PIERS2018 in Toyama Organization

• PIERS Chair
  Leung Tsang, University of Michigan, USA

• General Chair
  Kazuya Kobayashi, Chuo University, Japan

• General Co-Chairs
  Weng Cho Chew, Purdue University, USA
  Sailing He, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and Zhejiang University, China
  Tsuneki Yamasaki, Nihon University, Japan

• Technical Program Committee Chair and Co-Chairs
  Kazuya Kobayashi, Chuo University, Japan (Chair)
  Ivan Andronov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (Co-Chair)
  Iam-Choon Khoo, The Pennsylvania State University, USA (Co-Chair)
  Qing Huo Liu, Duke University, USA (Co-Chair)
  Tadao Nagatsuma, Osaka University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Yoichi Okuno, South China Normal University, China and Kumamoto University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Yury Shestopalov, University of Gävle, Sweden (Co-Chair)
  Ari Sihvola, Aalto University, Finland (Co-Chair)
  Meisong Tong, Tongji University, China (Co-Chair)
  Jan Vrba, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic (Co-Chair)

• Subcommittee Chair and Co-Chairs
• SC1. Computational Electromagnetics, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Scattering and Electromagnetic Theory
  Meisong Tong, Tongji University, China (Chair)
  Paul D. Smith, Macquarie University, Australia (Co-Chair)
  Eng Leong Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Co-Chair)
  Ivan Andronov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
  Weng Cho Chew, Purdue University, USA
  Young-Ki Cho, Kyungpook National University, Korea
  Atef Elsherbeni, The University of Mississippi, USA
  Keisuke Fujita, National Institute of Technology, Yuge College, Japan
  Georgi Georgiev, University of Veliko Tirnovo “St. St. Cyril and Methodius”, Bulgaria
  Mariana Georgieva, Consulting and Researcher in Physics and Computer Sciences, Germany
  D. V. Giri, Pro-Tech, USA
  Keiji Goto, National Defense Academy, Japan
  Gérard Granet, Université Clermont Auvergne, France
  Levent Gürel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  Koichi Hirayama, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
  Ramakrishna Janaswamy, University of Massachusetts, USA
  Li Jun Jiang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  Dan Jiao, Purdue University, USA
  Tatsuya Kashiwa, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
  Kazuya Kobayashi, Chuo University, Japan
  Akira Komiyama, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan
  Michiko Kuroda, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
  Jin-Fa Lee, The Ohio State University, USA
  Maokun Li, Tsinghua University, China
  Qing Huo Liu, Duke University, USA
  Akira Matsushima, Kumamoto University, Japan
  Taketoshi Miyake, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
  Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California, USA
  Masahiko Nishimoto, Kumamoto University, Japan
  Shinichiro Ohnuki, Nihon University, Japan
  Yoichi Okuno, South China Normal University, China and Kumamoto University, Japan
  Zaw Zaw Oo, Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
  Magdalena Salazar-Palma, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
  Yury Shestopalov, University of Gävle, Sweden
  Toshihiko Shibazaki, Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology, Japan
  Hiroshi Shirai, Chuo University, Japan
  Masahiro Tanaka, Gifu University, Japan
  Koki Watanabe, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  Aihua W. Wood, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA
  Elena Vinogradova, Macquarie University, Australia
  Tsuneki Yamasaki, Nihon University, Japan

• SC2. Metamaterials, Plasmonics and Complex Media
  Atsushi Sanada, Osaka University, Japan (Chair)
  Yasushi Horii, Kansai University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Jeong Weon Wu, Ewha Womans University, Korea (Co-Chair)
  Doyeol David Ahn, University of Seoul, Korea
  Che Ting Chan, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  Hong Chen, Tongji University, China
  Hongsheng Chen, Zhejiang University, China
  Tie Jun Cui, Southeast University, China
  Jian-Wen Dong, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
  Zheyu Fang, Beijing University, China
  Young Chul Jun, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
  Sungtek Kahng, Incheon National University, Korea
  Hiroshi Kubo, Yamaguchi University, Japan
  Yun Lai, Soochow University, China
  Byoungho Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
  Sam Hyun Lee, Yonsei University, Korea
  Jiao Lin, Shenzhen University, China
  Xiangang Luo, The Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  Ren-Min Ma, Beijing University, China
  Naobumi Michishita, National Defense Academy, Japan
  Osamu Sakai, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
  Jonghwa Shin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
  Ari Sihvola, Aalto University, Finland
  Seok Ho Song, Hanyang University, Korea
  Shulin Sun, Fudan University, China
  Satoshi Tomita, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
  Tetsuya Ueda, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
  Toru Uno, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
  Shuang Zhang, University of Birmingham, UK and Shenzhen University, China
  Lei Zhou, Fudan University, China

• SC3. Optics and Photonics
  Stavros Iezekiel, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Chair)
  Woo-Young Choi, Yonsei University, Korea (Co-Chair)
  Hiroyuki Toda, Doshisha University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Guillermo Carpintero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
  Gee-Kung Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  Hung-Chun Chang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  Hwan Seok Chung, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea
  Benjamin Eggleton, The University of Sydney, Australia
  Jason Png Ching Eng, Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
  Dirk Englund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  Masayuki Fujita, Osaka University, Japan
  Nathan Gomes, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
  Sailing He, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and Zhejiang University, China
  Hartmut Hillmer, University of Kassel, Germany
  Sheng-Kwang Hwang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  Sevia M. Irdus, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malysia
  Atsushi Kanno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
  Kazutoshi Kato, Kyushu University, Japan
  Tetsuya Kawanishi, Waseda University, Japan
  Iam-Choon Khoo, Pennsylvania State University, USA
  Hoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
  Christina Lim, University of Melbourne, Australia
  Ukrit Mankong, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  Shinji Matsuo, NTT Device Technology Laboratories, Japan
  Hiroaki Minamide, RIKEN, Japan
  Tadao Nagatsuma, Osaka University, Japan
  Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne, Australia
  Sergei Popov, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  Jin-Wei Shi, National Central University, Taiwan
  Andreas Stoehr, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  Shogo Ura, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
  Joewono Widjaja, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

• SC4. Antennas and Microwave Technologies
  Koichi Ito, Chiba University, Japan (Chair)
  Guillaume Ducournau, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), France (Co-Chair)
  Zhongxiang Shen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Co-Chair)
  Afshin Daryoush, Drexel University, USA
  Hiroyuki Deguchi, Doshisha University, Japan
  Karu P. Esselle, Macquarie University, Australia
  Fabrizio Frezza, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  Takeshi Fukusako, Kumamoto University, Japan
  Akimasa Hirata, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
  Mona Jarrahi, University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
  Yoshinori Kogami, Utsunomiya University, Japan
  Long Li, Xidian University, China
  Ning Li, Chuo University, Japan
  Cyril Renaud, University College London, UK
  Kaushik Sengupta, Princeton University, USA
  Naoki Shinohara, Kyoto University, Japan
  Ho-Jin Song, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea
  Safumi Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  Manos Tentzeris, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  Malay Ranjan Tripathy, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
  Jan Vrba, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
  Jianping Yao, University of Ottawa, Canada

• SC5. Remote Sensing, Inverse Problems, Imaging, Radar and Sensing
  Leung Tsang, University of Michigan, USA (Chair)
  Kun-Shan Chen, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, China (Co-Chair)
  Akira Hirose, The University of Tokyo, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Mohamed Barker, McMaster University, Canada
  Yang Du, Zhejiang University, China
  Hong Tat Ewe, University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
  Keigo Ishisaka, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
  Woong Kang, Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Korea
  Yoshiya Kasahara, Kanazawa University, Japan
  Kangwook Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea
  Lianlin Li, Peking University, China
  Xiaofeng Li, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
  Hai Liu, Xiamen University, China
  Andrey V. Osipov, German Aerospace Center, Germany
  Robert F. Pfaff, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
  Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku University, Japan
  Ryoichi Sato, Niigata University, Japan
  Jian-Cheng Shi, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, China
  Jun-ichi Takada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  Rachid Talhi, University of Tours and CNRS, France
  Saibun Tjuatja, University of Texas at Arlington
  Xiaolan Xu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
  Satoshi Yagitani, Kanazawa University, Japan

• Young Scientist Program Committee
  Kazuya Kobayashi, Chuo University, Japan (Chair)
  Weng Cho Chew, Purdue University, USA (Co-Chair)
  Sailing He, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and Zhejiang University, China (Co-Chair)
  Tadao Nagatsuma, Osaka University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Leung Tsang, University of Washington, USA (Co-Chair)
  Meisong Tong, Tongji University, China (SC1)
  Atsushi Sanada, Osaka University, Japan (SC2)
  Stavros Iezekiel, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (SC3)
  Koichi Ito, Chiba University, Japan (SC4)
  Kun-Shan Chen, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, China (SC5)

• Local Organizing Committee
  Mitsuo Tateiba, Kyushu University, Japan (Chair)
  Kazuya Kobayashi, Chuo University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Tsuneki Yamasaki, Nihon University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Satoshi Yagitani, Kanazawa University, Japan (Secretary)
  Makoto Ando, National Institute of Technology, Japan
  Yasuhiko Arakawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  Kiyomichi Araki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  Kaori Fukunaga, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
  Kazuo Hotate, Toyota Technological Institute, Japan
  Ryuji Kohno, Yokohama National University, Japan
  Yasuo Kokubun, Yokohama National University, Japan
  Masanori Koshiba, Hokkaido University, Japan
  Toshimi Okada, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
  Masakazu Sengoku, Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Japan
  Toshitaka Tsuda, Waseda University, Japan
  Susumu Yoshida, Kyoto University, Japan

• Local Steering Committee
  Kazuya Kobayashi, Chuo University, Japan (Chair)
  Tsuneki Yamasaki, Nihon University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Akira Komiyama, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Keigo Ishisaka, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan (Secretary: Local Arrangements)
  Ryoichi Sato, Niigata University, Japan (Secretary: Finance)
  Jun-ichi Takada, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Secretary: Publicity)
  Tadao Nagatsuma, Osaka University, Japan (Secretary: Technical Program)
  Satoshi Yagitani, Kanazawa University, Japan (Secretary: General Affairs)
  Shinichiro Ohnuki, Nihon University, Japan (Secretary: Registrations)
  Takashi Nagasaka, Chuo University, Japan (Assistant Secretary)
  Keiji Goto, National Defense Academy, Japan
  Akimasa Hirata, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
  Akira Hirose, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  Koichi Ito, Chiba University, Japan
  Atsushi Kanno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
  Yoshiya Kasahara, Kanazawa University, Japan
  Tetsuya Kawanishi, Waseda University, Japan
  Yoshinori Kogami, Utsunomiya University, Japan
  Michiko Kuroda, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
  Shinji Matsuo, NTT Device Technology Laboratories, Japan
  Taketoshi Miyake, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
  Masahiko Nishimoto, Kumamoto University, Japan
  Yoichi Okuno, South China Normal University, China and Kumamoto University, Japan
  Motoyuki Sato, Tohoku University, Japan
  Naoki Shinohara, Kyoto University, Japan
  Hiroshi Shirai, Chuo University, Japan

• Local Technical Program Committee
  Tadao Nagatsuma, Osaka University, Japan (Chair)
  Michiko Kuroda, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Hiroshi Shirai, Chuo University, Japan (Co-Chair)
  Safumi Suzuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Secretary)
  Masayuki Fujita, Osaka University, Japan (Secratery)
  Hiroyuki Deguchi, Doshisha University, Japan
  Keisuke Fujita, National Institute of Technology, Yuge College, Japan
  Takeshi Fukusako, Kumamoto University, Japan
  Koichi Hirayama, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
  Yasushi Horii, Kansai University, Japan
  Tatsuya Kashiwa, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
  Kazutoshi Kato, Kyushu University, Japan
  Hiroshi Kubo, Yamaguchi University, Japan
  Ning Li, Chuo University, Japan
  Akira Matsushima, Kumamoto University, Japan
  Naobumi Michishita, National Defense Academy, Japan
  Hiroaki Minamide, RIKEN, Japan
  Osamu Sakai, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
  Atsushi Sanada, Osaka University, Japan
  Toshihiko Shibazaki, Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology, Japan
  Masahiro Tanaka, Gifu University, Japan
  Hiroyuki Toda, Doshisha University, Japan
  Satoshi Tomita, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
  Tetsuya Ueda, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
  Toru Uno, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
  Shogo Ura, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
  Koki Watanabe, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan