Technical Program
At last, the technical program for the IMS is set. The papers are selected, assigned to sessions and under preparation for final submission and presentation. The workshops are finalized, and complete details are available on the IMS2009.org web site. The Plenary and other special and focused sessions are complete. All of these details are captured in the IMS Program book and is available on line. We have discussed many of these topics in previous issues but not the Plenary, special and focus session. Follow the link the get the “Inside” story.
The Plenary session will be held Monday evening, just before the IMS Welcome Reception. The Keynote speaker is Dr. Petteri Alinikula from Nokia Research Center, Helsinki. He will describe experiences in open innovation in wireless research discussed from Nokia Research Center’s perspective. The research agenda has been geared towards challenging new radio systems, disruptive device implementation aspects and innovative usage of electromagnetic waves. Nokia Research Center has taken a systematic approach in promoting open innovation and in building a global open innovation network with strong university partners. The wireless industry is in transition from telecom towards convergence of mobility and the Internet. The next billion new Internet users will get to know the Internet through mobile devices. Simultaneously, the offering of consumer Internet services is exploding, driven by advertisement-based business models and Web 2.0 services. Smart environments, e.g. public places like shopping malls, private places like homes or personal vicinity, with interoperable devices and ubiquitous computing will further stretch the energy efficiency requirement of the devices. Smart spaces, new services and business models will introduce significantly more interdisciplinary hard challenges for this research. The IMS Welcome Reception will be held immediately afterwards.
Let’s turn our attention to the focus and special sessions, which are held throughout the week. There are five focus sessions that highlight a wide variety of advance technologies including devices, circuits, systems and modeling/ simulation. Session TH1C – Heterogeneous Integration on Silicon will present work in the area of device integration (III-V, etc.) on silicon. Session TU4C – THz CMOS will present the state-of-the-art work in CMOS at frequencies approaching the terahertz regime. Session TH4C – RF Positioning will focus on non-GPS based positioning techniques using RF sensors and systems. Session WE1G –Computationally Efficient Design Optimization addresses recent advances in modeling and simulation. And finally Session TH4E – spans Recent Advances in Superconductor Technology with applications from cellular base station filters to particle accelerators. In addition to these five focus sessions, we have two special sessions that will discuss topics that are sure to be of interest to IMS attendees. The first session TU4F – Industry/University Collaboration will address the benefits and challenges of collaborations as well as the mechanics of setting up a program. The second session focuses on the history of microwaves in the Boston area (TH4B). It will highlight everything from the development of the microwave oven to MMIC development at Raytheon for phase array radar systems. We are encouraging local retirees to attend and are offering them free registration on Thursday afternoon.
In next month’s news letter, we will review the changes to the Microwave Week Schedule and why you will benefit from spending the entire week at IMS.