The XXX URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium have been held in Istanbul, from 13 to 20 August.
Portugal was represented by ANACOM's Luísa Mendes and Helena Prazeres and by Nuno Borges Carvalho, Chair of the Scientific Commission E and of the Portuguese Committee of URSI.
During the General Assembly, elections were held for the offices of the Chairs and Vice-chairs of the Scientific Commissions for the three-year period 2011-2014.
The General Assembly's scientific programme, attended by around 1016 participants, included four lectures, ten tutorials and two poster sessions, in addition to the oral presentation of accepted papers, which covered all the topics of the ten scientific commissions.
URSI's XXXI General Assembly's will be held in Beijing (China), in August 2014.
Chairs and Vice- Chairs of the Scientific Commissions
Works of Portuguese Institutions
Consult:
Schedule of Scientific Sessions
Further information:
XXX URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposiumhttp://www.ursigass2011.org/
URSI Council
President:
Dr. P. Wilkinson (Australia)
Vice Presidents:
Prof. S. Ananthakrishnan (India)
Prof. M. Ando (Japan)
Prof. P. Cannon (United Kingdom)
Prof. P.L.E. Uslenghi (USA)
Secretary General:
Prof. Paul Lagasse (Belgium)
Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Scientific Commissions
- Commission A
President: Dr. William A. Davis (USA)
Vice-President: Prof. Yasuhiro Koyama (Japan)
- Commission B
President: Prof. Giuliano Manara (Italy)
Vice-President: Prof. Ari Sihvola (Finland)
- Commission C
President: Prof. Marco Luise (Italy)
Vice-President: Prof. Sana Salous (United Kingdom)
- Commission D
President: Mr. Smail Tedjini (France)
Vice-President: Prof. Günter Steinmeyer (Germany)
- Commission E
President: Prof. Alexander P.J. Van Deursen (Netherlands)
Vice-President: Dr. David Giri (USA)
- Commission F
President: Dr. Roger H. Lang (USA)
Vice-President: Dr. Simonetta Paloscia (Italy)
- Commission G
President: Prof. John D. Mathews (USA)
Vice-President: Prof. Iwona Stanislawska (Poland)
- Commission H
President: Prof. Ondrej Santolik (Czech Republic)
Vice-President: Prof. Meers M. Oppenheim (USA)
- Commission J
President: Prof. Justin Jonas (South Africa)
Vice-President: Prof. Willem Baan (Netherlands)
- Commission K
President: Prof. Masao Taki (Japan)
Vice-President: Prof. Joe Wiart (France)
Works of Portuguese Institutions
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPIRICAL MODEL FOR SINGLE TREE TRUNK RE-RADIATION PATTERN FOR DRET MODEL APPLICATIONS
N. R. C. Leonor, D. Ferreira, Instituto de Telecomunicações, and R. F. S. Caldeirinha, T. Fernandes, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
- WHITE SPACES COMMUNICATIONS IN EUROPE
J. Morgado, N. B. Carvalho, IT-Universidade de Aveiro
- CREST FACTOR REDUCTION THROUGH SCALING AND RECOVERING BY FRAME IN OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
W. Jang, N. B. Carvalho, Instituto de Telecomunicações
- AN APPROACH TO FINDING THE CORRECT BRANCH FROM THE FOREST OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR EXTRACTED EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PARAMETERS
S. I. Maslovski, Universidade de Coimbra
- COMPARISON OF NO2 VERTICAL PROFILES FROM SATELLITE AND GROUND BASED MEASUREMENTS OVER ANTARCTICA
P. S. Kulkarni, M. J. Costa, Universidade de Évora
- A COMPARISON OF INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS IN CHILD AND ADULT HEAD MODELS BY TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION
M. Lu, Universidade de Lisboa
- INVESTIGATION OF A TIME-VARIANT DRET MODEL IN VEGETATION
R. F. Caldeirinha, T. R. Fernandes, Instituto de Telecomunicações
Lectures
- SMOS: FROM REQUIREMENTS TO RESULTS VIA RADIO SCIENCE
Y. Kerr, CESBIO, France
- THE RADIO PHYSICS OF METEORS: HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR METHODS OFFERING NEW INSIGHTS
A. Pellinen-Wannberg, Umeå University and Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
- SATELLITE NAVIGATION: PRESENT AND FUTURE
P. K. Enge, Stanford University, USA
- LIGHTNING-INDUCED EFFECTS IN THE IONOSPHERE AND THE RADIATION BELTS
U. S. Inan, Stanford University, USA - P. K. Enge, Stanford University, USA
Tutorials
- Commission A: ELECTRON PUMPS AND RE-DEFINITION OF THE SI UNIT AMPERE
S. Giblin, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
- Commission B: PASSIVE AND ACTIVE METAMATERIAL CONSTRUCTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ELECTRICALLY SMALL RADIATING AND SCATTERING SYSTEMS
R. W. Ziolkowski, University of Arizona, USA
- Commission C: SIX-PORT WAVE CORRELATOR THEORY AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION TO RF NETWORK ANALYSIS
T. Yakabe, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
- Commission D: INKJET-PRINTED PAPER/POLYMER-BASED RFID AND WIRELESS SENSOR NODES
M. M. Tentzeris, A. Rida, A. Traille, H. Lee, V. Lakafosis, R. Vyas, Georgia Tech, USA
- Commission E: EMC MEASUREMENTS IN THE TIME-DOMAIN
P. Russer, Institute for Nanoelectronics, Germany
- Commission F: THE MISSIONS TERRASAR-X AND TANDEM-X: STATUS, CHALLENGES, FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
S. Buckreuss, M. Zink, German Aerospace Center, Germany
- Commission G: SPRITES AND ENERGETIC RADIATION ABOVE THUNDERSTORMS
M. Fullekrug, University of Bath, United Kingdom
- Commission H: MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ELECTRIC ANTENNAS IN SPACE PLASMAS
G. James, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada
- Commission J: EXPLORING THE EPOCH OF REIONIZATION WITH LOWFREQUENCY RADIO TELESCOPES
A. R. Parsons, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Commission K: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RF AND CANCER
J. Schüz, International Agency for Research on Cancer, France
