact: aurelian.crunteanu@xlim.fr, cyril.decroze@unilim.fr

SPS06  Workshop for Young Scientists/Students on Antenna Measurements -Fundamentals and Advanced (IEEE AP-S TC on Antenna Measurements)

Organizers: Debatosh Guha, University of Calcutta, India; Andrea Michel, University of Pisa, Italy

Contact: dguha@ieee.org, andrea.michel@unipi.it

SPS07  Antenna Measurement and Optimization for Wireless-Related Features and Applications

Organizers: Fabien Ferrero, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, LEAT, France; Walid El Hajj, Intel Corporation, France

Contact: fabien.ferrero@univ-cotedazur.fr, walid.el.hajj@intel.com

SPS08  Millimeter-Wave and Sub-THz Antenna and Measurement Techniques

Organizer: Kunio Sakakibara, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

Contact: sakaki@nitech.ac.jp

SPS09  Advanced Millimeter-Wave and THz-Wave Systems and Applications

Organizer: Tetsuya Kawanishi, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Contact: kawanishi@waseda.jp

SPS10  Antenna Metrology, and Precision Antenna Measurement

Organizers: Satoru Kurokawa and Michitaka Ameya, National Metrology Institute of Japan, Japan AMTA Node, Japan

Contact: satoru-kurokawa@aist.go.jp, m.ameya@aist.go.jp

SPS11  Antennas and Components Based on Original Materials

Organizers: Laure Huitema and Thierry Monédière, CNRS, Xlim, University of Limoges, France

Contact: laure.huitema@unilim.fr, thierry.monediere@xlim.fr

SPS12  Emergent Technologies in Wireless Communications Systems

Organizers: Kwok Wa Leung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Shaoyong Zheng, Sun Yat-Sun University, China

Contact: eekleung@cityu.edu.hk, zhengshaoy@mail.sysu.edu.cn

SPS13  Advances in 3D Printing for Ultra-Wide Band Antennas

Organizers: Noham Martin, Lab-STICC, University of Brest, CNRS, France; Stéphane Mallegol, Thales DMS, Brest, France

Contact: noham.martin@univ-brest.fr, stephane.mallegol@fr.thalesgroup.com

SPS14  Synthesis of Shaped Fields for Near and Far Field Advanced Applications

Organizers: Santi C. Pavone, Loreto Di Donato, and Gino Sorbello, University of Catania, Italy

Contact: santi.pavone@unict.it, loreto.didonato@unict.it, gino.sorbello@unict.it

SPS15  Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering and Imaging: Theory and Applications

Organizers: Andrea Randazzo and Alessandro Fedeli, University of Genoa, Italy; Raffaele Solimene, Università degli Studi della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Italy

Contact: andrea.randazzo@unige.it, alessandro.fedeli@unige.it, raffaele.solimene@unicampania.it

SPS16  New Technologies and Methodologies for Antenna Design

Organizers: Razvan Tamas, University Politehnica, Bucarest, Romania; Ala Sharaiha, IETR, University of Rennes, CNRS, France

Contact: tamas@ieee.org, ala.sharaiha@univ-rennes.fr

SPS17  Information in Quantum Sensing

Organizers: Roderick Davidson, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA; Daniel D. Bonior, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA.

Contact: roderick.davidson@uah.edu, daniel.d.bonior.civ@us.navy.mil

SPS18  IEEE AP-S SIGHT Session: Antenna Design for Low-Cost, High-Impact Humanitarian Projects

Organizers: Jawad Y. Siddiqui, Royal Military College of Canada; Satish K. Sharma, San Diego State University, USA

Contact: jys.rpe@gmail.com, ssharma@sdsu.edu

SPS19  Advanced Antenna Techniques for Navigation

Organizers: Lionel Tombakdjian, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, LEAT, France; Noori BniLam, European Space Agency

Contact: lionel.tombakdjian@univ-cotedazur.fr, noori.bnilam@esa.int

SPS20  Subsurface Geophysics

Organizers: Xavier Derobert and Donatienne Leparoux, University Gustave Eiffel, Bouguenais, France; Jean-Yves Dauvignac, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, LEAT, France

Contact: xavier.derobert@univ-eiffel.fr, donatienne.leparoux@univ-eiffel.fr, jean-yves.dauvignac@univ-cotedazur.fr

SPS21 Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Imaging

Organizer: Jean-Paul Guillet, IMS, University of Bordeaux, France

Contact: jean-paul.guillet@u-bordeaux.fr

SPS22 Research in the fields of radar, telecommunications and electronic warfare

Organizers: Philippe Pouliguen, Agence de l’Innovation de Défense, Ministry of Defence, France; Alessio Balleri, Cranfield University, Defense Academy of the UK, UK; Raffaele Fiengo, Emerson, USA

Contact: philippe.pouliguen@intradef.gouv.fr, a.balleri@cranfield.ac.uk, raffaele.fiengo@emerson.com

SPS23  Microwaves and Artificial Intelligence: A New Paradigm for Improved Diagnostics

Organizer: Sandra Costanzo, University of Calabria, Italy

Contact: costanzo@deis.unical.it

SPS24  Antenna Systems and Architectures

Organizers: Raffaele Solimene, Università degli Studi della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Aversa, Italy; Antonio Manna, ELT Elettronica s.p.a., Roma, Italy; Andrea Randazzo, University of Genoa, Italy

Contact: raffaele.solimene@unicampania.it, antonio.manna@elt.it, andrea.randazzo@unige.it

SPS25  Next-Generation Antenna Arrays: Enabling Architectures, Innovative Technologies, and New Materials

Organizers: Nicola Anselmi, Aaron Salas Sanchez, and Giacomo Oliveri, University of Trento, Italy

Contact: nicola.anselmi.1@unitn.it, aaron.salassanchez@unitn.it, giacomo.oliveri@unitn.it

The evolution of wireless communication and sensing systems demands significant advancements in antenna array design because of the challenging requirements on higher frequencies, increased data rates, wide-scalability, and energy-efficiency. The Special Session delves into the latest research on next-generation antenna arrays focusing on novel architectural paradigms, emerging enabling technologies, and the integration of new materials. Topics will include reconfigurable and intelligent surfaces, hybrid analog-digital beamforming, unconventional architectures, additive manufacturing techniques, and the use of advanced materials such as metamaterials, graphene, and flexible substrates. The Special Session will highlight emerging trends and open challenges in sensing and communication systems by fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among researchers, engineers, and industry professionals.

SPS26  Recent Advances in Electromagnetic and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Organizers: Antonio Clemente, CEA-LETI, France; Guido Valerio, GeePs, Sorbonne-Université, France

Contact: antonio.clemente@cea.fr, guido.valerio@sorbonne-universite.fr

SPS27  Non-Conventional Radars and Applications

Organizers: Jérémy Raoult, University of Montpellier, France; Alain Grezes, Thales Group, France

Contact: jeremy.raoult@umontpellier.fr, alain.grezes@thalesgroup.com

Radar is widely used in number of applications, as remote sensing, geo-location objects, and imaging. But these systems are clutter limited and must contain additional signal processing to separate the target from the clutter, mainly for sensing small objects. Another radar technology, called nonlinear radar, has shown their clutter rejection properties. They are designed to detect objects that contain electrical nonlinearities. Even in an electromagnetically charged environment, small semiconductor devices can be detected and identified by a collection of specific signatures. New civilian and military applications have thus been developed: insect tracking, detecting and identifying RF electronics, sensing temperature remotely, monitoring human vital signs, etc. With this special issue, we aim to enlarge the scope of radars in disseminating recent developments on original and non-conventional radars, in a wide range of applications.

SPS28  Gradient and Modulated Metasurfaces for Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Wave Applications

 Organizer: David González Ovejero, IETR, University of Rennes, France

 Contact: david.gonzalez-ovejero@univ-rennes.fr

SPS29  Radar Solutions for Agriculture, Animal Science and Ethology

Organizers: Hervé Aubert, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France; Dominique Henry, CRCA-CNRS, Université Toulouse III, France

Contact: herve.aubert@laas.fr, dominique.henryt@univ-tlse3.fr

SPS30  New tools and applications for phaseless inverse source and inverse scattering problems

Organizers: Tommaso Isernia, Roberta Palmieri, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Regio Calabria, Italy

 Contact: tommaso.isernia@unirc.it, roberta.palmieri@unirc.it

SPS31 Antenna Applications for Infrastructures

Organizers: Naruto Yonemoto, Akiko Kohmura, Shunichi Futatsumori, ENRI, National Institute of Maritime, Port, and Aviation Technology (MPAT), Japan

Contact: yonemoto@mpat.go.jp, kohmura@mpat.go.jp, futatsumori@mpat.go.jp

SPS32  Anechoic Chamber Modeling and Performance Evaluation

Organizers: Lars Foged, Microwave Vision Group, Italy; Leonardo Lizzi, University of Trento, Italy

Contact: lars.foged@mvg-world.com, leonardo.lizzi@unitn.it

 

Notes

  1. A special session is expected to have 5 papers (half-day special session) or 10 papers (full-day special session). If more papers are received, the committee will consider splitting the session into different parts.
  2. All abstracts must be submitted by June 30, 2023, and should conform to the same specifications as regular papers.
  3. All organizers and speakers are required to register for the conference with corresponding registration fees.
  4. The special sessions may be canceled or combined with other sessions of similar topics should there be an insufficient number of speakers.