Course Timetable

September 01, 2025

8.45-9.00
Opening
O.M. Bucci 

9.00-10.00
The Synthesis Problem
A. Capozzoli

10.00-10.30
Coffee-break

10.30-12.30
The Synthesis Problem: Optimitazion
A. Capozzoli

12.30-13.30
Lunch

13.30-16.30
From Sources to Fields and Vice Versa: Setting the Stage, and Classical Approaches
T. Isernia, A. Morabito 

16.30-17.00
Coffee-break

17.00-18.30
Exercise Session: Simple Deterministic Algorithm for Antenna Synthesis
C. Curcio, A. Liseno 

 


September 02, 2025

8.30-10.30 
The Synthesis Problem: Optimality Criteria and Mathematical Properties
T. Isernia

10.30-11.00
Coffee Break

11.00-13.00
Array External Synthesis: Deterministic Tools for effective solutions
T. Isernia

13.00-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15.00
Array External Synthesis: Advanced and Unconventional Arrays
T. Isernia, A.F. Morabito

15.00-16.30
The Synthesis Problem: A Case Study
A. Capozzoli 

16.30-17.00
Coffee Break 

17.00-18.00
Exercise Session: Convex Optimization and Antenna Synthesis

A.F. Morabito, G. Battaglia

 


September 03, 2025

8.30-10.30
Multibeam Antennas and Beamforming Networks Synthesis
G. Toso

10.30-11.00
Coffee Break

11.00-12.00
Multibeam Antennas and Beamforming Networks Synthesis
G. Toso

12.00-13.00
Synthesis of Waveforms in the Near-Field
A. Liseno

13.00-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15:30
Implementation of Plane-Wave Synthesizers
L. Foged

15:30-17.00
Exercise Session: Simple Optimization Algorithm for Antenna Synthesis
C. Curcio, A. Liseno

21.00
Social Dinner

 


September 04, 2025  

8.30-10.30
The Synthesis Problem: Numerical Issues
G. Vecchi

10.30-11.00
Coffee Break

11.00-13:00
Antenna Synthesis and Compressive Sensing
A. Massa

13.00-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15.00
Antenna Synthesis and Compressive Sensing
A. Massa

15.30-17.30
Coffee Break

15.30-17:30
Exercise Session: Simple Stochastic Algorithms for Antenna Synthesis
C. Curcio, A. Liseno

 


September 05, 2025

8.30-10.30
Natured Inspired Evolutionary Optimization Techniques in Engineering Electromagnetics
Y. Rahmat-Samii

10.30-11.00
Coffee Break

11.00-12.00
Natured Inspired Evolutionary Optimization Techniques in Engineering Electromagnetics
Y. Rahmat-Samii

12.00-13.00
The Challenge of Synthesizing Metasurfaces
S. Maci

13.00-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15.00
Exercise Session: Simple Stochastic Algorithm for Antenna Synthesis 
C. Curcio, A. Liseno

15.00-16.30 
Embedding Simulations in the Synthesis Problem
Ansys