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DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Austin Joint Societies&#39; Chapters of ComSoc\, Signal Pr
 ocessing\, Consumer Electronics and EMBS and Computer\n\nand IEEE Galvesto
 n Bay Section\, Joint Societies Chapter and ComSoc Chapter\n\nare pleased 
 to bring a Virtual Distinguished Lecture event on\n\n“Smart Radio Enviro
 nments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces:\n\nHow it Works\,
  State of Research\, and the Road Ahead”\n\nTime:\n\n11:00 am Central Ti
 me\n\nLocation:\n\nZoom (Dial-in information will be provided shortly)\n\n
 SPEAKER:\n\nMarco Di Renzo\n\nCNRS Research Director (CNRS Professor)\n\nL
 aboratory of Signals and Systems\n\nCentraleSupelec\, Paris-Saclay Univers
 ity\n\nParis\, France\n\nAbstract\n\nReconﬁgurable intelligent surfaces 
 (RISs) are an emerging transmission technology for application to wireless
  communications. RISs can be realized in different ways\, which include (i
 ) large arrays of inexpensive antennas that are usually spaced half of the
  wavelength apart\; and (ii) metamaterial-based planar or conformal large 
 surfaces whose scattering elements have sizes and inter-distances much sma
 ller than the wavelength. Compared with other transmission technologies\, 
 e.g.\, phased arrays\, multi-antenna transmitters\, and relays\, RISs requ
 ire the largest number of scattering elements\, but each of them needs to 
 be backed by the fewest and least costly components. Also\, no power ampli
 ﬁers are usually needed. For these reasons\, RISs constitute a promising
  software-deﬁned architecture that can be realized at reduced cost\, siz
 e\, weight\, and power (C-SWaP design)\, and are regarded as an enabling t
 echnology for realizing the emerging concept of smart radio environments (
 SREs). In this talk\, the speaker will (i) introduce the emerging research
  ﬁeld of RIS-empowered SREs\; (ii) overview the most suitable applicatio
 ns of RISs in wireless networks\; (iii) present an electromagnetic-based c
 ommunication-theoretic framework for analyzing and optimizing metamaterial
 -based RISs\; (iv) provide a comprehensive overview of the current state o
 f research\; and (v) discuss the most important research issues to tackle.
  Owing to the interdisciplinary essence of RIS-empowered SREs\, ﬁnally\,
  the speaker will put forth the need of reconciling and reuniting C. E. Sh
 annon’s mathematical theory of communication with G. Green’s and J. C.
  Maxwell’s mathematical theories of electromagnetism for appropriately m
 odeling\, analyzing\, optimizing\, and deploying future wireless networks 
 empowered by RISs.\n\nBIO:\n\nMarco Di Renzo\n\nMarco Di Renzo was born in
  L’Aquila\, Italy\, in 1978. He received the Laurea (cum laude) and Ph.D
 . degrees in electrical engineering from the University of L’Aquila\, It
 aly\, in 2003 and 2007\, respectively\, and the Habilitation à Diriger de
 s Recherches (Doctor of Science) degree from University Paris-Sud\, France
 \, in 2013. Since 2010\, he has been with the French National Center for S
 cientiﬁc Research (CNRS)\, where he is a CNRS Research Director (CNRS Pr
 ofessor) in the Laboratory of Signals and Systems (L2S) of Paris-Saclay Un
 iversity – CNRS and CentraleSupelec\, Paris\, France. He is a Nokia Foun
 dation Visiting Professor at Aalto University\, Helsinki\, Finland\, and a
 n Honorary Professor at University Technology Sydney\, Sydney\, Australia.
  In Paris-Saclay University\, he is a Member of the coordinating committee
  of the Ph.D. school on Information and Communication Technologies\, and t
 he Coordinator of the “Intelligent Networks” research cluster within t
 he DigiCosme Laboratory of Excellence. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of
  IEEE Communications Letters. He served as an Editor of IEEE Transactions 
 on Communications\, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications\, IEEE Co
 mmunications Letters\, and as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Commun
 ications Letters. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Tec
 hnology Society and IEEE Communications Society. He is a recipient of seve
 ral awards\, including the 2013 IEEE-COMSOC Best Young Researcher Award fo
 r Europe\, Middle East and Africa\, the 2013 NoE-NEWCOM# Best Paper Award\
 , the 2014-2015 Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellow
 ship\, the 2015 IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Best System Paper Award\, the 
 2015 CNRS Award for Excellence in Research and Ph.D. Supervision\, the 201
 6 MSCA Global Fellowship (declined)\, the 2017 SEE-IEEE Alain Glavieux Awa
 rd\, the 2018 IEEE-COMSOC Young Professional in Academia Award\, the 2019 
 Nokia Foundation Visiting Professorship\, and 8 Best Paper Awards at IEEE 
 conferences (2012 and 2014 IEEE CAMAD\, 2013 IEEE VTC-Fall\, 2014 IEEE ATC
 \, 2015 IEEE ComManTel\, 2017 IEEE SigTelCom\, EAI 2018 INISCOM\, IEEE ICC
  2019). He is a Highly Cited Researcher according to Clarivate Analytics a
 nd Web of Science\, and a Fellow of the IEEE.\n\n……………………
 …………\n\nPLEASE RSVP.\n\nIf you have any question\, please connect 
 with Fawzi Behmann at f.behmann@ieee.org\, IEEE Chair of Joint Austin Chap
 ters (ComSoc/SP/CESoc &amp; Computer/EMBS)Or Dr. Zafar Taqvi at ztaqvi@gmail.c
 om\n\nVirtual Event\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78729
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78729
ORGANIZER:f.behmann@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:Austin-IEEE VIRTUAL Distinguished Lecture event on “Reconfigurabl
 e Intelligent Surfaces”
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/242886
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The IEEE Austin Joint Societies&#39; C
 hapters of ComSoc\, Signal Processing\, Consumer Electronics and EMBS and 
 Computer &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and IEEE Galveston Bay Section\, Joint 
 Societies Chapter and ComSoc Chapter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;are pleased 
 to bring a Virtual Distinguished Lecture event on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;
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 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time: &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\
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 bsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Zoom (Dial-in info
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 &lt;strong&gt;SPEAKER:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marco Di Renzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 CNRS Research Director (CNRS Professor)&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Laboratory of Signals and 
 Systems&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;CentraleSupelec\, Paris-Saclay University&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Paris\, 
 France&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Reconﬁgurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are an 
 emerging transmission technology for application to wireless communication
 s. RISs can be realized in different ways\, which include (i) large arrays
  of inexpensive antennas that are usually spaced half of the wavelength ap
 art\; and (ii) metamaterial-based planar or conformal large surfaces whose
  scattering elements have sizes and inter-distances much smaller than the 
 wavelength. Compared with other transmission technologies\, e.g.\, phased 
 arrays\, multi-antenna transmitters\, and relays\, RISs require the larges
 t number of scattering elements\, but each of them needs to be backed by t
 he fewest and least costly components. Also\, no power ampliﬁers are usu
 ally needed. For these reasons\, RISs constitute a promising software-de
 ﬁned architecture that can be realized at reduced cost\, size\, weight\,
  and power (C-SWaP design)\, and are regarded as an enabling technology fo
 r realizing the emerging concept of smart radio environments (SREs). In th
 is talk\, the speaker will (i) introduce the emerging research ﬁeld of R
 IS-empowered SREs\; (ii) overview the most suitable applications of RISs i
 n wireless networks\; (iii) present an electromagnetic-based communication
 -theoretic framework for analyzing and optimizing metamaterial-based RISs\
 ; (iv) provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of research\;
  and (v) discuss the most important research issues to tackle. Owing to th
 e interdisciplinary essence of RIS-empowered SREs\, ﬁnally\, the speaker
  will put forth the need of reconciling and reuniting C. E. Shannon&amp;rsquo\
 ;s mathematical theory of communication with G. Green&amp;rsquo\;s and J. C. M
 axwell&amp;rsquo\;s mathematical theories of electromagnetism for appropriatel
 y modeling\, analyzing\, optimizing\, and deploying future wireless networ
 ks empowered by RISs.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIO:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marco Di Renzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Marco Di Renzo was born in L&amp;rsq
 uo\;Aquila\, Italy\, in 1978. He received the Laurea (cum laude) and Ph.D.
  degrees in electrical engineering from the University of L&amp;rsquo\;Aquila\
 , Italy\, in 2003 and 2007\, respectively\, and the Habilitation &amp;agrave\;
  Diriger des Recherches (Doctor of Science) degree from University Paris-S
 ud\, France\, in 2013. Since 2010\, he has been with the French National C
 enter for Scientiﬁc Research (CNRS)\, where he is a CNRS Research Direct
 or (CNRS Professor) in the Laboratory of Signals and Systems (L2S) of Pari
 s-Saclay University &amp;ndash\; CNRS and CentraleSupelec\, Paris\, France. He
  is a Nokia Foundation Visiting Professor at Aalto University\, Helsinki\,
  Finland\, and an Honorary Professor at University Technology Sydney\, Syd
 ney\, Australia. In Paris-Saclay University\, he is a Member of the coordi
 nating committee of the Ph.D. school on Information and Communication Tech
 nologies\, and the Coordinator of the &amp;ldquo\;Intelligent Networks&amp;rdquo\;
  research cluster within the DigiCosme Laboratory of Excellence. He serves
  as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Letters. He served as an Ed
 itor of IEEE Transactions on Communications\, IEEE Transactions on Wireles
 s Communications\, IEEE Communications Letters\, and as the Associate Edit
 or-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Letters. He is a Distinguished Lecturer
  of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and IEEE Communications Society.
  He is a recipient of several awards\, including the 2013 IEEE-COMSOC Best
  Young Researcher Award for Europe\, Middle East and Africa\, the 2013 NoE
 -NEWCOM# Best Paper Award\, the 2014-2015 Royal Academy of Engineering Dis
 tinguished Visiting Fellowship\, the 2015 IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Best
  System Paper Award\, the 2015 CNRS Award for Excellence in Research and P
 h.D. Supervision\, the 2016 MSCA Global Fellowship (declined)\, the 2017 S
 EE-IEEE Alain Glavieux Award\, the 2018 IEEE-COMSOC Young Professional in 
 Academia Award\, the 2019 Nokia Foundation Visiting Professorship\, and 8 
 Best Paper Awards at IEEE conferences (2012 and 2014 IEEE CAMAD\, 2013 IEE
 E VTC-Fall\, 2014 IEEE ATC\, 2015 IEEE ComManTel\, 2017 IEEE SigTelCom\, E
 AI 2018 INISCOM\, IEEE ICC 2019). He is a Highly Cited Researcher accordin
 g to Clarivate Analytics and Web of Science\, and a Fellow of the IEEE.&lt;/p
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 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;PLEASE RSVP.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;If you have any questio
 n\, please connect with Fawzi Behmann at f.behmann@ieee.org\, IEEE Chair o
 f Joint Austin Chapters (ComSoc/SP/CESoc &amp;amp\; Computer/EMBS)Or Dr. Zafar
  Taqvi at&amp;nbsp\;ztaqvi@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;
 nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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