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HIS TRANSACTIONS’ Mini-Special Issue includes nine expanded papers from the IEEE International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic Modeling and Optimization for RF, Microwave, and Terahertz Applications (NEMO2014), Pavia, Italy, May 14–16, 2014. NEMO is a new international conference, established to bring together experts and practitioners of computational electromagnetics. The conference program covers several topics, including numerical techniques for modeling passive and active components and systems, optimization algorithms, and multi-physics analysis. This event represents an ideal venue to share new ideas on electromagnetic modeling, to propose efficient design algorithms and tools, and to anticipate the modeling needs of future technologies and applications. This initiative clearly demonstrates the willingness of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) to promote and welcome research and scientific works in computational electromagnetics and to encourage the authors to publish their papers in the IEEE MTT-S conferences and publications. The first NEMO conference is a great success with 112 submissions from 28 countries, 73 papers accepted after the review process, and 95 attendees. Hosted in the historical buildings of the ancient University of Pavia (founded in 1361), the conference was organized as a single track over three full days, featuring 11 oral sessions and 2 poster sessions. NEMO2014 also hosted three outstanding keynote talks, given by Prof. Wolfgang Hoefer, Prof. José Carlos Pedro, and Prof. John Bandler. Moreover, a very lively panel session on the future needs of computational electromagnetics was organized by Prof. Ke Wu with the participation of worldwide-known panelists from industry and academia. After the first edition in Pavia, Italy, the NEMO conference will be organized annually and rotated among Europe, North America, and Asia. Authors of the papers presented at NEMO2014 were invited to submit an expanded version of their work for publication in this TRANSACTIONS’ Mini-Special Issue. The authors were
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requested to significantly extend their conference papers by adding new results and details that include the outcomes from the interesting discussions generated at NEMO2014. A total of 31 papers were submitted, and after a rigorous review process, nine contributions were accepted for publication. The papers included in this TRANSACTIONS’ Mini-Special Issue cover several topics ranging from new perspectives in time reversal applied to computational electromagnetics, to advances in modeling of passive components by integral-equation and finite-element methods. Moreover, the extraction of equivalent circuit models of passive components, as well as the behavioral models of nonlinear active devices are also presented. Finally, a paper on the innovative topic of stochastic electromagnetics completes this TRANSACTIONS’ Mini-Special Issue. As Guest Editors, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Prof. Dominique Schreurs and Prof. Jenshan Lin (Editors-in-Chief of this TRANSACTIONS) for the opportunity to publish a Mini-Special Issue devoted to extended papers from NEMO2014. Special thanks go to Dr. George Ponchak, who promoted and strongly supported the creation of a new conference series on computational electromagnetics, which eventually became NEMO. Furthermore, we wish to thank all the reviewers for devoting their valuable time and expertise to review the submitted manuscripts. Finally, on behalf of Prof. Qi-Jun Zhang (NEMO2015 Conference General Chair) and Prof. Natalia Nikolova (NEMO2015 Technical Program Chair), we look forward to seeing you in Ottawa, ON, Canada, for NEMO2015. MAURIZIO BOZZI, Guest Editor Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering University of Pavia 27100 Pavia, Italy LUCA PERREGRINI, Guest Editor Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering University of Pavia 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Maurizio Bozzi (S’98–M’01–SM’12) received the Ph.D. degree in electronics and computer science from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in 2000. In 2002, he joined the Department of Electronics, University of Pavia, where he is currently an Associate Professor. He held research positions with various universities worldwide, including the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, the Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, and the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada. He has authored or coauthored more than 75 journal papers and 190 conference papers. He coedited Periodic Structures (Res. Signpost, 2006) and coauthored Microstrip Lines and Slotlines (Artech House, 2013). His main research interests concern the development of numerical methods for the electromagnetic modeling and design of microwave and millimeter-wave components with a particular focus on frequency-selective surfaces and substrate integrated waveguides. Prof. Bozzi was the General Conference chair of the IEEE International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic Modeling and Optimization, NEMO2014, Pavia, Italy, 2014, and the general chair of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) International Microwave Workshop Series on Millimeter Wave Integration Technologies, Sitges, Spain, 2011. He is a member of the Publication Committee and of the Education Committee of the IEEE MTT-S and of the General Assembly (GA) of the European Microwave Association (EuMA) for the 2014–2016 term. He is an associate editor for IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS and IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation. He was the corecipient of the 2014 Premium Award for the Best Paper in Electronics Letters, the Best Young Scientist Paper Award of the XXVII General Assembly, URSI, in 2002, and the MECSA Prize of the Italian Conference on Electromagnetics (XIII RiNEm), in 2000.
Luca Perregrini (M’97–SM’12) received the Laurea degree in electronic engineering and Ph.D. degree in electronics and computer science from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. In 1992, he joined the Department of Electronics, University of Pavia, where he is currently an Associate Professor of electromagnetics. He was an Invited Professor with the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2006. He has authored or coauthored more than 250 scientific papers, 65 of them published in international journals, six book chapters, a textbook on electromagnetic waves, and an exercise book on electric circuits. He coedited Periodic Structures (Res. Signpost, 2006). His main research interests are numerical methods for the analysis and optimization of waveguide circuits, frequency-selective surfaces, reflect-arrays, printed microwave circuits, substrate integrated circuits, large reflector antennas, and industrial application of microwaves. Prof. Perregrini is an associate editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES. He is an associate editor for the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. He was the Technical Program chair of the European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2014) and the IEEE International Conference on Numerical and Electromagnetic Modeling and Optimization (NEMO2014). He has been a member of the Technical Program Review Committee of the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (since 2003) and of the Technical Program Committee of the European Microwave Conference (since 2009). He has been an associate editor of IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS (2010–2013). He has been a member of the General Assembly, European Microwave Association (2011–2013).
