WELCOME TO THE 2005 INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM

You are invited to make the trip to Long Beach for the 2005 IEEE International Microwave Symposium. The Steering Committee will cram this year’s “Microwave Week” full of technical paper sessions, focused sessions, poster sessions, lunchtime panels, unique and in-depth workshops and tutorials, a student paper competition, a display of historical artifacts at the world’s largest microwave exhibition, the RFIC Conference and the ARFTG Meeting. This year’s technical program has more than 70 sessions, 37 workshops and seven panels. There will be 493 technical presentations, spread out over three days. We will have five parallel sessions on Tuesday, when the Microwave Symposium overlaps with the RFIC Symposium. There will be seven parallel sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. Check out the program guide and you will see interesting papers, workshops and other technical presentations.

This year there will not be a paper copy of the digest; there will only be a CD-ROM. It will be possible to order a softbound copy from the IEEE Conference Publication Program; details will be available on-site.

Long Beach has changed significantly since the symposium was last here in 1989. Long Beach now has the Aquarium of the Pacific, and the Queensway project has been completed with the return of the Pike.

Demand for housing has been overwhelming. We added 20 percent to our room block before registration opened for the symposium. Right after the program guide was mailed, room bookings passed the 80 percent mark. We have added additional rooms and hotels to our room block, and have added busses to most of the remote sites.

The Queen Mary was launched in a bygone era with an ancient wireless transmitter, before the advent of satellite television, radar, cell phones, WiFi and microwave ovens. Nowadays, almost every guest on the ship has their own microwave transceiver: a cell phone. In a way, the Queen Mary symbolizes how microwaves have become a part of the fabric of our lives.

In addition to making a really neat logo, we used the image of the Queen Mary to help announce that the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society is launching a new conference, the RWS (Radio and Wireless Symposium), in January 2006.

The 2005 Steering Committee has been working for eight years preparing for the Microwave Week, and the entire committee invites you to attend.

Make the Trip to Long Beach in 2005!

Charlie Jackson has been involved with the International Microwave Symposium for many years. He first attended the conference while he was a student at UCLA, in 1981. He never expected to be the general chairman of the symposium 24 years later. He is currently working on phased array subsystem development at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems in El Segundo, CA. He has written articles on quasi-optical components, high temperature superconductors for microwave applications, ferroelectric phase shifters and microwave radiometers, and has been awarded three patents. He was president of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society in 2001, and was the chair of the IEEE Meetings and Services committee from 2003 to 2004.

ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE

Schedule of Events

This year the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) and Exhibition will be held in Long Beach, CA, at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center (LBC&EC). The last time that IMS was held in Long Beach was in 1989. The downtown area is much improved since then. The technical program continues to be the largest microwave meeting in the world with seven parallel sessions plus the usual panel sessions, interactive forum and workshops. The RFIC symposium and ARFTG meeting will also be held as part of the week’s activities. On-site registration opens at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 11, with the first workshops starting on Sunday, June 12. Workshops continue on Monday, June 13. The last workshops and the ARFTG meeting are on Friday, June 17. The IMS sessions, RFIC sessions, panel sessions and Exhibition will all be held in the convention center. The workshops will be split between the LBC&EC and the Hyatt Hotel. The ARFTG meeting will be held in the Renaissance Hotel. A schedule of events can be found on pages 32–33. The detailed program of events is available at www.ims2005.org.

Air Travel to Long Beach

Airline service to the Long Beach area is readily available to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and a limited number of airlines provide service into the Long Beach Airport (LGB) and John Wayne Airport (SNA). Transfers from all three are available via taxi, shuttle service or private car. Shuttle services include: Supershuttle (800-554-3146), Prime Time Shuttle (310-342-7200) and Xpress Shuttle (800-427-7483). Reservations are required and prices vary. Taxis and major rental car company counters are available at all three airports.

Hotels

There are nine hotels with convention rates. Five of these are downtown within walking distance of the convention center. The Coast Hotel and Queen Mary Hotel have free public transportation to the downtown area. The Airport Marriott and Holiday Inn will have MTT-S complementary bussing to the convention center. The headquarters hotel is the Hyatt, which is only a few steps from the convention center.

Guest Program

There are six guest program tours for either full or half days plus a golf tournament on Friday, June 17. All of the tour busses load at the entrance of the Hyatt Hotel. There is also a guest hospitality suite in the Hyatt from Sunday through Friday mid-day.

Social Highlights

The Microwave Journal/MTT-S reception will be held Monday evening, June 13, at the Aquarium of the Pacific on Shoreline Drive, from 6:15 pm until 8:00 pm. The Aquarium is about a two-block walk from the convention center. Transportation will not be provided. Everyone is invited at no charge.

Symposium exhibitors will sponsor a cocktail reception at the Hyatt Hotel on Wednesday evening, June 15, from 5:45 pm to 7:15 pm. Complementary beverage tickets will be included in the delegate bags. The MTT-S Awards Banquet will be held at the Hyatt on Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm following the Industry Reception. Winners of this year’s MTT-S awards will be honored after dinner. The RFIC reception will be held on Sunday, June 12, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the convention center. The IEEE Women in Engineering reception will be held at the Hyatt on Tuesday, June 14, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. There will also be a Ham Radio Social that evening in the Hyatt from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. In addition, there will be a Student Awards Luncheon at the Hyatt on Thursday, June 16, at noon.

There will be complementary breakfasts for registered symposium technical attendees ONLY on the second floor of the convention center on Tuesday through Thursday from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. An IMS, RFIC or ARFTG badge is required for participation.

The MTT-S IMS Technical Program

This year there will be 344 papers presented in seven parallel regular IMS sessions plus an additional 149 papers presented in the open forum format. There will be 160 papers presented in the RFIC sessions. Twenty student papers have been nominated for special judging with awards for the best papers given at the Student Paper Luncheon. There will be eight panel sessions held at noon on Monday through Thursday. The sessions are open to everyone at no charge. Box lunches, if desired, may be purchased for these sessions. There will be 31 workshops and six tutorial sessions on Sunday, Monday and Friday, all of which include meals and refreshments as part of the registration fee.

Plenary Session

Everyone is invited to attend the plenary session at 10:00 am on Tuesday in the Long Beach Convention Center Ballroom. After welcoming remarks by Charlie Jackson, IMS Chairman, K.C. Gupta, MTT-S President, and David Rutledge, Co-chairman of the Technical Program Committee, there will be the presentation of IEEE Fellow awards followed by two keynote addresses. Dr. Teresa Meng, professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, will address “Digitally Assisted Analog Design for Wireless SoCs and its Future.” Mr. Ziquiang Hou, professor of the Institute of Acoustics China Academy of Science, will address “3G and Mobile Broadband Wireless Access.”

Exhibition

The IMS exhibition continues to be the largest and most influential show in the industry. Over 500 companies will exhibit their new products and services in halls A, B and C on the lower level of the convention center. The exhibits will be open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Thursday. For a list of exhibitors, see pages 66–75. The floor plan of the convention center is on pages 76–77. Exhibition catalogs will be available on-site. Please note that children under the age of 14 will not be admitted to the exhibition halls at any time.

mAPS

The Microwave Application and Product seminars (mAPS) are technical product oriented sessions presented by select IMS exhibitors. This year they have been expanded and will be presented on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in a room in the exhibition hall. The scheduled times are the same as the exhibition hours.

Historical Exhibit

The historical exhibit is a collection of significant hardware developments, books, papers and video presentations encompassing the history of the microwave industry. The exhibit is open to all attendees during the exhibition hours on the show floor.

Cyber Café

There will be a hard-wired cyber café in the lobby of the convention center as well as wireless 802.11 coverage in the same area. The convention center is not fully covered for 802.11, although there will also be “hot spots” in each of the exhibit halls. Tables, chairs and power will be provided in the lobby area. There is no charge for the service.

Awards

Recognition of the new IEEE Fellows will take place at the plenary session. All the other awards will be presented at the Awards Banquet on Wednesday evening. The Microwave Career Award is given in recognition of a career of meritorious achievement and outstanding technical contribution in the field of microwave theory and techniques. This year’s award will be presented to David N. McQuiddy, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes outstanding service to the MTT-S over a sustained period of time. The award this year will be given to Harlan Howe, Jr.

The Distinguished Educator Award was inspired by the untimely death of professor Fred Rosenbaum. It honors an educator in the field of microwave engineering and science, who best exemplifies the special human qualities of Mr. Rosenbaum. This year’s recipient is Koji Mizuno.

The Microwave Pioneer Award recognizes an individual or team for pioneering efforts as evidenced by an archival paper published at least 20 years prior to the year of the award. The recipients this year are Hermann Statz and Robert A. Pucel for their work on the physics-based model of the short-gate field effect transistor.

The Application Award recognizes an individual or team for outstanding application of microwave theory and techniques. This year’s recipient is J. Stevenson Kenney for his work on power amplifier linearization techniques.

The Microwave Prize is given annually for the best paper published during the previous year. The recipients are Milan M. Ilic and Branislav M. Notaros for their paper “Higher Order Hierarchical Curved Hexahedral Vector Finite Elements for Electromagnetic Modeling.”

The N. Walter Cox award has been established in recognition of the qualities of N. Walter Cox and his service to the MTT-S prior to his death in 1988. It is given to a society volunteer whose efforts on behalf of MTT-S best exemplify Mr. Cox’s spirit and dedication. This year’s winner is Josef Modelski.

The Outstanding Young Engineer Award is given to a young engineer who has made an outstanding contribution in the areas of theory, application or education. There are two winners this year. They are Joseph Pekarek for his work in software design and entrepreneurship and Thomas Weller for his contributions to planar modeling and microwave education.

General Information

There will be an information booth in the registration area at the convention center and a guest hospitality suite in the Hyatt Hotel. An IEEE/MTT-S membership booth will be near the registration area. There will also be information booths for the IMS 2006 in San Francisco, CA, and the new MTT-S 2006 Radio and Wireless Symposium, scheduled to debut in San Diego, CA, next January.

Free coffee, tea and soft drinks will be available in the refreshment areas on the exhibition floor.

IEEE policy prohibits recruiting of attendees during the symposium. Exhibitors may not post information on job opportunities or recruit for prospective employees. Smoking is not permitted in the convention center and children under the age of 14 will not be admitted to the exhibition halls at any time.