29th International Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2026)

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The 29th International Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2026) will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 5 to 7 October 2026.

WSA 2026 provides a premier forum for presenting cutting-edge research on smart antennas and advanced wireless communication systems. The workshop will bring together leading experts from academia and industry through keynote talks, technical sessions, and panel discussions.

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

  • Petar Popovski, Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Marco Di Renzo, King’s College London, United Kingdom
  • Angel Lozano, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
  • Ana García Armada, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
  • Emil Björnson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden*
  • Xavier Mestre, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain
  • Felip Riera Palou, SECOM research group & Balearic Research Institute on Artificial Intelligence (IBIA), Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain

Call for papers

Authors are invited to submit original contributions. Submitted papers can include, but do not have to be exclusively limited to, the following topics:

Track 1: MIMO

Track Chairs: Luis Castedo (UDC), Michael Joham (TUM)

  • Massive MIMO and beyond
  • Multicellular and cell-free MIMO
  • MIMO radar

Track 2: AI for smart antennas

Track Chairs: Luis Blanco (CTTC), C. Ibars (NVIDIA), Cristian Vaca-Rubio (Ericsson Research)

  • AI for next-generation wireless networks, with applications to massive MIMO, ISAC, and mmWave/THz communications
  • AI-native PHY/MAC design for multi-antenna systems, including beamforming, channel estimation, modulation, and multiple access
  • AI-based intelligent radio resource allocation in multi-antenna systems

Track 3: Electromagnetic Signal Processing and Propagation

Track Chairs: Sebastian Semper (Fraunhofer IIS), Xavier Artiga (CTTC)

  • Holographic beamforming and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)
  • True time delay beamforming
  • Time/frequency modulated arrays
  • Near-field beamforming and localization

Track 4: ISAC

Track Chair: David González G. (AUMOVIO)

  • Enabling and emerging technologies for ISAC: massive MIMO, RIS, antenna concepts and technology
  • Coexistence of ISAC with legacy systems using array processing
  • Security, privacy, and trustworthiness for ISAC in multi-antenna architectures

Track 5: NTN

Track Chair: Andreas Knopp (Universität der Bundeswehr München)

  • Distributed antenna and processing solutions for NTN
  • Direct-to-Device (D2D) / Direct-to-Cell (D2C) communications leveraging MIMO technologies
  • Coexistence and convergence with terrestrial networks enabled by multi-antenna signal processing

Track 6: Photonics

Track Chairs: Abdelmoula Bekkali (CTTC), Satyendra Kumar (CTTC)

  • Photonic beamforming and RF signal distribution
  • Integrated photonic technologies for antenna arrays
  • Photonics for sensing and communications
  • Fiber-wireless convergence for 5G/6G and beyond
  • AI/ML-assisted photonic beam steering and adaptive antenna systems
  • Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) and microwave photonics for smart antenna systems

Track 7: Resilient Communications

Track Chairs: Tuomas Paso (University of Oulu), Joan Bas (CTTC)

  • Beamforming and beam management for robust communications
  • Jamming/interference detection and mitigation
  • Novel frameworks to make future wireless networks resilient by design
  • End-to-end architectures, protocols, and algorithms for ultra-reliable communication networks

Track 8: Experimental and Field Trials

Track Chairs: Pol Henarejos (CTTC), Adrian Agustin (CTTC)

  • Over-the-air experiments and field trials
  • Hardware-based prototyping and testbeds
  • Measurement-driven channel characterization

Track 9: THz

Track Chairs: Mohammed El-Absi (University of Duisburg-Essen), Alejandro Jiménez Sáez (TU Darmstadt)

  • THz signal processing: beam training/tracking, channel estimation, near-field communications
  • THz transceivers and RF/antenna arrays
  • Reconfigurable THz technologies and smart surfaces
  • THz-enabled applications including ISAC, material characterization, imaging, and localization

Important dates:

  • Paper submission deadline: 14 May 2026 (Final Extension)

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  • Bloc4BCN
  • Barcelona, Cataluna
  • Spain
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  • Starts 11 June 2026 05:51 AM UTC
  • Ends 04 October 2026 10:00 PM UTC
  • No Admission Charge