Nuno Borges Carvalho
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February is here, and the new conference, the International Microwave and Antennas Symposium (IMAS), will be one of the highlights of this month for our members. IMAS is the first African symposium focused on microwaves and antennas, and it will be the seed for a new enthusiastic and vibrant meeting place for our members (Figure 1). The symposium is a collaboration between the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) and the Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S).
Figure 1. The IMAS conference in Cairo, Egypt.
In January, we met together in Las Vegas for Radio and Wireless Week (RWW) (Figure 2). Radio and Wireless Week comprises several conferences, including the Radio and Wireless Symposium; the 23rd Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems (SiRF); the IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications (PAWR); the IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet); and the IEEE Space Hardware and Radio Conference (SHaRC). RWW is also co-located with the 100th Automatic Radio Frequency Techniques Group (ARFTG) meeting and the IoT Summit.
Figure 2. RWW conferences in Las Vegas, USA.
The Automatic Radio Frequency Techniques Group’s (ARFTG) conference is focused on RF; microwave; and millimeter-wave measurements, calibration, and uncertainty. Congratulations on the 100th edition of this conference, where the key names in metrology for microwaves join together in a friendly environment that has been a forum for discussion, brainstorming, and new ideas in this area.
The IoT Summit is an opportunity to join experts on wireless technologies online; having a 100% online meeting allows colleagues worldwide to join the experts and exchange ideas in a fully virtual environment.
This year, the MTT-S Meetings and Symposia (M&S) Committee will launch a new initiative online that will provide an opportunity to increase the inclusion of all members worldwide in a purely virtual event. The event will be put together in such a way that talks will be available 24 h/day so that in all parts of the world, microwave enthusiasts can attend our meeting and view the high-quality technical presentations.
This month, I will also introduce you to some of our MTT-S Administrative Committee (AdCom) Standing Committees and their vibrant ideas for 2023.
For 2023, the M&S Committee’s main goal is the increase of MTT-S membership and value through high-quality conferences and related events. To reach these goals, the committee members will strive to improve services provided to conference organizers and ensure complete coverage of our entire Society’s fields of interest. In addition, three goals with special importance are being pursued in 2023.
To advance these three strategic goals, the M&S Committee is interacting with organizers of sponsored conferences to encourage them to set up Women in Microwaves and Young Professionals (YP) events. This also includes financial support for related activities in conjunction with the Membership and Geographical Activities (MGA) Committee. In terms of geographical coverage, the MTT-S has recently teamed up with the AP-S to launch two large events in regions of high interest: the IEEE International Microwaves and Antennas Symposium (IMAS) in North Africa and the IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON) in India. In 2023, the M&S Committee will work on ensuring these conferences’ continued success and expansion into other regions of interest, such as the Middle East. Finally, the M&S Committee is working on new conference formats to complement our very successful existing in-person events. Here, the focus will be on complementary online-only formats to support members with a limited ability to travel.
The M&S Committee is chaired by Dietmar Kissinger (Figure 3). He received the Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing., and habilitation degrees in electrical engineering from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, in 2007, 2011, and 2014, respectively.
Figure 3. Dietmar Kissinger, the chair of the M&S Committee of the MTT-S AdCom.
From 2007 to 2010, he was with Danube Integrated Circuit Engineering, Linz, Austria, where he worked as a system and application engineer in the Automotive Radar Group. From 2010 to 2014, he held a position as a lecturer and the head of the Radio Frequency Integrated Sensors Group at the Institute for Electronics Engineering, Erlangen. From 2015 to 2018, he was with Technische Universität Berlin and was the head of the Circuit Design Department at IHP, Frankfurt (Oder). Since 2019, he has been a full professor of high-frequency circuit design at Ulm University and the head of the Institute of Electronic Devices and Circuits. His current research interests include silicon high-frequency and high-speed integrated circuits and systems for communication and automotive, industrial, security, and biomedical sensing applications. He has authored or coauthored more than 400 technical articles and holds more than 10 patents.
The primary objective of the Technical Coordination and Future Directions Committee (TCFDC) is to assure that the MTT-S membership receives the best and most current information about all relevant technical activities within the Society’s field of interest.
In 2023, the TCFDC focus will be:
The TCFDC Committee is chaired by Anding Zhu (Figure 4), who is a professor in electronic engineering at University College Dublin, Ireland. His research interests include high-frequency nonlinear modeling and device characterization techniques; high-efficiency power amplifier design; and digital linearization algorithms. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles. Prof. Zhu is an IEEE Fellow and served as the secretary of the MTT-S AdCom in 2018. He has been an elected member of the MTT-S AdCom since 2019 and a member of the IEEE Future Directions Committee since 2020. Prof. Zhu was a recipient of the 2021 IEEE MTT-S Microwave Prize.
Figure 4. Anding Zhu, the chair of the TCFDC Committee of the MTT-S AdCom.
I encourage you to visit our website (https://www.mtt.org) for more information about the MTT-S and volunteer opportunities.
Nuno Borges Carvalho (nbcarvalho@ua.pt), 2023 MTT-S president, is with the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193 Portugal.
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