Besides regular papers, the conference programme will include Workshops and Short Courses, as listed in the table below
Sunday 4th October 2026
Monday 5th October 2026
Thursday 8th October 2026
| ID | Full / Half-day | Conference | Title |
| STh-01 | Half-day (PM) | EuRAD | Brief INCOMPLETE History of Radar |
| WTh-01 | Full day | EuMC/EuMIC/EuRAD | Active Phase Arrays: Bridging Design and Measurement for Young and Industry Professionals |
Friday 9th October 2026
| ID | Full / Half-day | Conference | Title |
| SF-01 | Half-day (AM) | EuRAD | Integrated Sensing and Communications: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and the Road Ahead |
| SF-02 | Half-day (AM) | EuRAD | Digital Twins for Radar Systems: Modelling, Simulation, and AI Applications |
| SF-03 | Half-day (AM) | EuRAD | Beyond Vision: 4D Radar and Sensor Fusion AI for Robust Perception |
| WF-01 | Full day | EuRAD | Radar Research Trends for Mobility: Automotive and Beyond |
| WF-02 | Full day | EuRAD | Distributed/Multistatic radar principles and practice |
| WF-03 | Half-day (AM) | EuRAD | Remote Sensing for Medical Applications |
| WF-04 | Half-day (AM) | EuRAD | Radar Technologies for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) |
Workshop descriptions
SS-01 EuMC: Challenges and Payoffs in Next-Generation SATCOM: Multi-Band, Multi-Orbit, Multi-Constellation Ground Terminals
The promise of next-generation SATCOM lies in seamless global connectivity powered by multi-orbit, multi-constellation networks across LEO, MEO, and GEO. With Ka-band adoption accelerating and Q/W-band expansion on the horizon, the ground segment urgently needs to evolve. Yet technical barriers—massive array density, extreme thermal load, and prohibitive cost curves—remain unsolved. This course explores the critical technical and architectural challenges of delivering affordable, power-efficient ground terminals capable of supporting multi-band operations, digital beam steering, and 6G-aligned traffic requirements. Panelists will explore both the pain points and the strategic payoffs of success, including high-throughput edge access, unlicensed Q/W-band opportunities, and advanced mobility for defence and commercial users. Topics covered: – Power/thermal tradeoffs in 6K–8K element Q-band phased arrays; – Hybrid analog/digital beamforming architectures; – System packaging and frequency co-design for LEO/MEO/GEO; – Integration strategies for multi-band RF front-ends; – Case studies on phased array pathfinding and cost optimization
08:30 am SS01-1: Welcome and Course Introduction; Dean White | Qorvo
09:10 am SS01-2: Deploying RF Subsystems for Next-Generation SATCOM Ground Terminal; Tudor Williams | Filtronic
09:50 am SS01-3: Beyond a Single‑Orbit, Unlocking the Value of Multi‑Band, Multi‑Constellation SATCOM User Terminals; Mark Steel | NexSAT
11:10 am SS01-4: Network agnostic multi-orbit antennas; lessons learned from our first 1000 aircraft installations; Nick Zawistowski | BAE
11:40 am SS01-5: SATCOM Terminal Solutions for Mobility and Mission Use; Maria Grana Varela | Insta
12:10 pm SS01-6: Building the RF Foundation for Advanced SATCOM Ground Terminals; Ryan Jennings | Qorvo
SS-02 EuMIC: Fundamentals of Microwave PA Design
Semiconductor Power Amplifiers are key components in radio frequency and microwave transmitter systems. They have received a great deal of attention and development effort over the last decades and are still a hot topic in research area. This short course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of all aspects of fundamental semiconductor microwave power amplifier design. It is an introductory course, aimed at graduate engineers who have moved into the field of RF design, as well as to microwave designers who aim to deeply understand the power amplifier basic concepts. This short course features a range of presentations and will provide a comprehensive overview and basic understanding on recent important progress and novel state-of-the-art achievements in semiconductor power amplifiers. Very recent advances in semiconductor amplifiers and their applications will also be covered. Starting from the fundamental concepts on semiconductor devices, the core of a power amplifier design, the theoretical foundations of a power amplifier design are discussed. It will include fundamental concepts and state-of-the-art results on actual designs of a range of semiconductor power amplifiers using existing foundries. The load pull technique is also addressed and focused on the designer perspective. The presentations will also cover a variety of advanced topics, and will provide the attendees with a clear overview of the main streams of current and important research trends worldwide in this field, as the Doherty architecture and the more recent load modulation power amplifier design concepts. The short course will also focus on the major challenges, such as stability (small and large signal) and how to address these in amplifier design. Finally, accounting for the linearity issue, a basic overview on linearization techniques and their adoption to properly mitigate the amplifier distortion effects will conclude the short course.
8:30 am SS02-1: Semiconductor devices for Pas; Iltcho Angelov | Chalmers University (Sweden)
09:10 am SS02-2: PA theoretical foundation; Prof. Paolo Colantonio | University of Roma Tor Vergata
09:50 am SS02-3: Design and model-oriented Load Pull techniques: from basic CW to wideband and double pulsed Load Pull systems; Prof. Marco Pirola | Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
11:10 am SS02-4: Design and model-oriented Load Pull techniques: from basic CW to wideband and double pulsed Load Pull systems; Gustavo Avolio | Maury Microwave, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
11:40 am SS02-5: A practical guide to first-time-right integrated microwave PA design; Dr. Gijs van der Bent | TNO Radar Technology Department (The Netherlands)
12:10 pm SS02-6: X-parameters high-power PAs modeling for System Level Analysis; Prof. Alessandro Cidronali | University of Florence (Italy)
02:10 pm SS02-7: The Doherty Power Amplifier; Prof. Rocco Giofrè | University of Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
02:50 pm SS02-8: Balanced PAs: an old trick revival; Roberto Quaglia | Cardiff Univeristy (UK)
03:30 pm SS02-9: Balanced PAs: an old trick revival; Aleksander Bogusz | Cardiff Univeristy (UK)
04:50 pm SS02-10: Linear and Nonlinear Stability Analysis of Power Amplifiers; Prof. Giorgio Leuzzi | University of L’Aquila (Italy)
05:20 pm SS02-11: Linearization techniques overview; Prof. Pere L. Gilabert | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-Barcelona Tech.), Spain
WS-01 EuMC: Additive Manufacturing of Microwave Components and Systems
Additive manufacturing has firmly established itself as a valuable tool for rapid prototyping and cost-effective low-volume production of RF, microwave and mm-wave devices and systems. While powder bed fusion techniques remain important in direct printing of metal components, metallization of 3D printed photopolymers and thermoplastics have created new opportunities with significant cost and weight advantages. This workshop brings together additive manufacturing experts from academia and industry to showcase new design and manufacturing techniques, as well as equipment and materials, for additively manufactured microwave components. The workshop also highlights application of these designs in a variety of industries. Key technologies included in this year’s workshop are micro-stereolithography for sub-THz components, sustainable multi-layer printed electronics and polymer jetting, while design-for-print and wearable electronics design strategies will also feature prominently.
8:30 am WS01-1: Metal 3D Printed Filters and Antenna Feeders; Prof. Yi Wang | University of Birmingham;
09:30 am WS01-2: Monolithic Metallic Additive Manufacturing for High-Frequency Microwave Components: From Design Methodology to Industrial Deployment; Pepe Rico | Northern Waves
10:50 am WS01-3: Multimaterial Additively Manufactured RF Electronics; Yang Yang | University of Technology Sydney
11:50 am WS01-4: RF components by Cyclic Olefin Thermoset vision-controlled jetting; Scott Twiddy | Inkbit
01:50 pm WS01-5: From Nanoparticles to Functional Inks: Additive Manufacturing of Microwave Components and Systems; Prof. Atif Shamim | KAUST
02:50 pm WS01-6: Passive microwave components made by micro-SLA resin printing and metallic coating and their space qualification; Dr. Andreas Frölich | Horizon Microtechnolgies
04:10 pm WS01-7: Additive manufacturing of sub-THz passive components using new generations of printers; Nicolas Delhote | XLIM
05:20 pm WS01-8: Recent advances in 3D printed dielectric-filled waveguides and waveguide components; Archibald Wishard Rohde | University of Pretoria
WS-02 EuMC: Accurate Signals, Linear Amplifiers: Measurement Techniques from RF to Sub-THz
As wireless systems advance toward higher frequencies and wider bandwidths for 5G-Advanced, 6G, and satellite communications, demands on signal generation accuracy and amplifier linearity continue to grow. Measurement techniques that work well at conventional RF bands often fall short at millimeter-wave and sub-THz frequencies, where mismatch effects, phase instability, and limited device power challenge established practices. This full-day workshop brings together measurement scientists from Keysight Technologies and researchers from academia and industry to address these challenges. Each presentation builds from fundamental principles before introducing advanced techniques, making the workshop accessible to engineers at all experience levels. The morning session covers three core measurement techniques. The first explains how impedance mismatch degrades signal accuracy and introduces match-corrected signal delivery using embedded reflectometry. The second revisits the fundamentals of modulation quality assessment and proposes Equalized Channel Capacity as a universal, information-theoretic alternative to traditional EVM. The third covers the principles of phase coherence and demonstrates multi-channel signal generation techniques for MIMO and angle-of-arrival applications. The afternoon session features three invited presentations on advanced applications: Wideband PA linearization using analog pre-distortion, sub-THz measurement methodologies above 100 GHz, and digital pre-distortion for J-band (220–330 GHz) power amplifiers targeting future 6G systems. Whether you are new to millimeter-wave measurements or an experienced RF engineer exploring sub-THz, this workshop offers practical knowledge of techniques that scale across frequency for next-generation wireless and sensing applications.
08:30 am WS02-1: Match-Corrected Signal Delivery at the DUT Reference Plane; Randy Becker | Keysight
09:50 am WS02-2: Equalized Channel Capacity — A Universal Approach to Quantifying Modulation Quality; Dr. Jan Verspecht | Keysight Technologies
11:30 am WS02-3: Phase-Coherent Multi-Channel Signal Generation for MIMO and AoA Applications; Sam Kusano | Keysight Technologies
01:50 pm WS02-4: Analog Pre-Distortion — Piecewise Diode-Based APD for Wideband PA Linearization; Prof. Tommaso Cappello | Villanova University
03:10 pm WS02-5: Sub-THz Measurement Technique; Eric Bryerton | Virginia Diodes, Inc. (VDI)
04:50 pm WS02-6: Digital Pre-Distortion for J-Band Power Amplifiers; Ibrahim Abdo | NTT Corporation
WS-03 EuMC: Advances in microwave to THz biomedical sensing and imaging: application to skin and breast cancer
From microwave to THz, RF sensor technology has displayed the ability to detect a number of medical maladies, including breast cancer, corneal disease, skin burns and cancers; and it provides real-time, contactless monitoring of physiological vital signs. Malady detection usually depends on a contrast mechanism, such as differences in hydration between healthy and tumorous cells. However, these mechanisms are often difficult to describe in terms of standard electromagnetic quantities, like complex dielectric function and scattering parameters. The core problem is that hydration involves both “bound” and “free” water. While the dielectric function of “free” water is described well by the Debye models up to THz frequencies, “bound” water is hard to measure and factor into effective-media models. One objective of the Workshop is to address dielectric models of soft tissue that account for “bound” and “free” water. Another challenge in RF biomedical imaging is spatial resolution. Many of the maladies require positive detection of small tumors and other objects that are much smaller than the RF wavelength so cannot be resolved by traditional RF coupling, like antennas or quasi-optical components. To improve the resolution, various near-field-coupling techniques have been demonstrated, and THz radiation (sub-1-mm-wavelength) been employed to reduce the diffraction limits. However, increasing the RF frequency always increases the attenuation in soft tissue, so there is always trade-off between resolution, and depth-of-penetration, which needs to be quantified in RF biomedical sensors, and is one objective of the Workshop.
08:30 am WS03-1: New equipment for microwave and mm wave biomedical characterization; Youzhi Li | Keysight Technologies
09:20 am WS03-2: THz time-domain detection and imaging for medical THz time-domain detection and imaging for THz time-domain detection and imaging for medical applications; Don Arnone | Teraview
10:30 am WS03-3: New advances in THz skin cancer detection; Prof. Emma MacPherson | University of Warwick
11:20 am WS03-4: Camera characterization; Prof. Zachary Taylor | Aalto U.
12:10 pm WS03-5: Portable system for Microwave breast cancer detection (MABIS) ; Daniel Segovia-Vargas | UC3M
01:50 pm WS03-6: Skin burn imaging; Prof. Elliott Brown | WSU
02:40 pm WS03-7: Contact-less devices for vital sign monitoring; Chris Van Hoof | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
03:50 pm WS03-8: New approached to inverse scattering problem; Lorenzo Crocco | CNR – IREA
04:40 pm WS03-9: Breast cancer imaging and phantoms development; Raquel C. Conceiçao | Universidade de Lisboa
WS-04 EuMC: Antenna Technologies for Non-Terrestrial Networks and SATCOM Terminals
The rapid expansion of next-generation satellite communication (SATCOM) systems is being propelled by Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellations, along with integrated space-air-ground architectures. These advanced SATCOM systems demand radio frequency payloads that can deliver high throughput, ultra-reliable links, low latency, and seamless beam mobility, challenging engineers to develop breakthroughs in antenna design, system integration, digital processing, and validation methods within strict SWaP-C constraints. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore the latest technological advancements shaping future SATCOM terminals. Sessions will cover system architecture and requirement flows for NTN user and gateway terminals, alongside cutting-edge electromagnetic modeling and co-design strategies that unify RF, thermal, and mechanical considerations. The impactful role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in antenna synthesis, calibration, fault detection, and adaptive beam control will also be highlighted. Additional focus will be on integrated antenna technologies such as active phased arrays, RFIC/beamformer integration, and scalable manufacturing and packaging solutions suitable for mass deployment. Dedicated discussions on digital and hybrid beamforming, Doppler effects in high-dynamic LEO scenarios, and advanced signal processing techniques will emphasize strategies to optimize link performance. The workshop will conclude with insights into emerging over-the-air measurement and validation techniques essential for certifying NTN terminals. By bridging design, production, and verification, this forum aims to catalyze innovation and encourage collaboration across the next-generation SATCOM antenna ecosystem.
08:30 am WS04-1: Requirements and design of D2D constellations; Carolina Vigano | Viasat, Switzerland
09:30 am WS04-2: Advances in Antenna Technologies for SATCOM; Alessandro Garufo | TNO, The Netherlands
10:50 am WS04-3: AI/ML techniques for in-flight correction of Array Fed Reflector deformation; Martin Togstad | Large Space Structures GmbH, Heriot-Watt University
11:50 am WS04-4: Advances in Ridge Waveguide Phased Array Antennas: Scan Limits and Design Solutions; Sören Harms | TU Eindhoven
01:50 pm WS04-5: Textile-based terrestrial user terminal antenna; Hoda Nematollahi | ESA
03:00 pm WS04-6: Multiple Beam Forming Phased Array Architectures for NTN User Terminals; Yanki Aslan | TU Delft
04:20 pm WS04-7: Emerging OTA measurement techniques for NTN terminals; Teun van den Biggelaar | Antennex, The Netherlands
WS-05 EuMC: Current Trends in MMW and THz components
This workshop provides an opportunity for presenters to share their work in multiple domains and application covered by the mm-wave and THz spectrum. A great part of this workshop will highlight extremely accurate manufacturing technologies able to comp with such high frequency, namely additive manufacturing, deep reactive ion etching (DRIE), ultra-precise deposition (UPD), structured glass technology, on laser-induced deep etching and micromachining. Based on these state of the art fabrication means, their potential is illustrated through extremely accurate interconnects and packaging, filters, couplers and power dividers. The application to antennas, MIMO front-end, metasurfaces for communications, beamsteering modules for 5G, 6G, radar and space applications as well as integrated sensing and communication will be highlighted thanks to renowned speakers. Thanks to this workshop, the attendees will have a snapshot of up to date activities in these field all gathered in a full day workshop.
08:30 am WS05-1: Silicon-micromachined devices for mm and sub-mm wave communication and sensing; Prof. Joachim Oberhammer | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
09:50 am WS05-2: Additively Manufactured FHE-Enabled Wireless/5G+ Ultrabroadband Components and Modules for IoT, SmartAg, Industry 4.0 and AI-enabling ISAC/JCAS Applications; Prof. Manos M. Tentzeris | School of ECE, Georgia Tech, USA
11:30 am WS05-3: Tentative: Structured glass technologies and 3D printing for mm-wave and THz components; Chad Bartlett | Department of Electronic Electrical and Systems Engineering School of Engineering University of Birmingham, UK
01:50 pm WS05-4: THz packaging: interconnects and antenna integration; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Thomas Zwick | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany; Elizabeth Bekker | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
03:10 pm WS05-5: Multi-Diversities via Leaky and Standing Wave Radiations for Sensing and Communications; Prof. Steve Hang Wong | Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
04:50 pm WS05-6: Monolithic Q/V/W feed chains for next generation feeder links; María García-Vigueras | IETR and INSA Rennes, France
WS-06 EuMC: Advanced power sensing for frequencies above 140GHz
With the increased use cases for high frequencies greater than 100 GHz, the need for metrological traceability has grown. This workshop focuses on one of the high frequency fundamental parameters, power. Specifically, the development of new sensors and sensing technologies needed to achieve primary level traceability and the systems used to disseminate this to end users. The workshop will cover topics such as:
– The design and fabrication of traceable power sensors.
– The fundamentals of testing and characterizing these new sensors.
– New measurement hardware developed by European National Measurement Institutes (NMI’s) which allow for primary level SI traceability. -How this traceability is disseminated from NMI labs to end user artifacts.
Speakers will be from academic institutes, industry and several European NMI’s.
08:30 am WS06-1: 140 – 220 GHz power sensor characterization at TUBITAK UME; Erkan Danaci | TUBITAK UME
09:30 am WS06-2: Thermoelectric RF power transfer standards – calibration methods and comprehensive characterization; Marcel Thraenhardt | Rohde & Schwarz
10:50 am WS06-3: Novel power measurement technologies: Challenges and commercial solutions above 140 GHz; Eric Breakenridge | Keysight Technologies (UK)
11:50 am WS06-4: 140 – 220 GHz power sensor characterization at NPL; Daniel Stokes | National Physical Laboratory (NPL) [UK]
01:50 pm WS06-5: Recent advances in microcalorimeter for use as microwave power standards at LNE; Doudou BA | LNE (France)
03:00 pm WS06-6: Design, Implementation, and Scalability of a 140 – 220 GHz metrology power sensor; Prof. Yi Wang | University of Birmingham
04:20 pm WS06-7: The dissemination of traceability for RF power up to 220 GHz at PTB; Dr. Karsten Kuhlmann | PTB
WS-07 EuMC: Advances in cryogenic microwave design and measurement techniques of superconducting and spin qubits
This workshop addresses the cryogenic microwave engineering challenges of reading out superconducting and spin qubits with high fidelity and scalability. The morning session introduces key hardware solutions, including parametric amplifiers such as Josephson and traveling-wave designs, and advanced spectroscopic methods for spin-based qubits. These talks emphasize how amplification and noise performance impact system-level readout. The afternoon session focuses on design strategies of novel superconducting qubits, microwave resonator modelling, design challenges of large qubit chips, cryoCMOS chip design for spin qubits. We will also explore system-level noise modeling and integration approaches for high-density readout. The goal is to provide practical insights into device selection, circuit design, and system optimization for next-generation quantum computing platforms.
08:30 am WS07-1: High-Fidelity single-shot Readout of Superconducting Qubits; Felice Francesco Tafuri | Keysight Technologies, italy
09:20 am WS07-2: Hardware-accelerated Quantum Indicators for metrology of Losephson Microwave Amplifiers; Emanuele Enrico | Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Italy
10:30 am WS07-3: Accurate Cryogenic S-parameter measurements for reflectometry-based Qubit Readout; Manoj Stanley | National Physical Laboratory (NPL) [UK]
11:20 am WS07-4: Wiring up molecular spins with Microwave Circuit QED technology; Fernando Luis | INMA-CSIC, Spain
12:10 pm WS07-5: Practical microwave resonator measurement and modeling for Qubit Readout; Martin Weides | James Watt, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK
01:50 pm WS07-6: Physics and Design principles of Minimon and Exotic superconducting Qubits; Rainer Dumke | Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), Singapore
02:40 pm WS07-7: Testing RF ASICs for scaling spin Qubit systems; James Kirkman | Quantum Motion, UK
03:50 pm WS07-8: Overview of Design Tools and challenges for superconducting Qubits; Aneirin Baker | National Quantum Computing Center (NQCC), UK
04:40 pm WS07-9: Noise and System Level simulation for Superconducting Qubit Readout; Daryoush Shiri | Keysight Technologies, Singapore
WS-08 EuMC: Advances in AI-Driven Microwave Design: From devices up to system-level
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques into microwave engineering is transforming the way devices, circuits, and systems are conceived, optimized, and deployed. This workshop aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in AI-driven microwave design, spanning multiple abstraction levels—from antennas, passive and active devices, through circuits, up to subsystem/system level. At the device and component level, the workshop will address data-driven modelling, surrogate models, inverse design, and fast electromagnetic optimization for antennas and passive devices. Moving to the circuit and subsystem level, contributions will highlight AI-assisted synthesis and co-design methodologies from specifications to layout. At the system level, the workshop will explore AI-enabled design and optimization of systems, including hardware–algorithm co-design and digital twins. This workshop aims to bridge microwave theory, electromagnetic simulation, and modern AI techniques, offering attendees a unified perspective on how AI can accelerate innovation, reduce design cycles, and enable next-generation microwave and mm-wave systems.
08:30 am WS08-1: Introduction to ML/AI for microwave applications; Qi-Jun Zhang | Carleton University
09:20 am WS08-2: Accelerating RF design, analysis, and optimization with AI; Dr. Giorgia Zucchelli | Mathworks
10:10 am WS08-3: AI-driven design of RF passives and integrated circuits; Bo Liu | University of Glasgow
11:20 am WS08-4: AI Enabling Discovery and Design of Radio and High-Frequency Wireless Chips Beyond; Kaushik Sengupta | Princeton University
12:10 pm WS08-5: Towards Generative AI for Analog and RF IC Design: From Spec to Layout; David Pan | Univesity of Texas at Austin
01:50 pm WS08-6: Loadpull data into Circuit Simulator Using Artificial Neural Networks; Gustavo Avolio | Maury Microwave, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
02:40 pm WS08-7: Loadpull data into Circuit Simulator Using Artificial Neural Networks; Mauro Marchetti | Maury
03:30 pm WS08-8: Machine-Learning based Digital Predistortion Solutions for High-efficiency Power Amplifiers for Base Stations; Pere Gilabert | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
04:40 pm WS08-9: Digital twins and self-learning AI for RF and microwave; Dmitry Gnatyshak | Keysight
05:30 pm WS08-10: Digital twins and self-learning AI for RF and microwave; Majid Ahadi Dolatsara | Keysight
WS-09 EuMIC/EuMC: Advanced IC Design for mm-Wave and Beyond
Design and package of advanced integrated circuits operating at mm-Wave and sub-THz frequencies has become the central challenge in modern communication, radar, and satellite systems, as well as in emerging beyond-5G and early 6G scenarios. The continuous push toward higher data rates, wider bandwidths, and improved energy efficiency is driving IC designers to operate at increasingly higher frequencies, where conventional design assumptions often break down. This workshop focuses on critical aspects, key techniques, and practical insights for the design and integration of ICs at mm-Wave and sub-THz frequencies. Core topics include high-frequency device and circuit modeling, power-efficient transmitter and receiver architectures, thermal and reliability issues, advanced integration and packaging strategies, and the impact of emerging technologies, materials, and fabrication processes. Particular emphasis will be placed on satellite communications and high-capacity wireless links, where mm-Wave and sub-THz solutions are rapidly transitioning from research to real-world deployment. The technical program consists of invited talks covering device-, circuit-, and system-level perspectives, followed by a focused mini panel session addressing silicon versus III–V technologies, with an emphasis on performance limits, integration challenges, and system-level trade-offs. Participants will gain a realistic perspective on current limitations and future opportunities, and will leave with a clearer understanding of the challenges that must be addressed to enable robust, scalable, and high-performance and very high-frequency ICs.
08:30 am WS09-1: Key MMIC Components for V-Band Inter-Satellite Links Prof. Dr. Ernesto Limiti | Dept. of Electronics Engineering University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
09:20 am WS09-2: Transistor stacking and load-modulation: from low to high frequency Prof. Dr. Vittorio Camarchia | Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Politecnico di Torino Torino, Italy
10:10 am WS09-3: Challenges in IC design for 6G: Fundamental SiGe BiCMOS Building Blocks Guglielmo De Filippi | Fondazione Chips-IT, Pavia, Italy
11:20 am WS09-4: Sculpting mm Wave Performance: Passive Innovation, local-backside-etching advantages, and Sub THz practical insights Dr. Aniello Franzese | IHP – Leibniz-Institut für Innovative Mikroelektronik, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
12:10 pm WS09-5: Design of a 39 GHz digital beamforming TRX in 22FD SOI Jerome Prouvee | CEA LETI, Grenoble, France
01:50 pm WS09-6: Integrated Millimeter-Wave Avalanche Noise Sources for Cryogenic Applications Prof. Federico Alimenti | Department of Engineering, University of Perugia Perugia, Italy
02:40 pm WS09-7: From mm-Wave Measurements to Nonlinear Transistor Models: Challenges and Practice Valeria Vadalà | University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
03:30 pm WS09-8: From Switched-Beam Architectures to mm-Wave IC Limits: Practical Insights for Highly Integrated SatCom Terminals Emilio Arnieri | Millimeter-Wave Antennas and Integrated Circuit Laboratory (MAIC LAB) University of Calabria, Quattromiglia, Italy
04:40 pm WS09-9: System- and antenna-in-package design > 100 GHz: a practical approach with multiphysics simulation Francesco Filice | IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
05:10 pm WS09-10: Multi-Antenna Transceivers Exploiting Spatial Processing Dominique Morche | CEA LETI, Grenoble, France
06:00 pm WS09-11: MINI PANEL SESSION: Silicon vs. III‑V Technologies: Implications for Millimeter‑Wave IC Development; Alessandro Fonte | SIAE Microelettronica, R&D Dept., Italy
WS-10 EuMIC/EuMC: Exploring the Innovative Technologies and Circuits Driving the Transition to 6G
Research in 6G radio frequency (RF) technology is advancing rapidly in parallel with the widespread adoption of 5G. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) is anticipated to necessitate higher data rates, thereby accelerating the development of 6G. Future 6G networks are expected to operate at higher frequencies, including 7–25 GHz for FR3 bands in mobile devices and up to 300 GHz for fixed wireless networks. These frequency ranges are critical for achieving enhanced data rates and improved connectivity. Progress in CMOS semiconductor technology, particularly at 2-nm feature sizes, is enabling advancements in smartphone applications. In conjunction with artificial intelligence, these developments are projected to further increase the demand for higher uplink data rates in 6G. This workshop will examine current 5G RF cellular designs, challenges associated with the transition to 6G, and anticipated advancements in circuit architecture, semiconductor, and packaging technologies that will enable this evolution, including AI-assisted design.
08:30 amWS10-1: From analogue/RF SoC to 6G chiplet heterogeneously integrating III-V & Si technologies: Challenges & PerspectivesFrédéric Gianesello; Pascal Chevalier | ST Microelectronics, Grenoble, France
09:30 amWS10-2: PA/Transmitter Design and Architecture for 6G – Leveraging AI-assisted design; Han Zhou | Lund University, Lund, Sweeden; Victor Åberg | Lund University, Lund, Sweeden
Prof. Gregor Lasser | Chalmers University, Sweeden; Prof. Christian Fager | Chalmers University, Sweeden
10:50 am WS10-3: Advanced High-Efficiency GaN PA Module for FR3 massive MIMO Base-Stations; Shuichi Sakata | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan; Shintaro Shinjo | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
11:50 am WS10-4: Trends and Challenges in Power Amplifier Linearization on the Path to 6GProf. Pere L. Gilabert | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
01:50 pm WS10-5: Time-Division Phased-Array Transceivers for 6G Massive MIMO; Kenichi Okada | Institute of Science, Tokyo, Japan
02:50 pm WS10-6: Radio Architectures and Technologies for FR3-6G Infrastructure; Rui Ma | pSemi Murata, Boston,MA, USA
04:10 pm WS10-7: 6G FR3 Power Amplifier Design Considerations for Mobile Communications in B55X Technology; Prof. Nathalie Deltimple | INP/ENSEIRB-MATMECA Bordeaux, France
05:20 pm WS10-8: Transition to FR3-6G RF Front End Modules; Dr. Florinel Balteanu | Skyworks Solutions Inc. USA
WS-11 EuMC: Emerging components for sub-terahertz 6G applications
The rapid push toward 6G is accelerating global interest in sub-THz (sub-terahertz) technologies, where frequencies between 100–300 GHz promise unprecedented data rates, ultra-low latency, and seamless integration of sensing and communication. Realising this vision requires a new generation of components and subsystems that deliver high performance, manufacturability, and reliability across both terrestrial and space-based platforms. This workshop brings together leading developments from industry, research institutions, and academia to provide a comprehensive overview of emerging sub-terahertz hardware technologies that will underpin future 6G systems. The program will highlight recent advances in semiconductor devices, photonic-electronic signal generation, high-frequency packaging, micromachined waveguides, and calibration methodologies that enable robust operation at sub-terahertz frequencies. Emphasis will be placed on compact, power-efficient front-ends; scalable fabrication approaches; and architectures that support joint communication-sensing, beam steering, and high-capacity backhaul. Contributions from space-focused initiatives will illustrate how sub-terahertz components are being adapted for high-altitude platforms, satellite payloads, and inter-satellite links, where constraints on mass, thermal management, and radiation tolerance drive unique design trade-offs. By convening industrial players alongside leading research laboratories and universities, the workshop aims to foster cross-sector dialogue on technology readiness, standardisation challenges, and pathways toward commercial deployment. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of the current state of the art, emerging trends, and the critical component-level innovations required to unlock the full potential of sub-terahertz 6G networks.
2:10 pm WS11-1: Preparing the future of 6G: D-Band technologies to meet the rising demand for higher data capacity; Tudor Williams (TBC) | Filtronic (UK)
2:50 pm WS11-2: Enabling Sub-THz 6G Satellite Systems: V, W and D-Band Payload Technologies; Hui Wang | RAL Space (UK)
3:30 pm WS11-3: Advancing RF components and transceiver design from W-Band to D-Band; Mark Kelly | Celtonn (Irelend)
4:30 pm WS11-4: Photonic generation and detection of sub-THz waves; Tadao Nagatsuma | The University of Tokyo (Japan)
5:10 pm WS11-5: Electronic metadevices for sub-terahertz 6G applications; Mohammad Samizadeh Nikoo | Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
5:50 pm WS11-6: Advanced photomixer concepts to enable photonics-assisted sub-THz MIMO wireless networks; Robert Kohlhass | Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (Germany)
SM-01 EuMC: Modern SatCom Waveforms and Payload Performance: Linearity, PAPR, Spectrum Compliance , and Advanced Signal Analysis
Next-generation satellite communication systems are rapidly evolving toward flexible, high-throughput, and software-defined payloads that integrate advanced waveform processing with increasingly complex phased-array architectures. While DVB-S2/S2X remains the dominant broadcast and broadband standard, many operators and research groups are investigating custom OFDM-based or adaptive waveforms to support dynamic beam steering, multi-beam operations, and on-board digital channelization. These innovations introduce new engineering challenges, including high PAPR sensitivity, nonlinear distortion in power amplifiers, multi-carrier interference, and beam-dependent performance degradation in large phased-array systems. This half-day short course brings together experts from academia, industry, and test & measurement to explore the intersection of waveform design, payload hardware constraints, phased-array effects, and modern signal-analysis techniques. Topics may include DVB-S2/S2X PLFrame characterization, OFDM waveform adaptability, PA/DPD behaviour under wideband high-PAPR conditions, array-level nonlinearity, beamforming impairments, and realistic end-to-end validation workflows for SatCom payloads. Measurement-focused sessions will demonstrate state-of-practice analysis methods—ranging from vector-domain DVB-S2/S2X demodulation and modulation-quality metrics to spectrum-domain nonlinearity and DPD-related evaluations using X-Apps. These techniques support both single-carrier and multi-beam payload scenarios, providing deep insight into time, frequency, modulation, and spatial domains.
8:30 am SM01-1: Signal Quality and Spectrum Compliance in DVB-S2/S2X and Emerging SatCom Waveforms: Advanced Characterization Using the 89600 VSA; Raj Sodhi | Keysight product Manager
09:30 am SM01-2: Power Amplifier Characterization with Digital Pre-Distortion: Wideband Linearity, PAPR Stress, and X-App Measurements; Dr. Aidin Taeb | Keysight RF Solution Engineer
10:50 am SM01-3: Emulation-Driven Design and Testing of Power Amplifiers for Large Scale Beamforming Transmitters; Prof. Slim Boumaiza | Professor at University of Waterloo
11:50 am SM01-4: The Application of Digital Predistortion in Enhancing Data Throughput for Space-Based Ku-Band Radio Systems in LEO; Aurora Nowicki | Hardware Test Engineering at Kepler Communications
SM-02 EuMC: Harnessing Phase Information to Improve RF Measurements
Precision is paramount in the microwave technology sector, where even small measurement inaccuracies can significantly affect device performance. This workshop, “Harnessing Phase Information to Improve RF Measurements” focuses on reliable characterization methods incorporating both amplitude and phase data – a critical need as RF devices become increasingly complex. Participants will learn to maximize the capabilities of modern test and measurement (T&M) instruments, including vector network analyzers (VNAs) and vector signal analysers/generators (VSAs/VSGs), through a deep understanding of phase references and traceable calibration. This ensures confidence in measuring uncertainties and compliance with industry standards. The session features practical applications like time domain transformation and frequency-converting circuit measurements, addressing real-world challenges faced by the microwave community. By fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing, we aim to empower professionals to enhance measurement accuracy and drive innovation. Ultimately, this workshop is vital for advancing the understanding and application of phase information in microwave technology.
02:10 pm SM02-1: Why defined phases matter and how to achieve them; Markus Lörner | Rohde & Schwarz
02:40 pm SM02-2: Advanced measurement techniques with defined phases on multichannel signal analyzers; Dr. Florian Ramian | Rohde & Schwarz
03:10 pm SM02-3: Advanced measurement techniques with defined phases on VNAs; Thorsten Lück | Rohde & Schwarz
03:50 pm SM02-4: Characterizing electronic and optoelectronic pulse generators for traceable broadband phase referencing; Heiko Füser | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
04:30 pm SM02-5: Reliable Measurements of Modulated Signals: Establishing Traceability; Dr. Bryan Bosworth | NIST Communications Technology Laboratory
05:10 pm SM02-6: Frequency-Agile Phase settings for High-Performance Beamforming; Peter Moosbrugger | Qorvo
05:50 pm SM02-7: Behavioural Modelling via Time-Domain Signal Analysis; Mauro Marchetti | Maury
WM-01 EuMC: On-Wafer Microwave Measurement Techniques for 6G and Beyond
Accurate on-wafer measurements play an important role in the development of many established and emerging applications such as 6G communication, quantum computing, radar sensing. However, despite the significant progress made over the last decade in improving the accuracy of on-wafer measurements, several challenges remain to be overcome, particularly as frequency of operation increases. Through this interactive full-day workshop, international experts will share their experience and guide us through different aspects of on-wafer measurement techniques. The workshop addresses key aspects of advanced on-wafer measurement techniques, with a particular focus on precise material characterization for 6G and other emerging technologies. It covers recent advancements in automatic model-extraction methods for novel calibration techniques, innovative approaches for leakage correction using TRL standards, and the growing importance of AI-assisted automatic probing and RF signal detection. The speakers will discuss methodologies for transferring the accuracy of multiline TRL calibration from industrial BiCMOS technologies to commercially available substrates, as well as provide a CMOS IC designer’s perspective on on-wafer measurements. Key challenges in on-wafer S-parameter, noise measurements, characterization of advanced transistor technologies, and field-mapping techniques for 6G communication systems will be examined. The workshop will also feature recent experimental results, including single-sweep wafer-level measurements up to 250 GHz, and multi-mode differential de-embedding and calibration results extending to 220 GHz. To summarize the workshop, we will initiate an open discussion to allow audience to interact with speakers. This will give everyone an opportunity to discuss the presented topics in detail and provide broad feedback on potential future topics.
08:30 am WM01-1: Advancements in precise material characterisation up to 170 GHz towards 6G communications and other emerging technologies; Marzena Olszewska-Placha1 | QWED; Bartłomiej Salski | Warsaw University of Technology
09:10 am WM01-2: Transfer of mTRL Accuracy in industrial BiCMOS Technology to commercial Lumped-Element Calibrations up to 110 GHz; Gia Ngoc Phung | Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)Dr. Uwe Arz | STMicroelectronics; Samuel Nguyen Dinh An | Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN)Joao Carlos Azevedo Goncalves | Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN)
09:50 am WM01-3: First Calibration and Measurement Results of a Novel Wafer-Level Single-Sweep 100 kHz-250 GHz System; Suren Singh | Keysight Technologies; Dr. Andrej Rumiantsev | MPI Corporation
10:50 am WM01-4: A new perspective on on-wafer measurement technique with TRL calibration standards; Prof. Chong Li | University of Glasgow
11:30 am WM01-5: Automatic Model Extraction for the symmetric-reciprocal-match (SRM) VNA calibration; Prof. Dr. Michael Ernst Gadringer | Institute of Microwave and Photonic Engineering, Graz University of Technology
12:10 pm WM01-6: AI-Assisted Probe Alignment and Measurement for Next-Generation RF Devices; Kamel Haddadi | University of Lille
01:50 pm WM01-7: Recent progresses in on-wafer measurement with RF signal detection technique; Ryo Sakamaki | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Hiroshima University
02:30 pm WM01-8: De-embedding topics related to broadband, differential on-wafer measurements; Dr. Jon Martens | Anritsu Company
03:10 pm WM01-9: Multi-Mode Multi-Line Thru-Reflect-Line Calibration for On-Wafer Differential Measurements up to 220 GHz; Xinghao Tong | Cornell University; Lei Li | Cornell University; Antonio Morini | Marche Polytechnic University; Marco Farina | Marche Polytechnic University; James C. M. Hwang | Cornell University
04:10 pm WM01-10: Challenge of On-Wafer S-Parameters and Noise Measurements in an Industrial Environment for Advanced Silicon Devices; Joao Carlos Azevedo Goncalves | STMicroelectronics; Samuel Nguyen Dinh An | Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN)
04:50 pm WM01-11: A High-Precision 16-Term Calibration Approach for Bias-Dependent Characterization of Scaled InP HBTs; Ralf Doerner | Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH (FBH) ; Prof. Dr. Thomas Flisgen | Brandenburg University of Technology; Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich | Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH (FBH), Leibniz Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik; Abhijeet Kanitkar | Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH (FBH)
05:30 pm WM01-12: Field Mapping Techniques Using Electro-Optic Sensing for Electronics and 6G Communications; Young-Pyo Hong | Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
06:10 pm WM01-13: A CMOS IC Designer’s Look at On-Wafer Microwave Measurements; Shuhei Amakawa | Hiroshima University
WM-02 EuMC: Open-source Toolchain in RF and Digital Design
The European Chips Act serves as a strategic roadmap to secure technological sovereignty by aiming for a 20% global market share in semiconductors by 2030. The goal is to minimize the geopolitical supply chain risks and foster a self-sufficient ecosystem. Democratization of hardware development through the development of open-source EDA tools is a key pillar in these aspects. This would lower the entry barriers for SMEs and researchers, and ultimately accelerate a collaborative and transparent era of European silicon innovation. There are multiple EU funded projects have started from last few years. These projects are set to offer robust process design kits (PDK) for open-source tools. In parallel, existing open-source tools for IC design are being further enhanced to include necessary functionalities for complete design flow for digital, analogue and RF design. Aligning with above mentioned goals, multiple private, academic, and commercial entities have stepped up towards the development. This workshop aims to share a glimpse of activities in open-source EDA tools developments and chip design activities in Europe. It would begin with a talk about current EU projects and the statuses in open-source EDA development. Then there will be two talks about digital and RF design flow using open-source tools. The final talk is about electro-magnetic simulation for RF circuits. Overall, this workshop is targets to publicize the open-source activities towards the building of a collaborative society in chip design domain.
08:30 am WM02-1: Current activities in open-source IC Design; Sergei Andreev | IHP GmbH
09:30 am WM02-2: RF design using open-source EDA tools; Prof. Dr. Harald Pretl | Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
10:50 am WM02-3: End-to-end open-source Digital IC Design; Frank Gürkaynak | ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
11:50 am WM02-4: EM simulation for IC design using open-source EDA tools; Volker Mühlhaus | Dr. Mühlhaus Consulting & Software GmbH
WM-03 EuMC: Photonic Technologies and Systems for RF Applications
Today, most devices and technologies rely on electronics to process, transmit, and analyse information. This workshop will address photonic RF technologies aiming to transform these electronic connections into photonic ones, increasing transmission speeds and improving responsiveness while consuming substantially lower levels of power. The key advantage of photonic RF technology is the potential to provide a continuous and interference-free coverage of multi-octave frequency bands up to the THz regime with only a single technological solution paving the way for a plethora of future applications, measurement technologies and metrology. Potential applications include high-capacity fixed wireless access, mobile mm-wave/THz communications, satellite communications, earth observation and techniques for ultrawideband signal processing. Generic functions include multi-octave bandwidth high output power RF sources and receivers, optically pumped mm-wave/THz receiver, phase-stable transport of RF signals over optical fibre, optical beamforming technology. The workshop will provide an insight into the state-of-the-art of photonic RF technologies, and it aims to discuss whether maturity, performance and cost of photonic RF technology is ready to compete with existing solutions.
08:30 am WM03-1: Photonic Terahertz Vector Network Analyzer for High-Frequency Test and Measurement Applications; Dr. Taro Eichler | Rohde & Schwarz
09:10 am WM03-2: Photonics for test & measurement applications; Radu Lupoaie | Keysight
09:50 am WM03-3: RF Photonics for Space; Alexander Hees | AIRBUS
10:50 am WM03-4: Low-phase noise THz generation; Marcel Grzeslo | MWP
11:30 am WM03-5: Photonics for THz VNA; Robert B. Kohlhaas | HHI
12:10 pm WM03-6: Photonic Terahertz Systems and their Use as High Frequency Measurement Equipment. ; Dr. Nico Vieweg | TOPTICA
01:50 pm WM03-7: RF photonics for real-time material analysis; Israa Mohammad | UDE
02:30 pm WM03-8: THz photonics for system-level testing; Prof. Guillaume Ducournau | Univ of Lille
03:15 pm WM03-9: Optical pumped heterodyne mixers; Oleg Cojocari | ACST
04:20 pm WM03-10: Plasmonics & photonics for Terahertz; Jürg Leuthold | ETH Zürich
05:00 pm WM03-11: Laser Sources Architectures for Classical and Quantum RF and Optical Sensing” ; Morvan Loic | THALES
05:45 pm WM03-12: THz mixers; Prof. Peter Huggard | Rutherford Appleton Labs
WM-04 EuMC: Old Dog New Tricks: Analog Linearization of RF/Microwave Power Amplifiers for Efficient and Wideband Transmitters
The unprecedented growth of wireless devices has resulted in increasingly congested spectrum and power consumption issues. Power amplifiers (PAs) are designed to be linearized with digital pre-distortion (DPD) but this results in expensive hardware and power consumption issues. Analog pre-distortion (APD) can be used to reduce hardware costs and power consumption. This workshop presents several state-of-art analogue linearizers ranging from sub-7GHz to mm-waves. Examples of these techniques are presented for a Doherty PA with 1.8GHz bandwidth: the APD circuit is specifically designed to correct the gain inflection with a triple-branch series-diode circuit. An alternative approach is to use diodes as a nonlinear impedance in reflective linearizers: this approach is demonstrated with a class-AB PA between 1.4 and 2 GHz achieving 7-13 dB spectral regrowth reductions. The nonlinearity used for pre-distortion can be generated using a nonlinearity generator with vector modulator: this approach is demonstrated for a 3.5GHz PA demonstrating spectral regrowth reductions up to 23.7 dB. An alternative approach to RF pre-distortion is to modulate the gate bias of the RF PA to improve linearity using custom-built integrated modulator amplifiers. Similarly, a “generic analogue linearizer” is demonstrated with an E-band PA with a 250-MHz 16-QAM waveform with substantial improvements in the spectral regrowth. Finally, the results of an APD circuit specifically designed to correct for the gain “hump” in high-efficiency Class-AB Pas is presented, showing full compliance with 5G requirements while consuming only few milliwatts of power.
02:10 pm WM04-1: Analog Linearization of Doherty Power Amplifiers for Combined Efficiency and Linearity with High Peak-to-Average Power Modulated Signals; Alex Pitt | Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult, UK
02:50 pm WM04-2: Design of Wide Bandwidth Reflective Analog Predistorters (RAPD) ; Jiayang Yu | University of Aveiro, Portugal
03:30 pm WM04-3: Analog Predistorter Design Considerations for 5G/ 6G Communication; Meenakshi Rawat | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
04:30 pm WM04-4: A Controllable Analog Linearizer MMIC at E-band; Dr. Marcus Gavell | Gotmic AB, Sweden
05:10 pm WM04-5: Analog Linearity Enhancement for Overall Efficiency Improvement of Wideband Transmitters; Prof. Gregor Lasser | Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
05:50 pm WM04-6: Analog Predistortion Linearizer for Class-AB Power Amplifiers; Prof. Tommaso Cappello | Villanova University
WM-05 EuMIC/EuMC: Embedding Sustainability into Electronics: A Workshop for Circuit Designers on Quantification, Implementation, and Future Technologies
How can electrical engineers assess and improve the sustainability of electronics? This half-day workshop addresses this question by combining assessment methodologies, circuit-level design strategies, manufacturing considerations, and forward-looking material technologies. The workshop opens with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Engineers, introducing the core methodology and terminology. The presentation shows how environmental impacts can be quantified across the full life cycle of electronic systems and how LCA results can support informed engineering decisions. It also highlights how raw material extraction and supply chains influence environmental performance and design risk. The second presentation focuses on Responsible Integrated Circuit Design, discussing how circuit architectures and low-power techniques can reduce both energy consumption and material usage. The talk highlights trade-offs and limitations of different approaches and includes an overview of energy harvesting sources, techniques, and challenges as a pathway toward batteryless and energy-autonomous systems. The third contribution addresses Materials and Manufacturing, outlining recent developments in electronics and photonics packaging and heterogeneous integration aimed at lowering environmental impact. Emphasis is placed on green manufacturing approaches such as additive manufacturing, low-temperature integration and contacting technologies, and the use of recycled or sustainable materials for substrates and contacts. The workshop concludes that sustainability must be considered early-on in Future Technologies: heterogeneous integration of semiconducting nanowires and two-dimensional materials, leads to enhanced properties of field-effect transistors and sensors. This can be performed in SOI processes, compatible to CMOS, as well as on novel substrates. The sustainability of these approaches will be investigated considering the full process.
08:30 am WM05-1: How Sustainable Is Your Design? An Engineer’s Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment; Azin Zarei | United Nations University
09:30 am WM05-2: Design Trade-Offs for Sustainable Integrated Circuits: From Low-Power Techniques to Energy Harvesting; Helmuth Morath | TU Dresden
10:50 am WM05-3: Sustainable electronics packaging and heterogeneous integration; Krzysztof Nieweglowski | TU Dresden
11:50 am WM05-4: Designing Future Technologies with Sustainability in Mind: Nanowire and 2D Material Integration; Artur Erbe | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.
WM-06 EuMIC/EuMC: Enabling Ultra-Low Noise RF Systems: Technology, Materials and Metrology
The availability of high-volume, ultra–low-noise transistor technologies at cellular, Wi‑Fi, and SATCOM frequencies poses a fundamental challenge to existing noise metrology practices. While traditional low-noise semiconductor technologies such as GaAs and InP have long dominated microwave and millimetre-wave applications due to their superior noise performance at higher frequencies, increasing system complexity and cost pressures are driving a transition toward heterogeneous integration of these materials with advanced silicon-based platforms across a broader frequency range. At these exceptionally low noise levels, state-of-the-art device noise measurement systems lack the resolution and repeatability required to reliably distinguish the performance of competing device technologies, limiting actionable insight for system architects and technology developers. Recent worldwide investments in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, including RF, microwave, and millimetre-wave applications, further underscore both the urgency and the opportunity for enhanced public–private collaboration in this area. In parallel, there is growing interest in exploring emerging semiconductor materials such as GaN and GaAs to address complementary requirements in power handling, bandwidth, and ultra-low-noise operation across extended frequency regimes. This workshop begins by motivating the need for extremely low minimum noise figure technologies, driven by applications such as LEO satellite communications, remote sensing, and emerging quantum computing systems. It then presents technology developers’ experiences and limitations encountered with current noise metrology practices, and concludes with a forward-looking discussion involving commercial instrumentation vendors and national metrology institutes on potential paths toward next-generation noise measurement methodologies.
08:30 am WM06-1: Introduction to the recent progress on microwave and mm-wave low noise technologies; Prof. Chong Li | University of Glasgow
09:20 am WM06-2: InGaAs Metamorpic HEMT Technologies for Cutting-Edge Low-Noise, High-Frequencies, and Ultra-Wideband Applications; Dr. Fabian Thome | Fraunhofer IAF
10:10 am WM06-3: trapping in GaN LNAs; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Rudolph | Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
11:20 am WM06-4: Low-noise GaN-on-Si HEMTs for mm-Wave Integrated T/R Modules; Ng Geok Ing | Nanyang Technical University Singapore
12:10 pm WM06-5: Highly efficient 2D material based transceivers for space communications (tentative) ; Peng Zhou | Fudan University
01:50 pm WM06-6: Cryogenic InGaAs transistor for low-noise amplifier and routing circuits; Sanghyeon Kim | KAIST
02:40 pm WM06-7: Challenges of On-Wafer Noise Parameter Measurements in an Industrial Environment for Advanced Silicon Technologies; Joao Carlos Azevedo Goncalves | ST Micro
03:30 pm WM06-8: Practical Noise Figure Measurements: Methods, Limitations and Uncertainties; Nizar Messaoudi | Keysight Technologies
04:40 pm WM06-9: Advancements Noise Parameters Characterization: from Room-Temperature to cryogenic applications; Mauro Marchetti | Maury
05:10 pm WM06-10: Pushing the Limits of Wafer-Based Noise Characterization: Measurement Error at mm-Wave and Sub-THz; Bryan Hosein | Focus Micorwaves
06:00 pm WM06-11: Pulse-operated HEMT LNA using time-domain noise measurements; Prof. Jan Grahn | Chalmers
WM-07 EuMIC/EuMC: Is RF GaN-on-Si ready for prime time?
Over the last years, GaN has rapidly become a cornerstone technology for high-performance RF power applications, driven by its high breakdown voltage, power density, and efficiency. While GaN-on-SiC remains the benchmark for premium RF performance, GaN-on-Si has emerged as a compelling alternative due to its potential for lower cost, larger wafer sizes, and compatibility with CMOS-centric manufacturing ecosystems. As 5G/6G, satellite communications, and radar systems continue to push for higher frequencies, wider bandwidths, and improved power efficiency, the question arises: Is RF GaN-on-Si mature enough to meet these evolving system demands? This workshop will explore the state of the art in GaN-on-Si RF technology, addressing materials advances, defect and thermal management, device architectures, circuit demonstrators, and reliability assessment. Recent progress in substrates, buffer engineering, and thermal mitigation approaches will be reviewed, alongside application-driven requirements for FR1, FR3, and mm-Wave/sub-THz systems.
The goal of this workshop is to bring together experts from industry, academia, and research institutes to discuss the remaining challenges and opportunities that will determine whether RF GaN-on-Si can transition from a promising contender to a widespread mainstream technology. Participants will gain insight into the readiness level of GaN-on-Si and the innovation pathways that could accelerate its adoption.
08:30 amWM07-1: The Evolving Landscape of RF GaN-Si Technology; Nadine Collaert | imec
09:30 amWM07-2: Market opportunities and competitive Positioning for GaN-on-Si in the RF industry; Hassan Saleh | Yole
10:50 amWM07-3: RF GaN substrates; Marianne Germain | SOITEC
11:50 amWM07-4: RF GaN-on-Si Beyond the Device: Where System Reality Sets the Limits; Kauser A. Chaudhry | CSA Catapult
01:50 pmWM07-5: GaN reliability challenges; Enrico Zanoni | University of Padova
02:50 pmWM07-6: GaN Technology for Telecom Infrastructures – the challenges and opportunities; Dr. Rui Hou | Ericsson
04:10 pmWM07-7: Substrate and Buffer Engineering in RF GaN-on-Si: Implications for RF Losses, Linearity, Efficiency, and Reliability; Farid Medjdoub | IEMN
05:20 pmWM07-8: Title to be provided; Dr. Thomas Roedle | Infineon
WM-08 EuMC/EuMIC/EuRAD: Reproducible RF & Radar Research with Open-Source Software, Testbeds, and Datasets
This workshop brings together open-source toolchains that make RF and radar research easier to reproduce, compare, and extend. The program spans the full “lab-to-paper-to-reuse” loop across communications and sensing. This workshop will cover: (1) open RFIC design automation via transfer-learning-based passive design migration and scalable, PDK-driven flows; (2) open datasets and end-to-end deep-learning frameworks for wideband PA modeling and neural digital predistortion (DPD) with measurement-validated baselines and pathways toward real-time deployment; (3) reproducible RF measurement and network-analysis workflows using scikit-rf, including practical guidance on software architecture, testing, and community-driven maintenance; and (4) how to build open radar datasets and benchmarks that are actually useful across labs, including what to capture, how to label, and how to define evaluation protocols that avoid common pitfalls, e.g., domain shift, leakage, sensor mismatch. The goal is to give attendees a practical map of what is available today, what is still missing, and how to contribute back to connect the EuMC, EuMIC, and EuRAD communities around shared open-source practices and reusable research assets.
02:10 pm WM08-1: RFIC-TL: Open-Source Transfer Learning for RFIC EM Passive Design Migration; Dr. Chenhao Chu | ETH Zurich, Switzerland
03:10 pm WM08-2: OpenDPD: Open-Source Wideband PA Modeling and Neural DPD; Yizhuo Wu | TU Delft, The Netherlands
04:30 pm WM08-3: Lessons Learnt for Open Radar Datasets & Benchmarks for Micro-Doppler & Automotive Sensing; Francesco Fioranelli | TU Delft
05:30 pm WM08-4: Sionna: An Open-Source Library for AI-Native 6G Research; Sebastian Cammerer | NVIDIA
WTh-01 EuMC/EuMIC/EuRAD: Active Phase Arrays: Bridging Design and Measurement for Young and Industry Professionals
Active phased arrays are a cornerstone technology for emerging communication, and sensing systems operating from mm-wave to sub-THz frequencies. However, the increasing complexity of these systems has widened the gap between design, simulation, realization, and measurement. This workshop aims to bridge that gap by bringing together leading experts from academia, research institutes, and industry to present a coherent, end-to-end perspective on modern active phased array development. The program spans the full lifecycle of phased arrays, from chip-level and interposer design to scalable array architectures, radar modules, and full-duplex integrated sensing and communication systems. Key design challenges such as low-loss D-band realization, reconfigurability, MIMO operation, direct RF sampling architectures, and thermal management are addressed alongside advanced multi-physics simulation. Equally emphasized are measurement-oriented topics, including near-field power handling estimation, industrial robotics–based antenna measurements, and techniques to mitigate measurement artifacts at mm-wave and sub-THz frequencies. By tightly coupling design methodologies with practical measurement and validation strategies, the workshop highlights how theoretical performance can be reliably translated into real-world hardware. Targeted at young professionals, researchers, and practicing engineers, this workshop provides both foundational insights and industrially relevant perspectives, equipping attendees with a holistic understanding of how to design, analyze, and measure next-generation active phased array systems with confidence.
08:30 am WTh01-1: From chip to system: A holistic approach to 2D scalable low-loss D-band active phased array realization; Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz | IMEC-Ghent University, Belgium
09:20 am WTh01-2: Design, simulation and realization of phased array; Simona Bruni | IMST, Germany
10:30 am WTh01-3: Advanced radar module development: Innovations and efficiency enhancements for flexible phased array and MIMO operation; Prof. Dr. Dirk Nüßler | Fraunhofer, Germany; Christian Krebs | Fraunhofer, Germany
11:20 am WTh01-4: Element-Level Direct RF Sampling and Synthesis for Next-Generation Antenna Arrays: System Benefits, Practical Limitations and Design Tradeoffs; Doganay Dogan | Aselsan, Turkiye
12:10 pm WTh01-5: Reconfigurable active phased array for full duplex integrated sensing and communication. ; Eric Klumperink | University Twente, Netherlands
01:50 pm WTh01-6: RF interposer design for mm-Wave/Sub-THz phased arrays: A multi-physical CAE approach; Francesco Filice | IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
02:40 pm WTh01-7: Fast and Accurate thermal analysis of active phased arrays; Amazir Moknache | Ansys, France
03:50 pm WTh01-8: Estimation of power handling in near-field measurement setups for phased array antennas; Marc Dirix | Emerson&Cuming Anechoic Chambers, Belgium
04:40 pm WTh01-9: Industrial robotics in the measurement of active array antennas; Stuart Gregson | Next Phase Measurements,Queen Mary University of London, UK
STh-01 EuRAD: Brief INCOMPLETE History of Radar
In this short course, a brief and incomplete history of radar from publicly accessible resources is presented. The discussion is divided into 5 time periods (1865-1930, 1930-1945, 1945-1992, 1992-2007, 2007-present), with the major emphasis on developments through WWII (1945). Only selected highlights will be presented from 1946 to the present. No individual or nation has had access to all historical information, because such knowledge was (and often still is) considered sensitive with regard to each country’s national security and was withheld from publicly releasable venues. Historically, radar-enabling technological developments often occurred simultaneously and independently in different countries, unbeknownst to the other countries. The 1865-1930 segment discusses the theoretical and experimental foundations of radar (radar pre-history). The date 1865 corresponds Maxwell’s publication, “A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field.” During the second period (1930-1945), serious developments of operational radars that were secretly initiated in many countries simultaneously and independently in anticipation of World War II (WWII) are discussed. The period (1945-1992) covers post WWII to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and witnessed the Cold War, the space race, and publication of theoretical concepts that put radar design on a better quantitative foundation. From 1945-1950, progress in radar technology slowed considerably and radar innovation plateaued, because efforts focused principally on WWII developments like monopulse-tracking, moving-target-indication, and phased-array radars. Military and civilian radar developments significantly increased, with widespread use in meteorology, air traffic control, aviation, planetary observation, etc. Major improvements were achieved through significantly better signal-processing software/hardware. Some new radar types were invented (SAR, ISAR, space, ultrawideband). The period 1992-2007 corresponds roughly to the advent of 2nd generation (2G) digital cellular technology; much of its technology base, hardware miniaturization, and increased computer memory/speed formed the foundation for waveform-diverse systems like digital array radar, software-defined radar, micro-Doppler, joint RF functionality, and multifunctional radar. The start of the period from 2007-present is arbitrarily chosen to reflect the beginning of the tremendous growth of bandwidth-intensive communication applications. Discussed topics include spectrum EMC, spectral harmony, RF convergence, distributed systems, and notions of software-defined and cognitive radars. Two final sections present closing observations and a set of references.
02:10 pm STh01-1: Brief INCOMPLETE History of Radar; Eric Mokole | Retired, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SF-01 EuRAD: Integrated Sensing and Communications: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and the Road Ahead
The emergence of applications such as smart cities, urban security, smart mobility, and infrastructure monitoring, demands next-generation networks with multi-functional capabilities beyond communication to address 6G KPIs like ultra-high data rates, precise localization, low latency, and energy efficiency, while aligning with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Spectrum congestion has been a major bottleneck in the network design, and for more than a decade, spectrum sharing, co-existence and dynamic spectrum licensing has been the prevalent paradigm. The proposed Short Course overviews the emerging wireless technology of Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), that is shifting the paradigm from co-existence to co-design. The timeliness of this Short Course is underlined by the global push by academia, industry, and standards bodies to incorporate ISAC into 6G and beyond. Delegates will benefit from insights into ISAC’s foundational principles, practical implementation strategies, and how it underpins emerging applications like intelligent transportation, WiFi sensing, and perceptive mobile networks. It offers a comprehensive view of how ISAC technologies can address spectrum congestion, improve sustainability, and create new opportunities in wireless network design, appealing to researchers, industry professionals, and early-stage scholars. The Short Course will cover the below content: • Motivation: emerging wireless applications demanding ISAC and the potential for a sustainable provision; • Basics on Radar; • Basics on Communications; • Signalling design: Sensing/Communication-Centric ISAC Designs; • Signalling design: Joint waveform design for ISAC, beamforming ISAC designs, pareto framework, and hardware efficient ISAC; • Network level ISAC design and optimization; • Distributed ISAC: Synchronisation issues and solutions; • Security challenges and opportunities for ISAC, and state of the art secure ISAC techniques; • Cognitive sensing techniques for ISAC; • MIMO Radar cognitive beamforming; • Experimentation and proof-of-concept results
08:30 am SF01-1: Short course Part A; Christos Masouros | UCL
10:50 am SF01-2: Short course Part B; Prof. Maria-Sabrina Greco | U. Pisa
SF-02 EuRAD: Digital Twins for Radar Systems: Modeling, Simulation, and AI Applications
Digital twins are transforming radar system development by providing virtual representations that mirror real-world radar operations. In this short course, we introduce the concept of digital twins for radar applications, focusing on how these virtual models enable rapid design, analysis, and optimization of radar systems before building costly prototypes. Participants will learn how digital twins integrate antenna arrays, RF front-ends, and advanced signal processing algorithms—including AI and deep learning—into a unified simulation environment. We begin with the basics of modelling a radar’s front-end and antenna array, showing how electromagnetic simulations inform system-level performance. Next, we explore scenario modelling, where digital twins simulate radar operation in realistic environments, accounting for terrain, atmospheric conditions, interference, and clutter. Through hands-on examples, we demonstrate how to use digital twins to evaluate radar coverage, beamforming, and beam-steering techniques, and how these models help predict system performance in complex, large-scale tracking scenarios. The course also introduces AI-assisted target classification, where digital twins generate synthetic radar data to train and evaluate machine learning and deep learning algorithms. We discuss the advantages of using digital twins for rapid prototyping, performance trade-off analysis, and cognitive radar development in crowded RF environments. Throughout, we use MATLAB to illustrate practical workflows, emphasizing how digital twins balance modelling fidelity, analysis speed, and optimization needs. By the end, attendees will understand how digital twins accelerate radar innovation, reduce development costs, and improve real-world system performance.
08:30 amSF02-1: Introduction to Digital Twins for Radar Systems; Dr. Giorgia Zucchelli | MathWorks
09:30 amSF02-2: Modelling Antenna Arrays and RF Front-Ends; Dr. Giorgia Zucchelli | MathWorks
10:50 amSF02-3: Scenario Simulation: Environment, Clutter, and Propagation; Steven Thomsett | MathWorks
11:50 amSF02-4: AI and Machine Learning for Radar Data Analysis; Steven Thomsett | MathWorks
SF-03 EuRAD: Beyond Vision: 4D Radar and Sensor Fusion AI for Robust Perception
4D millimeter-wave (mmWave) imaging radar has rapidly emerged as a key sensing modality for autonomous systems, offering robust 3D spatial perception with radial velocity measurement under all weather and lighting conditions. Unlike cameras and LiDAR, 4D radar maintains reliable performance in rain, fog, snow, and dust, making it an indispensable component of next-generation perception systems. However, effectively leveraging 4D radar data for AI-based perception remains challenging due to its inherent sparsity, noise, and low angular resolution compared to other sensor modalities. This short course is an updated and significantly expanded version of our tutorials previously presented at IEEE IV 2024 (https://www.ieee-iv-4dradar.org/) and IEEE ICRA 2025 (https://sites.google.com/view/icra25-4dradar-tutorial), incorporating the latest research advances in 4D radar perception and multi-modal fusion AI. The course begins with an introduction to 4D radar fundamentals and data representations essential for AI-based approaches. It then covers 4D radar perception AI in depth, including backbone design, 3D object detection, occupancy prediction, and radar-based SLAM. The course further explores multi-modal sensor fusion, presenting advanced methods for integrating 4D radar with cameras and LiDAR through feature-level fusion, knowledge distillation, auto-labeling, and generative data augmentation. Finally, the course addresses emerging topics and future directions, including foundation models, adverse weather perception, edge deployment, and applications beyond automotive domains such as robotics, UAVs, and industrial environments. This course is designed for researchers and engineers across RF/microwave and AI communities seeking to bridge the gap between radar hardware expertise and modern deep learning-based perception. No prior deep learning experience is required.
08:30 am SF03-1: Introduction to 4D Radar for AI-Based Perception; Seung-Hyun Kong | KAIST
09:30 am SF03-2: 4D Radar Perception AI; Dong-Hee Paek | KAIST
10:50 am SF03-3: Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion AI; Dong-Hee Paek | KAIST
11:50 am SF03-4: Emerging Topics & Future Directions; Seung-Hyun Kong | KAIST
WF-01 EuRAD: Radar Research Trends for Mobility: Automotive and Beyond
Automotive radar is currently driving innovation across multiple research domains, ranging from radar networks and radar imaging to AI-based scene understanding. This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances and emerging research directions in automotive radar and related application fields. One of the central themes of the workshop are radar networks, which are expected to significantly extend the sensing and imaging capabilities of automotive radar systems. The first part of the workshop, therefore, focuses on system design and synchronization concepts for radar networks. Establishing coherency enables bi- and multistatic signal processing, opening the door to novel imaging concepts, expected to enhance resolution and robustness. Beyond theoretical concepts, the workshop will also address practical challenges related to integrating radar networks into vehicles, including hardware impairments and integration constraints. These new advances in radar system design and signal processing are closely linked to progress in higher-layer algorithms. Modern radar imaging approaches such as automotive SAR improve the capturing of the environment, while AI-based methods such as semantic segmentation enable scene interpretation and target classification. By covering these aspects, the workshop aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the future capabilities of automotive radar systems. Importantly, these developments extend beyond the automotive domain. Emerging applications in areas such as robotics increasingly leverage automotive-grade radar sensors as key components for physical AI. The workshop therefore highlights not only advances within automotive radar but also their impact on next-generation radar-enabled sensing platforms
08:30 am WF01-1: Synchronization and imaging concepts for automotive radar networks; Julian Aguilar | Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; Max Basler | Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; Vinzenz Janoudi | Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Waldschmidt | Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; David Werbunat | Ulm University
09:30 am WF01-2: Bringing Automotive Radar Networks on the road; Mayeul Jeannin | Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany; Dr. Francesco Laghezza | Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany
10:50 am WF01-3: Integrating Cooperative Radar Networks in Real-World: Challenges and Solutions for Optimal Performance; Dr. Daniel Schindler | Robert Bosch GmbH, Renningen, Germany; Cornelius Kaiser | Robert Bosch GmbH, Renningen, Germany; Tobias Schmid | Robert Bosch GmbH, Renningen, Germany
11:50 am WF01-4: Future Radar System Architectures for ADAS and AD; Maximilian Steiner | Mercedes-Benz AG, Sindelfingen, Germany
01:50 pm WF01-5: Automotive SAR: Concepts and Applications; Marc Reinecke | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; Theresa Noegel | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; Oliver Sura | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Vossiek | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
02:50 pm WF01-6: Redefining automotive radar archetype – from detection to dynamic scene perception. ; Anum Pirkani | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Yang Xiao | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Ali Bekar | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Prof. Marina Gashinova | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
04:10 pm WF01-7: AI techniques in automotive radar: inspiration for object detection, segmentation, and ego-motion estimation; Mujtaba Hassan | TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands; Ignacio Roldan | TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands; Prof. Alexander Yarovoy | TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands; Sen Yuan | TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands; Simin Zhu | TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands; Francesco Fioranelli | TU Delft
05:20 pm WF01-8: Future Applications of Automotive-Grade 4D Imaging Radar: Robotics, Human Sensing, and PhysicalAI; Dr. Jürgen Hasch | Waveye, Palo Alto, California, United States
WF-02 EuRAD: Distributed/Multistatic radar principles and practice
This workshop will provide an overview of multistatic and distributed radar systems, from first principles to advanced system and signal processing concepts and practical demonstrations. Its end goal is to advance from fundamentals to an overview of the state of the art in the field, thus offering insights into both theoretical and practical aspects of such systems. The workshop will begin by introducing the essential operating principles of multistatic radar systems and how they can manifest in practice, highlighting their relative advantages over stand-alone, monostatic sensors, but also some of the requirements towards their implementation. Of those, specific emphasis will be placed on the issue of time/phase synchronisation to establish coherence across radar nodes, both in terms of the requirements and challenges it presents but also in terms of methods to achieve it and evaluate its effectiveness. The focus of the workshop will then shift from an introduction to fundamentals to an overview of selected advanced concepts and systems with practical implementations and experimental results. Those will include an overview of passive radar systems, utilising transmitters of opportunity to provide situational awareness; passive multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) techniques; and distributed radar 2-D and 3-D target imaging. The discussions will feature real-world case studies, including a live demonstration from the University of Birmingham’s ADvanced Radar Network (ADRAN), to provide a deeper understanding of the benefits and challenges these technologies introduce and future directions to address them.
08:30 am WF02-1: Multistatic Sensing – Introduction to Benefits and Challenges ; Dr. Matthew Ritchie | University College London Piers Beasley | BAE Systems
09:30 am WF02-2: Signal synchronisation in multistatic radar systems ; Dr. Mohammed Jahangir | University of Birmingham
10:50 am WF02-3: Distributed passive radar systems ; Prof. Krzysztof Kulpa | Warsaw University of Technology
11:50 am WF02-4: Multistatic passive SAR systems; Prof. Dr. Michail Antoniou | University of Birmingham
01:50 pm WF02-5: Multi-bistatic Interferometric ISARE; lisa Giusti | CNITSelenia Ghio | CNIT
03:00 pm WF02-6: Distributed ISAR imagingDr. Fabrizio Santi | University of Rome Prof. Debora Pastina | University of Rome
04:20 pm WF02-7: Multistatic GMTI; Dr. Philipp Markiton | Fraunhofer FHR
WF-03 EuRAD: Remote Sensing for Medical Applications
This workshop focuses on the intersection of advanced radar signal processing and clinical health management, specifically highlighting the transition from raw electromagnetic data to actionable medical insights. As healthcare trends toward decentralized, continuous monitoring, the challenge lies not only in sensor hardware but also in developing robust algorithms capable of extracting subtle physiological indicators in realistic, “uncontrolled” environments. Some topics include the use of mmWave and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) systems for high-precision vital sign monitoring, such as heart rate variability and respiratory patterns, without the need for skin-contact sensors. We will examine the role of micro-Doppler signatures in human activity recognition for elderly care and fall detection, as well as the emergence of microwave imaging for internal diagnostics. Beyond hardware, we will discuss state-of-the-art algorithmic frameworks for non-contact vital sign estimation, including advanced denoising and motion-compensation techniques, such as extended noise-immune motion sensing, used to isolate micro-displacements from the chest and carotid pulse. A portion of the session will be dedicated to human activity recognition (HAR), examining how micro-Doppler signatures and range-Doppler maps are processed through deep learning architectures, such as CNNs, LSTMs, and Transformers, for fall detection, gait analysis, and sleep disorder diagnosis. By focusing on the “intelligence” behind the sensor, this workshop provides a roadmap for engineers and data scientists to build privacy-preserving, “invisible” healthcare systems for the smart homes and clinics of.
08:30 am WF03-1: Radar sensing in assisted living; Julien Le Kernec | University of Glasgow
09:00 am WF03-2: UWB-based In-cabin vital signs monitoring; Prof. Igal Bilik | Ben Gurion University of the Negev
09:30 am WF03-3: TBC; Syed Aziz Shah | Coventry University
10:00 am WF03-4: TBC; Glenn Forbes | Robert Gordon University
10:50 am WF03-5: TBC; Prof. Kevin Chetty | University College London
11:20 am WF03-6: TBC; Timothy Constandinou | UK Dementia Research Institute
11:50 am WF03-7: TBC; Francesco Fioranelli | TU Delft
12:20 pm WF03-8: TBC; Sevgi Zubeyde Gurbuz | NC Stte University
WF-04 EuRAD: Radar Technologies for Space Domain Awareness (SDA)
Space-based infrastructure is expanding at an unprecedented pace, driven by the rapid growth of satellite constellations, increasing platform complexity, multi-mission payloads, and the emergence of disruptive applications such as on-orbit servicing and autonomous space-based facilities. This evolution creates a critical demand for reliable exteroceptive sensing and perception systems capable of operating in complex and contested space environments. As governments, industry, and defence increasingly depend on space-based intelligence and communication assets, there is a pressing need for fast, autonomous, and actionable assessment of high-value space and ground infrastructure. Any disruption to these assets can have severe consequences for national security, economic activity, and essential services. This workshop will explore emerging concepts, technologies, and applications of radar for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), including—but not limited to: • Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Domain Awareness (SDA) using ground-based and space-based radar sensors, including in-orbit sensing
• Distributed, cooperative, and multifunctional radar systems
• RF and electromagnetic systems and components for advanced satellite payloads
• Hybrid sensing and AI-enabled classification techniques for enhanced SDA performance
Leading experts from research institutions, industry, and government organizations will present and discuss current challenges, capability gaps, and technological opportunities. The workshop aims to identify future research directions, highlight state-of-the-art developments, and foster collaboration across sectors to advance radar-enabled SDA capabilities.
08:30 am WF04-1: Passive Radar for SDA; Prof. Konrad Jedrzejewski | Warsaw University of Technology
09:00 am WF04-2: Novel Spaceborne Radars for Surveillance; Marco Maffei | Thales Alenia Space Italy; Augusto Aubry | Thales Alenia Space Italy; Dr. Massimo Rosamilia | Thales Alenia Space Italy; Roberto Venturini | Thales Alenia Space Italy; Antonio De Maio | Thales Alenia Space Italy
09:30 am WF04-3: Research progress on SSA/SDA at DLR; Dr. Markus Peichl | German Aerospace Centre (DLR)Simon Anger | German Aerospace Centre (DLR) ; Dr. Matthias Jirousek | German Aerospace Centre (DLR) ; Florian Bischeltsrieder | German Aerospace Centre (DLR) ; Fabian Hochberg | German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
10:00 am WF04-4: Detecting and tracking threats in-space with a low-cost radar; Joe Milbourn | TTP; Vidhya Sridhar | TTP
10:50 am WF04-5: In-orbit sub-THz sensing for SDAProf. Marina Gashinova | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Marco Martorella | University of Birmingham; Gruffudd Jones | University of Birmingham
11:20 am WF04-6: Ground-based Dual-Band Radar for Space Domain Awareness; Richard Reeves | RAL Space
11:50 am WF04-7: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Space Comms and Sensing; Prof. Gabriele Gradoni | University of Surrey