The rapid advancement of computational capabilities has intensified the pursuit of optimal solutions for complex engineering system designs. Traditional brute-force optimization methods are increasingly being replaced by advanced Evolutionary Optimization (EO) methodologies. In recent years, EO techniques have found widespread applications in the design of highly complex engineering systems. Among the various EO approaches, nature-inspired algorithms such as Genetic Algorithms (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and the more recent Brain Storm Optimization (BSO) have gained significant attention. GA enables global exploration of the cost surface through stochastic processes governed by Darwinian evolutionary principles—adaptation, selection, survivability, and mutation. PSO, inspired by the collective intelligence of swarms, models the cooperative behavior of agents (analogous to bees) as they converge toward the most optimal solution using both cognitive and social information. BSO, on the other hand, mimics the collective problem-solving behavior of human brainstorming to achieve efficient global optimization. This Plenary Mater Talk presentation will: (a) provide an engineering-oriented introduction to GA, PSO, and BSO, highlighting their fundamental concepts and recent advances for both new and experienced users; (b) demonstrate the application of these EO techniques to diverse electromagnetic engineering problems, including space and planetary missions, medical and wireless devices, multifunction and adaptive antennas, metamaterials, and nanostructures, (c) assess the advantages and limitations of these optimization techniques in practical engineering contexts and (d) discuss the integration of machine learning techniques and AI platforms to expedite computational processes and enhance optimization efficiency.
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SUNDAY, December 14th 08:30-13:00 |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Quantum Initiative Hands-on Workshop (Design and Simulation of Quantum Superconducting Circuits with ADS) |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Innovations in Wireless Power: Beamforming, On-Demand Energy, and Sustainable RF Harvesting |
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Atelier-I |
Advanced Industry Workshop - 1 |
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Atelier-II |
Waves, Wires & Wizards: Towards Solving Ubiquitous Connectivity |
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Atelier-3 |
Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility |
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Natika |
R&S VNA mmWave portfolio up to 1.1THz |
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14:00-18:30 |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Design and Development of Small Satellites: A Full System Perspective |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Advanced Industry Workshop - 2 |
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Atelier-I |
Recent Advances in Antenna and Device Measurement Techniques and Standardization |
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Atelier-II |
Theoretical & Computational Electromagnetics |
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Atelier-III |
Advanced Workshop on Precise VNA Calibration, Validation, S-Parameter Measurement, and Analytical Visualization |
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Natika |
Innovations in Drone Threat Mitigation: From Detection to Neutralization |
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Vembanad-1 |
Advancing Humanity and Society through STEM: Driving Innovation for a Resilient Future |
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19:00-20:00 |
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Grand Salon 1&2 |
B.Tech, M.Tech and PHD Initiative |
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19:30-20:30 |
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Atelier-1 |
Space Night: Panel discussion & Quiz |
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MONDAY, December 15th |
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Vembanad-1 |
RF Systems for Space Applications-I |
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Vembanad-2 |
Special Session-9: Innovations in Beam-Steering Antenna Systems for 5G/6G and Advanced Satellite Communication |
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Vembanad-3 |
Computational Electromagnetic-I |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Static & Reconfigurable High-Gain—A Beam Steering Surfaces |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Passive Microwave Components & Devices-I |
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Atelier-I |
New Frontiers in RF Frontends-I |
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Atelier-3 |
Radiating Structures for XPD and RCS Reduction |
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Natika |
Special Session-18: Advances in signal processing techniques for radio astronomy, remote sensing, and satellite communications |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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11:00-13:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Plenary Session: 1 |
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Vembanad-2 |
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Vembanad-3 |
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LUNCH (Vembanad-1,2 & 3) |
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14:00-16:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Special Session: Phased Array |
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Vembanad-2 |
Young Professional Session-1 |
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Vembanad-3 |
Design and Characterization of Smart Antenna Systems |
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Grand Salon-1 |
6G Summit |
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Grand Salon-2 |
High-Power Microwave System Design |
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Atelier-I |
RF Systems for Space and Defence-II |
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Atelier-3 |
Special Session-17: Packaging and heterogeneous integration at high frequencies (Part-1) |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa-F |
Technical Poster Session: 1 |
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Liwa-IBL |
Industry Business Lounge for Signature Sponsor |
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16:30-17:30 |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Special Session-7: From Data to Revolution: AI-ML in Agriculture, Healthcare & Advances on Geoscience & Remote Sensing Applications for a Sustainable Future (Part-1) |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Electromagnetic Environment and Interference |
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Atelier-I |
Special Session-17: Packaging and heterogeneous integration at high frequencies (Part-2) |
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Atelier-3 |
Emerging Microwave Technologies for Remote Sensing and Radar Applications |
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Natika |
Microwave to THz Imaging, Sensing and Detection |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa-IBL |
Young Professional Session-2 |
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18:00-19:30 |
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Vembanad-1 |
INAUGURATION |
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Vembanad-2 |
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Vembanad-3 |
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WELCOME DINNER (Vembanad-1,2 & 3) |
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TUESDAY, December 16th 08:30-10:30 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Inter-Society Technology Panel -1: RF for a Sustainable Future |
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Vembanad-2 |
RF Materials and Quantum Electromagnetics |
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Vembanad-3 |
Special Session-10: Integration of Advanced Materials for Microwave / mmwave / THz applications |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Focus Session on Small Satellite |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Special Session-15: New Frontiers in Advanced Beam Forming using Reconfigurable and Modulated Metasurfaces (Part-1) |
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Atelier-I |
Multifunctional MIMO Antennas |
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Atelier-3 |
Smart Antennas: II |
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Natika |
AI/ML Integrated RF & mm-wave systems |
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Liwa-F |
Tu-Ind-S1 |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa-F |
Technical Poster Session:2 |
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09:30-10:30 |
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Liwa-IBL |
Industry Business Lounge for Academic Sponsor |
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11:00-13:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Plenary Session:2 |
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Vembanad-2 |
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Vembanad-3 |
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LUNCH (Vembanad-1,2 & 3) |
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14:00-16:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Chapter Chair Meeting |
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Vembanad-2 |
Space Cluster |
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Vembanad-3 |
New Frontiers in Power Amplifier Designs |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Dielectric Resonator Antennas-I |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Multifunctional Planar and Non-planar Antennas |
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Atelier-I |
Special Session-21: Innovative Hardware Pathways for IoT & RFID-Enabled Smart Systems (supported by IEEE CRFID) |
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Atelier-3 |
Special Session-20: EM-Fields meet Human Body enabling Internet of Bodies (IoB) |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa-F |
Poster Session for Best Papers |
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Liwa-IBL |
Industry Business Lounge for Diamond Sponsor |
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16:30-17:30 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Microwave Measurements and Testing-II |
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Vembanad-2 |
Metamaterial-Inspired Reconfigurable Antennas |
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Vembanad-3 |
Metamaterial-Based Microwave Absorbers |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Static and Reconfigurable, Multifunctional FSS-II |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Metasurface and UWB Antennas |
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Atelier-I |
Antennas for Space and Defense Applications |
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Atelier-3 |
Planar Antenna Arrays |
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Natika |
Dielectric Resonator Antennas-II |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Business Lounge for Diamond Sponsor |
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Liwa-IBL |
India Business Meeting |
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18:00-20:00 |
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Board Room-1 |
Future MAPCON Bidding |
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Atelier-1 |
IEEE DataPort Meeting |
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Board Room-2 |
IEEE T-MTT Editorial Meeting |
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Vembanad-2 |
Mentor-Mentee Program (18:00-19:30) |
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Open Air (Vembanad Lawn) |
Evening Waves @ MAPCON: Beats and Rhythms of India (19:00-21:30) |
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WEDNESDAY, December 17th 06:00-07:00 |
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Vembanad Lawn |
Mindful Morning Waves: Yoga Session at IEEE MAPCON |
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08:30-10:30 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Inter-Society Technology Panel-2 |
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Vembanad-2 |
Industry Keynote Session |
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Vembanad-3 |
Signal Processing Approach for Antennas and Wireless Systems |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Low Profile Microstrip Patch Antennas-I |
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Grand Salon-2 |
RF Filters-I |
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Atelier-I |
Microwave Systems for RADAR Applications |
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Atelier-2 |
Reconfigurable Smart Antennas for 5G/6G Applications |
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Atelier-3 |
THz Components and Radiating Structures |
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Natika |
Impedance or Phase Modulated Metasurfaces and Lens Antennas |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa Floor |
Technical Poster Session-3 |
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Liwa-IBL |
Industry Business Lounge for Platinum Sponsor |
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11:00-13:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Advanced RF Frontends Design |
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Vembanad-2 |
Defence Cluster-1: Advance Airborne Maritime Surveillance Technology |
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Vembanad-3 |
WPT & Energy Harvesting |
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Grand Salon-1 |
RF Sensors for Multifunctional Applications |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Special Session-2: Adaptive and Resilient Antenna and Circuit Systems for Security, Defense, and Disaster Response (Part-2) |
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Atelier -1 |
Special Session-5: Advances in Antennas and Sensors for Health and Medical Applications |
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Atelier -2 |
Special Session-11: Intelligent Surfaces and Wearable Technologies for Future Wireless Systems |
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Atelier -3 |
Special Session-13: Millimeter-Wave & THz Planar Vacuum Electronics for next-Gen Communications |
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Natika |
Special Session-16: Novel theory, design, analysis, and applications of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa Floor |
Student Design Contest |
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Liwa-IBL |
Platinum Sponsor Talk |
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LUNCH (Vembanad-1,2 & 3) |
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14:00-16:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Special Session-3: Advance Techniques for Rugged and Ultra Low Power Wireless Transponders |
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Vembanad-2 |
Defence Cluster-2 |
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Vembanad-3 |
Special Session-15: New Frontiers in Advanced Beam Forming using Reconfigurable and Modulated Metasurfaces (Part-2) |
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Grand Salon-1 |
3-Minute Thesis |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Special Session-1: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Next-Generation Microwave, Antenna, and Sensor Systems |
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Atelier-I |
Special Session-6: Applications of RF/Microwave in Biomedical and Biosensing Devices |
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Atelier-2 |
Special Session-12: Microwave Assisted Plasma Technologies: Devices, Processes, and Applications |
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Atelier-3 |
Special Session-4: Advancements in RF Frontends and Enabling Software Solutions (Part-2) |
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Liwa-F |
We-Ind-S3 |
Industry Exhibition |
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Liwa-Floor |
Technical Poster session-4 |
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Liwa-IBL |
Industry Business Lounge for Start-Up Forum |
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Cruise |
Women in Antenna, Microwave and Space |
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16:30-17:30 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Advances in Computational Electromagnetics and AI-Driven Electromagnetic Material Discovery |
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Vembanad-2 |
Special Session-19: Advances in Microwave-to-mmWave Characterization and Sensing of Materials |
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Vembanad-3 |
New Frontiers in RF Frontend-II |
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Grand Salon-1 |
RF Filters-II |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Focus Session on Energy Harvesting and Bio electromagnetics |
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Atelier-I |
Antenna Arrays and Mutual Coupling |
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Atelier-2 |
Wearable Antennas |
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Atelier-3 |
Special Session-2: Adaptive and Resilient Antenna and Circuit Systems for Security, Defence, and Disaster Response (Part-1) |
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Natika |
Low Noise Amplifier-I |
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Liwa-IBL |
Ask Us Anything |
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Liwa-F |
Industry Exhibition |
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18:00-20:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
CULTURAL FUNCTION AND AWARD CEREMONY |
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Vembanad-2 |
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Vembanad-3 |
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BANQUET DINNER (Vembanad-1,2 & 3) |
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THURSDAY, December 18th 06:00-07:00 |
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Vembanad Lawn |
MAPCON Sunrise Walk: 2K |
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08:30-10:30 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Special Session-8: Harnessing the Invisible: Innovations in RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer Systems |
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Vembanad-2 |
Special Session-14: Near-field Sensing and Imaging for Biomedical and Security Applications over MHz to THz Regime |
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Vembanad-3 |
Microwave Measurements and Techniques-I |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Metamaterial and Leaky-wave Antennas |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Novel Microwave Solutions for Biology and Medicine |
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Atelier-I |
Satellite Antennas and Payloads |
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Atelier-2 |
Slotted and Guided Wave Antennas |
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Atelier-3 |
Antenna Propagation Studies and Experiments |
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Natika |
High Performance RADAR System Design |
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11:00-13:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
RF Sytems for Space and Defense-I |
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Vembanad-2 |
Passive Microwave Components & Devices-II |
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Vembanad-3 |
Static and Reconfigurable, Multifunctional FSS-I |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Passive Microwave Components & Devices-III |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine |
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Atelier -1 |
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-I |
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Atelier -2 |
FSS and Polarization Converting MTM Absorbers |
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Atelier -3 |
Microstrip Patch Antennas for WPT and 6G Applications |
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Natika |
Active Microwave Devices |
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LUNCH (Vembanad-1,2 & 3) |
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14:00-16:00 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Passive Microwave Components and Devices-IV |
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Vembanad-3 |
Computational Electromagnetics-II |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Emerging Microwave Sensing and mm-Wave Receiver Innovations |
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Atelier-I |
B.Tech, M.Tech and PHD Initiative: Evaluation |
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Natika |
B.Tech, M.Tech and PHD Initiative: Evaluation |
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16:30-17:30 |
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Vembanad-1 |
Thu-TO-S4.1 |
Advances in Computational Electromagnetics and AI-Driven Electromagnetic Material Discovery |
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Vembanad-2 |
Thu-TO-S4.2 |
Special Session-19: Advances in Microwave-to-mmWave Characterization and Sensing of Materials |
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Vembanad-3 |
Thu-TO-S4.3 |
New Frontiers in RF Frontend-II |
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Grand Salon-1 |
Thu-TO-S4.4 |
RF Filters-II |
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Grand Salon-2 |
Thu-TO-S4.5 |
Focus Session on Energy Harvesting and Bio electromagnetics |
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Atelier-I |
Thu-TO-S4.6 |
Antenna Arrays and Mutual Coupling |
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Atelier-2 |
Thu-TO-S4.7 |
Wearable Antennas |
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Atelier-3 |
Thu-TO-S4.8 |
Special Session-2: Adaptive and Resilient Antenna and Circuit Systems for Security, Defence, and Disaster Response (Part-1) |
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Natika |
Thu-TO-S4.9 |
Low Noise Amplifier-I |
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Liwa-IBL |
Thu-SF-S4.10 |
Ask Me Anything |
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Liwa-F |
Thu-Ind-S4 |
Industry Exhibition |
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16:30-17:15 |
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