Call for Papers (Flyer)

1. Next-Generation Wireless Communications

• Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS): programmable wireless environments, channel modeling, phase shift control, and RIS-aided transmission
• Terahertz Communications: devices, antennas, beamforming, channel characterization, and system integration for 6G
• Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC): joint waveform design, sensing-assisted communication, resource allocation, and performance trade-offs
• Cell-Free Massive MIMO: architecture, distributed signal processing, fronthaul design, and user-centric clustering
• Semantic and Goal-Oriented Communications: beyond bit transmission, semantic encoding, task-driven compression, and AI-native protocols
• Millimeter-wave and Sub-THz systems: propagation modeling, beam management, and hardware impairments

2. Optical Communications and Fiber Networks

• Space Division Multiplexing: few-mode and multi-core fiber transmission, mode coupling, MIMO-DSP, and spatial channel modeling
• Coherent Optical Communications: advanced modulation formats, digital signal processing for short-reach and long-haul applications
• Optical Network Automation: AI/ML-based control, fault prediction, self-optimizing networks, and telemetry
• Underwater Wireless Optical Communication: channel modeling (turbulence, scattering), link budget, and system design for blue-green wavelengths
• Elastic Optical Networks: spectrum slicing, dynamic resource allocation, fragmentation management, and SDN-enabled control
• Free-space optical (FSO) communications: atmospheric turbulence mitigation, acquisition/tracking, and hybrid RF/FSO systems

3. Structured Light and Optical Field Manipulation

• Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM): generation, multiplexing, demultiplexing, and detection for high-capacity communications
• Metasurface Wavefront Engineering: compact beam shaping devices, holographic metasurfaces, and programmable metasurfaces
• Vector Beams and Polarization Control: spatially variant polarization, Poincaré sphere encoding, and applications in communication systems
• Non-Diffracting Beams: Bessel, Airy, and Mathieu beams: propagation properties and beam recovery in free-space links
• Propagation of Structured Light in Turbulent Media: adaptive compensation, turbulence-resistant encoding, and channel correction techniques
• Plasmonic and dielectric nano-antennas for beam steering

4. Optical Sensing: Technologies and Applications

• Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing: Brillouin, Raman, and Rayleigh scattering techniques for temperature, strain, and vibration monitoring
• Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensors: design, multiplexing, and structural health monitoring
• LiDAR Technologies: solid-state LiDAR, FMCW LiDAR, photon-counting LiDAR for autonomous driving and 3D mapping
• Photonics Integrated Chip Sensors: on-chip optical sensors for chemical, biological, and physical quantities
• Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Sensors: real-time label-free detection, biosensing arrays, and portable platforms
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and interferometric sensing

5. Machine Learning and AI in Communications

• Deep Learning for Physical Layer: channel estimation, equalization, demodulation, and end-to-end learning for transceivers
• Federated Learning for Edge Communications: privacy-preserving distributed training, model aggregation, and resource-aware learning
• Graph Neural Networks for Network Routing: topology-aware optimization, flow scheduling, and adaptive routing
• Generative AI for Network Management: traffic prediction, anomaly detection, and network digital twins
• Autoencoder-Based End-to-End Communication: joint source-channel coding, learned modulation, and robust representations
• Reinforcement learning for resource allocation: dynamic spectrum access, power control, and beam selection

6. Communication Signal Processing

• Advanced Modulation and Coding: OFDM, FBMC, UFMC, LDPC, polar codes, and turbo equalization
• Adaptive Filtering and Equalization: blind equalization, decision feedback equalizers, and Kalman filtering for time-varying channels
• MIMO Signal Processing: precoding, detection algorithms (ZF, MMSE, sphere decoding), and massive MIMO reduced-complexity methods
• Array Signal Processing: DOA estimation (MUSIC, ESPRIT, compressive sensing), beamforming (adaptive, robust), and source localization
• Nonlinear Distortion Compensation: digital predistortion, memory polynomial models, and neural-network-based linearization
• Signal Processing for Software-Defined Radio: reconfigurable filter banks, sample-rate conversion, and digital up/down conversion
• Compressed Sensing and Sparse Recovery for channel estimation and spectrum sensing
• Real-time DSP implementations on FPGA, GPU, and multi-core architectures

7. Electromagnetic Theory and Technologies

• Computational Electromagnetics: FDTD, FEM, MoM, integral equation methods for antenna and scattering problems
• RF/Microwave Circuits and Systems: LNA, mixer, VCO, power amplifiers, filters, and passive components (couplers, dividers)
• Antenna Theory and Design: phased arrays, reflectarrays, lens antennas, MIMO antennas, and millimeter-wave antenna-in-package
• Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference (EMC/EMI): shielding, grounding, crosstalk mitigation, and system-level modeling
• Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: negative-index materials, cloaking, perfect absorbers, and tunable electromagnetic surfaces
• Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Electromagnetics: propagation, scattering, and material characterization
• High-Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) Effects and protection techniques
• Electromagnetic Inverse Problems for imaging and non-destructive testing

8. Advanced Microelectronic Systems and Components

• RF MEMS and Tunable Components: switches, varactors, resonators, and phase shifters for reconfigurable front-ends
• Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMIC) for communication transceivers (GaN, GaAs, SiGe)
• System-in-Package (SiP) and Heterogeneous Integration: 3D integration, interposers, and chiplet-based RF modules
• High-Speed Mixed-Signal Circuits: data converters (ADC/DAC) for wideband communication, jitter analysis, and calibration
• Power Amplifier Efficiency Enhancement Techniques: Doherty, envelope tracking, outphasing, and digital predistortion
• Frequency Synthesizers and Clocking: PLLs, DDS, fractional-N synthesizers for mm-wave and sub-THz bands
• Antenna-in-Package (AiP) and Module Design for 5G/6G terminals and base stations
• Reliability and Thermal Management of microsystems for communication infrastructure