2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations and Modern Technologies
The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Antenna Innovations and Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM 2017) was held in Hotel Sterlings Mac, Bangalore during November 24th – 26th (www.ieeeiaim2017.org). This was the second iAIM and the first one was held in Ahmedabad in 2015.
It was one of the largest conferences of IEEE in India, hosted by IEEE Bangalore Section and supported by IEEE AP/MTT Join Bangalore Chapter and IEEE APS. More than 400 participants attended and shared their work on advanced antennas during the 3-day conference
The 2 keynote speakers were Dr. Sudhakar Rao, IEEE Life Fellow, Northrop Grumann, and Dr. Paul A Rosen, NASA/JPL. In addition there were 7 invited speakers that include Prof. Ahmed Kishk, 2017 IEEE APS President, Dr. Clency Lee Yow, President CMi, Mr. Rajeev Jyoti, SAC/ISRO, Dr. A K Singh, DLRL/DRDO, Dr. V V Srinivasan, ISTRAC/ISRO, Dr. NNSSRK Prasad, ADA/DRDO and Prof. Debatosh Guha, IEEE Fellow, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Kolkata. .
This year focus of this conference was on Antenna Innovations and Modern Technologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications. A workshop was organized during the conference with eminent speakers that included Prof. Prabhakar H Pathak, OSU, Dr. C J Reddy, Altair and Dr. Giancarlo Guida, IDS. An industry exhibition was organized in which 15 industries participated to showcase their product and recent developments in antenna technology.
176 research papers were originally submitted for review. 123 papers/posters were selected after rigorous peer review by the technical program committee with 40 reviewers. Selected papers were presented in 16 technical oral presentation sessions and 6 poster presentation sessions during the conference. The selected papers and posters have been sent to IEEEXplore for publication. To encourage the researchers, the conference committee instituted 27 different categories (iAIM Best Paper Award-1st, 2nd & 3rd, Mr. Franco Bernalli Best Student Paper Award, Dr. NNSSRK Prasad Best Female Student Paper Award, 16-Best Paper Award in a Technical Session and 6- Best Poster Award in a Poster Session) of awards with prize money of more than US $1500. Dr. Sudhakar Rao Travel Grant (INR 5000) was provided each to 1 Female and 1 Male researcher and 50 Students were provided iAIM Student Travel Grant (Sleeper Class Train Fare-To & Fro).
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- Hotel Sterlings Mac
- HAL Airport Road
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- India 560017
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- Co-sponsored by IEEE Bangalore Section