PIERS 2015 Prague Focus/Special Sessions

	1_FocusSession.SC1: Casimir Effect and Heat Transfer 1  Organized by Prof. Mauro Antezza (Université de Montpellier) and Prof. Brahim Guizal (University of Montpellier --- CNRS)
	2_FocusSession.SC2&3: Scalable and Hierarchical Nanofabrication for Deep Sub-wavelength Nanophotonics  Organized by Prof. Junsuk Rho (Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)) and Prof. Laura Na Liu (University of Stuttgart)
	2_FocusSession.SC2: Nonlocal and Spatially Dispersive Electromagnetic Media  Organized by Prof. Yun Lai (Nanjing University) and Prof. Zhi Hong Hang (Soochow University)
	2_FocusSession.SC2: Planar Optics Based on Metasurfaces 1  Organized by Prof. Yongmin Liu (Northeastern University) and Prof. Shuang Zhang (The University of Hong Kong)
	2_FocusSession.SC2: Plasmonic Nanolasing Organized by Prof. Ortwin Hess (Trinity College Dublin)
	2_FocusSession.SC2: PT Symmetry, Reciprocity, Nonlinear Phenomena  Organized by Prof. Kin Hung Fung (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and Prof. Zheng Wang (The University of Texas at Austin)
	2_FocusSession.SC2: Transformation Optics  Organized by Prof. Hongsheng Chen (Zhejiang University) and Prof. Yu Luo (Nanyang Technological University)
	3_FocusSession.SC3&4: Microwave Photonics for Wireless Spectrum Management 1  Organized by Dr. David Marpaung (University of Sydney) and Prof. Maurizio Burla (TU Berlin)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Advances in Optical Networking  Organized by Dr. Jiajia Chen (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Dr. Ming Xia (Ericsson Research)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: High-capacity Optical Communication: Systems, Algorithms, Components 1  Organized by Prof. Sergei Popov (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Prof. Sergei K. Turitsyn (Aston University)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: High-capacity Optical Communication: Systems, Algorithms, Components 2  Organized by Prof. Sergei Popov (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Prof. Sergei K. Turitsyn (Aston University)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Nonlinear Optics: Novel Phenomena, Materials and Applications 1  Organized by Prof. Gaetano Assanto (University ``Roma Tre'') and Prof. Goëry Genty (Tampere University)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Numerical Modeling of Ultrashort Laser Pulse Propagation in Transparent Materials: Micro/nanomodification, Part 1  Organized by Prof. Nadezhda M. Bulgakova (Institute of Physics AS CR, Czech Republic and Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS), Prof. Vladimir P. Zhukov (Institute of Computational Technologies SB RAS), and Dr. Tomas Mocek (HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics ASCR)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Numerical Modeling of Ultrashort Laser Pulse Propagation in Transparent Materials: Micro/nanomodification, Part 2  Organized by Prof. Nadezhda M. Bulgakova (Institute of Physics AS CR, Czech Republic and Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS), Prof. Vladimir P. Zhukov (Institute of Computational Technologies SB RAS), and Dr. Tomas Mocek (HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics ASCR)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Optical Properties of Resonant Dielectric and Plasmonic Nanostructures 1  Organized by Dr. Isabelle Staude (Australian National University) and Dr. Dragomir N. Neshev (Australian National University)
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Single Photonics: Integrated Optics for On-chip Manipulation of Single Photons  Organized by Prof. Eli Kapon (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL))
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Solid-state Quantum Photonics 1 Organized by Dr. Luca Sapienza (University of Southampton) and Dr. Jin Liu (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Solid-state Quantum Photonics 2 Organized by Dr. Luca Sapienza (University of Southampton) and Dr. Jin Liu (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))
	3_FocusSession.SC3: Technologies for On-chip Optical Networking Organized by Prof. Yeshaiahu Shaya Fainman (University of California at San Diego)
	4_FocusSession.SC4: Optimal Antennas  Organized by Prof. Mats Gustafsson (Lund University) and Dr. B. Lars G. Jonsson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
	5_FocusSession.SC5: Imaging, Inverse Scattering and Remote Sensing 2  Organized by Prof. Xiuzhu Ye (Beijing Institute of Technology) and Prof. Xudong Chen (National University of Singapore)
	5_FocusSession.SC5: SAR Systems and Technology Organized by Prof. Kun-Shan Chen (Nanjing University)
	Advanced Mathematical and Computational Methods in Electromagnetic Theory and Their Applications 1  Organized by Dr. Mariana Nikolova Georgieva-Grosse (Consulting and Researcher in Physics and Computer Sciences) and Prof. Georgi Nikolov Georgiev (Consulting and Researcher in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Sciences)
	Advanced Mathematical and Computational Methods in Electromagnetic Theory and Their Applications 2 Organized by Dr. Mariana Nikolova Georgieva-Grosse (Consulting and Researcher in Physics and Computer Sciences) and Prof. Georgi Nikolov Georgiev (Consulting and Researcher in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Sciences)
	Advanced Mathematical and Computational Methods in Electromagnetic Theory and Their Applications 3 Organized by Dr. Mariana Nikolova Georgieva-Grosse (Consulting and Researcher in Physics and Computer Sciences) and Prof. Georgi Nikolov Georgiev (Consulting and Researcher in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Sciences)
	Advanced Optical Fiber Sensing  Organized by
	Advanced Photonic Systems for Datacommunications  Organized by Prof. Dr. Jinlong Wei (Peng Cheng Laboratory)
	Advances in Diffraction Gratings Theories  Organized by Dr. Riccardo Messina (Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Universite Paris-Saclay) and Prof. Kofi Edee (Clermont Uniniversite)
	Analog & RF Circuits and Systems for Emerging Applications  Organized by Dr. Keping Wang (University of Washington) and Dr. Yi Zhang (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications)
	Analysis and Simulation of Waves in Complex Media  Organized by Prof. Igor Tsukerman (The University of Akron)
	Antennas and RF Devices Based on Superconductors and Other Advanced Materials  Organized by Prof. Malay Ranjan Tripathy (Amity University Uttar Pradesh) and Dr. Daniel Rönnow (University of Gävle)
	Antennas, Signals, HPEM and EMC Problems 1  Organized by Dr. Marek Bugaj (Military University of Technology)
	Antennas, Signals, HPEM and EMC Problems 2  Organized by Dr. Marek Bugaj (Military University of Technology)
	Application of Hilbert Huang Transform in Electromagnetics  Organized by
	Applications of EM Field in Biomedical Technique Organized by Prof. David Vrba (Czech Technical University in Prague)
	Applications of EM Field in Biomedical Technique 2 Organized by Prof. David Vrba (Czech Technical University in Prague)
	Applied Electromagnetics for Smart Cities  Organized by Dr. Jonathan M. Rigelsford (The University of Sheffield) and Dr. Pavel Pechac (Czech Technical University in Prague)
	Bioelectromagetics Organized by Dr. Carlos F. Martino (Florida Institute of Technology)
	Chiral and Nonlinear Metasurfaces  Organized by Prof. Ventsislav K. Valev (University of Bath) and Prof. Nicolae Coriolan Panoiu (University College London)
	Density Functional Theory and Its Applications to Nanomaterials  Organized by Prof. Jeng-Da Chai (National Taiwan University)
	Electromagnetic Models and Applications in Remote Sensing  Organized by Prof. Hong Tat Ewe (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman) and Prof. Yang Du (Zhejiang University)
	Electromagnetic Probing of Atmosphere and Ionosphere in Arctic Region 1  Organized by Prof. Vyacheslav Evgenievich Kunitsyn (Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University)
	Electromagnetic Probing of Atmosphere and Ionosphere in Arctic Region 2 Organized by Prof. Vyacheslav Evgenievich Kunitsyn (Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University)
	Electromagnetic Scattering by Random Media and Rough Surfaces  Organized by Dr. Romain Ceolato (Onera, The French Aerospace Lab)
	EM Field Based Industrial Technologies Organized by Prof. Jan Vrba, Jr. (Czech Technical University in Prague)
	Extended/Unconventional Electromagnetic Theory, EHD(Electro-hydrodynamics)/EMHD(Electro-magneto-hydrodynamics), and Electro-biology  Organized by Prof. Eva Gescheidtova (Brno University of Technology)
	Inverse Scattering, Imaging and Applications  Organized by Prof. Rocco Pierri (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli) and Prof. Raffaele Solimene (Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli)
	Laser Nanofabrication, Characterization and Physical Properties 1  Organized by Prof. Sergey I. Kudryashov (P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, and ITMO University)
	Laser Nanofabrication, Characterization and Physical Properties 2 Organized by Prof. Sergey I. Kudryashov (P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, and ITMO University)
	Light Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum: Theory and Applications  Organized by Prof. Jamal Berakdar (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg)
	Luminescent Materials and Devices  Organized by Prof. Cees Ronda (Utrecht University)
	Microstrip Antennas and Defected Ground Structure (DGS) Filters Organized by Dr. Ahmed Boutejdar (University of Magdeburg)
	MIMO Systems and Applications  Organized by
	Nonlinear Plasmonics  Organized by Dr. Alpan Bek (Middle East Technical University)
	Power Electronics 1  Organized by Prof. Jiri Lettl (Czech Technical University in Prague)
	SC1&3: Design and Simulation of Electromagnetic and Optical Devices  Organized by Prof. Shinichiro Ohnuki (Nihon University) and Prof. Jun Shibayama (Hosei University)
	SC1: Computational Techniques in Electromagnetics and Applications 1  Organized by Prof. Yoichi Okuno (South China Normal University) and Prof. Tsuneki Yamasaki (Nihon University)
	SC1: Electromagnetic Field Transformations for Measurements and Simulations Organized by Dr. Thomas F. Eibert (Technical University of Munich)
	SC1: Electromagnetic Modelling Methods for EMC Problems  Organized by Prof. Frank Gronwald (Hamburg University of Technology)
	SC1: Model-order Reduction and Uncertainty Quantification Organized by Prof. Romanus Dyczij-Edlinger (Saarland University)
	SC1: Novel Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetics  Organized by Prof. Yury V. Shestopalov (University of Gavle) and Prof. Kazuya Kobayashi (Chuo University)
	SC1: Time and Frequency Domain Modeling Techniques for Waveguides and Cables  Organized by Prof. Sven Nordebo (Linnaeus University) and Dr. Martin Stumpf (Brno University of Technology)
	SC2&3: Manipulating and Control of Light-matter Interactions with 2D Materials and Meta-Materials  Organized by Prof. Tony Low (University of Minnesota) and Prof. Volker J. Sorger (The George Washington University)
	SC2&3: Optoelectronics and Photonics of Graphene and Two-dimensional Materials  Organized by Prof. Giulio Cerullo (Politecnico di Milano) and Prof. Costantino De Angelis (University of Brescia)
	SC2&3: Optomechanical Crystal Organized by
	SC2: Active, Tunable and Nonlinear Metamaterials 2 Organized by Dr. Ilya V. Shadrivov (Australian National University) and Dr. Mikhail Lapine (University of Technology Sydney)
	SC2: Effective Medium Theory and Homogenization  Organized by
	SC2: Manipulating Light-matter Interaction by Plasmonics 1 Organized by Prof. Sanshui Xiao (Technical University of Denmark) and Prof. Jingjing Zhang (Southeast University)
	SC2: Manipulating Light-matter Interaction by Plasmonics 2  Organized by Prof. Sanshui Xiao (Technical University of Denmark) and Prof. Jingjing Zhang (Southeast University)
	SC2: Recent Advances of Metamaterials for Novel Electromagnetic and Photonic Devices 1 Organized by Prof. Yungui Ma (Zhejiang University) and Prof. Sailing He (Royal Institute of Technology & Zhejiang University)
	SC2: Thermal and Acoustic Metamaterials  Organized by Prof. Baile Zhang (Nanyang Technological University) and Prof. Nicholas Xuanlai Fang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
	SC2: THz Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications  Organized by Professor Qiong He (Fudan University) and Prof. Shulin Sun (Fudan University)
	SC3&4: Photonic-Electronic Integration for Miilimeter and Terahertz Wave Generation, Detection and Applications  Organized by Dr. Guillermo Carpintero del Barrio (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and Prof. Tadao Nagatsuma (Osaka University)
	SC3: Advanced Optofluidics: Optical Control and Photonics in Microfluidics  Organized by Prof. Francesco Simoni (Universita Politecnica delle Marche)
	SC3: Fiber Optic Sensors Organized by Professor Kentaro Nakamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
	SC3: Laser Writing of Optical Waveguides and Optical Components in Novel Materials  Organized by Prof. Roberta Ramponi (Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology (IFN) --- CNR) and Dr. Shane Michael Eaton (CNR --- IFN)
	SC3: Nano-photonic Devices for Optical Interconnects and Optical Sensing  Organized by Prof. Alan X. Wang (Oregon State University)
	SC3: Nanophotonics Light-trapping and Photodetection. Parts I and II  Organized by Prof. Xiaofeng Li (Soochow University), Dr. Vincenzo Giannini (Imperial College London), and Prof. Qin Chen (Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
	SC3: Nanoscale Platforms for Molecular Sensing  Organized by Prof. Hyuck Choo (California Institute of Technology) and Prof. Monika Fleischer (University of Tuebingen)
	SC3: Near-field Optics: Light-matter Interaction Inside a Wavelength Volume 1  Organized by Prof. Sergei Popov (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
	SC3: Near-field Optics: Light-matter Interaction Inside a Wavelength Volume 2  Organized by Prof. Sergei Popov (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
	SC3: Non-reciprocal and Topological Features in Photonic Systems Organized by Prof. Mohammad Hafezi (University of Maryland) and Dr. Sebastian Hofferberth (Emmy Noether Group, University of Stuttgart)
	SC3: Nonlinear Optical Fibers for Sensing and Signal Processing  Organized by Prof. Weiwen Zou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
	SC3: Novel Electromagnetic Simulation, Components, and Design for the THz Region  Organized by Professor Elliott R. Brown (Wright State University)
	SC3: Optical Microcavities and Waveguides 1  Organized by Prof. Ali Serpenguzel (Koc University) and Prof. Sahin Kaya Ozdemir (The Pennsylvania State University)
	SC3: Optical Microcavities and Waveguides 2  Organized by Prof. Ali Serpenguzel (Koc University) and Prof. Sahin Kaya Ozdemir (The Pennsylvania State University)
	SC3: Optical Microcavities and Waveguides 3  Organized by Prof. Ali Serpenguzel (Koc University) and Prof. Sahin Kaya Ozdemir (The Pennsylvania State University)
	SC3: Semiconductor Nanowires: Novel Optical and Electrical Properties Enabling Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications Organized by Prof. Simarjeet Singh Saini (University of Waterloo)
	SC3: Silicon Photonic Integration and Devices for Optical Communications and Interconnects  Organized by Prof. Lin Yang (Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Dr. Hon Ki Tsang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
	SC3: Silicon Photonics --- Novel Materials, Hybrid Integration, Sensors and Nonlinear Devices Organized by Dr. Antonio La Porta (IBM Research --- Zurich) and Prof. Liu Liu (Zhejiang University)
	SC3: Strong Light-matter Coupling and Strongly Interacting Photons 1 Organized by Prof. Mohammad Hafezi (University of Maryland) and Dr. Sebastian Hofferberth (Emmy Noether Group, University of Stuttgart)
	SC3: Ultra-thin Metal-dielectric Structured Surfaces and Thin Films for Antireflection, Light Trapping, and Perfect Absorption 1  Organized by Prof. Junpeng Guo (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
	SC3: Ultrafast Fiber Lasers  Organized by Dr. Darren D. Hudson (The University of Sydney)
	SC4: Antenna-Channel Interactions and Wireless Propagation Channels  Organized by Prof. Andres Alayon Glazunov (Chalmers University of Technology)
	SC4: Complex Analysis and Convex Optimization in Electromagnetics  Organized by Prof. Mats Gustafsson (Lund University) and Prof. Sven Nordebo (Linnaeus University)
	SC4: Electromagnetic Energy  Organized by Prof. Mats Gustafsson (Lund University) and Dr. Miloslav Capek (Czech Technical University in Prague)
	SC4: Novel Frequency Selective Structures Organized by Prof. Zhongxiang Shen (Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology) and Dr. Jonathan M. Rigelsford (The University of Sheffield)
	SC5: Inverse Scattering Methods and Applications for NDE  Organized by Prof. Takashi Takenaka (Nagasaki University) and Dr. Federico Viani (University of Trento)
	Small Antenna Design, Analysis and Miniaturization Techniques Organized by Prof. Yingsong Li (Anhui University) and Prof. Raj Mittra (University of Central Florida)
	The Modern Hybrid Methods in the Problems of Computational Electromagnetics  Organized by
	Theory and Methods of Digital Signal and Image Processing  Organized by
	Translational and Clinical Research towards Microwave Medical Imaging (MiMed)  Organized by Dr. Raquel Cruz Conceicao (Universidade de Lisboa) and Dr. Martin O'Halloran (National University of Ireland Galway)
	UWB Short Pulse EM --- Emerging Technologies  Organized by
	Wireless Power Transmission and Harvesting  Organized by Mr. Jan Kracek (Czech Technical University in Prague) and Prof. Alessandra Costanzo (University of Bologna)