In the fast-evolving landscape of wireless communication and sensing technologies, the role of antennas has become increasingly critical. Over recent years, a variety of intelligent and reconfigurable antennas (IRAs) have emerged, ranging from movable/fluid antennas to holographic/metamaterial antennas and reconfigurable antennas. These advancements offer unprecedented flexibilities and reconfigurabilities in antenna position, orientation, radiation, and polarization, thereby providing additional degrees of freedom (DoFs) for designing more efficient transceivers in wireless communication and sensing applications. Compared to conventional antennas, the high flexibility in configuring IRAs presents enormous opportunities to unlock new dimensions for improving adaptability, resilience, and overall performance of future wireless networks. However, despite these advancements, the investigation of IRAs is still in its nascent stage from both wireless communication and sensing perspectives. Substantial knowledge gaps still exist in, e.g., characterizing performance limits, optimizing antenna configurations, and designing practical transceivers for IRA-aided wireless systems. Addressing these technical issues is crucial for harnessing the full potential of IRAs and realizing their envisioned benefits in enhancing wireless communication and sensing performance.
The primary objective of this workshop is to foster a vibrant exchange of ideas among bring together academic researchers, industrial practitioners, and other stakeholders engaged in this burgeoning field. By sharing the latest findings and presenting state-of-the-art results, we establish a platform for catalyzing collaboration and knowledge exchange such that the collective efforts from the research community will unleash the full potential of IRAs in shaping the future of intelligent wireless networks. Topics of interest for this workshop include but are not limited to the following:
- Energy-efficient design and implementation of IRAs
- Channel measurement and modeling for IRA systems
- Performance analysis for IRA wireless systems
- Channel estimation for IRA wireless systems
- Antenna configuration optimization for IRA systems
- Resource allocation for IRA wireless systems
- IRAs for next-generation multiple access
- Secure and covert communication aided by IRAs
- Advanced localization aided by IRAs
- Sensing and imaging aided by IRAs
- IRAs for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC)
- Machine learning for IRA systems
- Experimental demonstrations, prototyping, and field-tests of IRA systems
- Standardization activities for IRA systems
- IRAs with other advanced technologies, e.g., IRS/RIS, UAV, mmWave/THz, cell-free MIMO, near-field communications, semantic communications, etc.
Workshop chairs:
Lipeng Zhu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Weidong Mei, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
Boyu Ning, Huawei Technologies, China
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, University of New South Wales, Australia
Henk Wymeersch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Steering committee:
Rui Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Robert Schober, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, U.K.
Naofal Al-Dhahir, The University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A.
TPC co-chairs:
Zhenyu Xiao, Beihang University, China
Xiang-Gen Xia, University of Delaware, U.S.A.
Wenyan Ma, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Keynote speakers:
Rui Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Important dates:
Workshop Paper Submission Deadline: 15 August 2024
Paper Acceptance Notification: 15 September 2024
Camera Ready: 1 October 2024
Accepted Author Registration Deadline: 1 October 2024
Paper submission: EDAS submission
