BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Karachi BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20091031T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0600 TZOFFSETTO:+0500 TZNAME:PKT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20211226T131536Z UID:AC59FBD5-09E2-4766-8092-1DA41C08E350 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20211221T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20211222T090000 DESCRIPTION:The First International Conference on Microwave\, Antennas & Ci rcuits (ICMAC 2021) was held at NUST\, Islamabad on Dec 21-22. 2021. The c onference was organized by NUST Research Institute of Microwave & Millimet er-Wave Studies (RIMMS) and the National Institute of Electronics (NIE) Is lamabad.\n\nThe closing ceremony was graced by the President of Pakistan\, His Excellency Dr Arif Alvi. He appreciated the efforts of NUST in taking a lead role in specialized areas of Chip Design and Radio-Frequency Techn ologies. He asserted that the unprecedented growth in global markets of ce llular phones\, IoT\, Defense Electronics and Industry 4.0 necessitates th e need of developing trained human resources that could contribute to meet ing the domestic requirements of the country. Citing the US-China trade wa r revolving around semiconductors\, the president emphasized the need to d evelop the end-to-end eco-system for ensuring the nation’s digital sover eignty and attaining a share in the burgeoning 500 Billion dollar semicond uctor market. He commended the efforts of NUST-RIMMS for their strenuous e fforts in arranging the conference and bringing together world-renowned pr ofessors\, academicians\, and researchers on a single platform.\n\nRector NUST\, Engr Javed Mahmood Bukhari\, in his address\, highlighted the impor tance of conferences as an avenue for academic and scientific discourse. F urthermore\, he added that such platforms are essential for bridging the g ap between industry-academia collaborations. He mentioned that NUST has al ways focused on specialized scientific fields that provide indigenous solu tions for local technology requirements and save foreign exchequer. He als o shared the efforts underway to promote chip design R&D at NUST\, includi ng the introduction of focused academic programs\, research on digital and analog ICs and the plans for a fabless chip design centre at NUST premise s.\nThe conference general chair & Principal RIMMS\, Dr Hammad M. Cheema\, while presenting the conference summary\, informed that more than 120 res earch papers from 22 countries were submitted to the conference covering t he domains of antennas\, microwave components\, IC design and others. He e mphasized the need for a national-level policy discourse to set the direct ion of the chip design eco-system in Pakistan. Being the first-ever confer ence to be held on these specialized topics in Pakistan\, Dr Cheema lauded the excellent participation of over 600 students\, researchers and indust ry representatives from the public and private sector.\n\nICMAC 2021 inclu ded keynote talks by renowned International Researchers of the field\, inc luding Professor Ke Wu from the University of Montreal Canada\, Professor Behzad Razavi and Professor Mona Jarrahi from the University of California Los Angeles USA and Professor Tie Jun from Southeast University China. Pr ofessor Atif Shamim from King Abdullah University of Science and Technolog y (KAUST)\, Saudi Arabia delivered the inaugural talk. A panel discussion was also organized on "Challenges and opportunities in Radio Frequency (RF ) and Integrated Circuit (IC) Design in Pakistan\," along with an industri al exhibit by the leading OEMs and private companies. The conference inclu ded a talk on Active Electronically Steered Array (AESA) Radar by Keysight technologies\, who were also the conference's platinum sponsor. A panel d iscussion on "Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Microwave Engineer ing and role of young professionals for the betterment of the community" w as also conducted in which female professionals from four different countr ies shared their experiences.\n\nRIMMS\, NUST H-12 Campus\, Islamabad\, 44 000\, Pakistan\, Islamabad\, Islamabad Capital Territory\, Pakistan\, 4400 0 LOCATION:RIMMS\, NUST H-12 Campus\, Islamabad\, 44000\, Pakistan\, Islamaba d\, Islamabad Capital Territory\, Pakistan\, 44000 ORGANIZER:nosherwan.shoaib@seecs.edu.pk SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:1st International Conference on Microwave\, Antennas & Circuits (IC MAC 2021) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/278032 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div>\n<div class="pybr56ya dati1w0a hv4rvrfc n851cfcs btwxx1t3 j83agx80 ll8tlv6m">\n<div class="buofh1pr">\n<div class ="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg">&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n<div class=" nqmvxvec j83agx80 jnigpg78 cxgpxx05 dflh9lhu sj5x9vvc scb9dxdr odw8uiq3">\ n<div>\n<div class="oajrlxb2 gs1a9yip mtkw9kbi tlpljxtp qensuy8j ppp5ayq2 rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 mg4g778l pfnyh3mw p7hjln8o tgvbjcpo hpfvmrgz i1ao9s8h es uyzwwr f1sip0of du4w35lb n00je7tq arfg74bv qs9ysxi8 k77z8yql btwxx1t3 abiw lrkh p8dawk7l lzcic4wl dwo3fsh8 g5ia77u1 goun2846 ccm00jje s44p3ltw mk2mc5 f4 rt8b4zig n8ej3o3l agehan2d sk4xxmp2 pq6dq46d kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso l9j0dhe7 pzggbiyp pkj7ub1o b qnlxs5p kkg9azqs c24pa1uk ln9iyx3p fe6kdd0r ar1oviwq l10q8mi9 sq40qgkc s8q uxz6p pdjglbur" tabindex="0" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-hasp opup="menu" aria-label="Actions for this post">\n<div class="i09qtzwb n7fi 1qx3 b5wmifdl hzruof5a pmk7jnqg j9ispegn kr520xx4 c5ndavph art1omkt ot9fgl 3s s45kfl79 emlxlaya bkmhp75w spb7xbtv" data-visualcompletion="ignore">The First International Conference on Microwave\, Antennas &amp\; Circuits (I CMAC 2021) was held at NUST\, Islamabad on Dec 21-22. 2021. The conference was organized by NUST Research Institute of Microwave &amp\; Millimeter-W ave Studies (RIMMS) and the National Institute of Electronics (NIE) Islama bad.</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div>\n<div class="" d ir="auto">\n<div id="jsc_c_no" class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message">\n<div class="j 83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg">\n<div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d">\n<di v class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q">\n<div dir ="auto">The closing ceremony was graced by the President of Pakistan\, His Excellency Dr Arif Alvi. He appreciated the efforts of NUST in taking a l ead role in specialized areas of Chip Design and Radio-Frequency Technolog ies. He asserted that the unprecedented growth in global markets of cellul ar phones\, IoT\, Defense Electronics and Industry 4.0 necessitates the ne ed of developing trained human resources that could contribute to meeting the domestic requirements of the country. Citing the US-China trade war re volving around semiconductors\, the president emphasized the need to devel op the end-to-end eco-system for ensuring the nation&rsquo\;s digital sove reignty and attaining a share in the burgeoning 500 Billion dollar semicon ductor market. He commended the efforts of NUST-RIMMS for their strenuous efforts in arranging the conference and bringing together world-renowned p rofessors\, academicians\, and researchers on a single platform.</div>\n</ div>\n<div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q">\ n<div dir="auto">Rector NUST\, Engr Javed Mahmood Bukhari\, in his address \, highlighted the importance of conferences as an avenue for academic and scientific discourse. Furthermore\, he added that such platforms are esse ntial for bridging the gap between industry-academia collaborations. He me ntioned that NUST has always focused on specialized scientific fields that provide indigenous solutions for local technology requirements and save f oreign exchequer. He also shared the efforts underway to promote chip desi gn R&amp\;D at NUST\, including the introduction of focused academic progr ams\, research on digital and analog ICs and the plans for a fabless chip design centre at NUST premises.</div>\n<div dir="auto">The conference gene ral chair &amp\; Principal RIMMS\, Dr Hammad M. Cheema\, while presenting the conference summary\, informed that more than 120 research papers from 22 countries were submitted to the conference covering the domains of ante nnas\, microwave components\, IC design and others. He emphasized the need for a national-level policy discourse to set the direction of the chip de sign eco-system in Pakistan. Being the first-ever conference to be held on these specialized topics in Pakistan\, Dr Cheema lauded the excellent par ticipation of over 600 students\, researchers and industry representatives from the public and private sector.</div>\n</div>\n<div class="cxmmr5t8 o ygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q">\n<div dir="auto">ICMAC 2021 included keynote talks by renowned International Researchers of the field\ , including Professor Ke Wu from the University of Montreal Canada\, Profe ssor Behzad Razavi and Professor Mona Jarrahi from the University of Calif ornia Los Angeles USA and Professor Tie Jun from Southeast University Chin a. Professor Atif Shamim from King Abdullah University of Science and Tech nology (KAUST)\, Saudi Arabia delivered the inaugural talk. A panel discus sion was also organized on "Challenges and opportunities in Radio Frequenc y (RF) and Integrated Circuit (IC) Design in Pakistan\," along with an ind ustrial exhibit by the leading OEMs and private companies. The conference included a talk on Active Electronically Steered Array (AESA) Radar by Key sight technologies\, who were also the conference's platinum sponsor. A pa nel discussion on "Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Microwave Eng ineering and role of young professionals for the betterment of the communi ty" was also conducted in which female professionals from four different c ountries shared their experiences.</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </div>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR