Prof. Daniël De Zutter

He is a retired professor with research activities in numerical and theoretical electromagnetics. Current research focuses on interconnect modelling for on-chip interconnect and complex RF-IC’s and boards. He is the author of 150 SCI-publications. He co-authored the book "Electromagnetic and Circuit Modelling of Multiconductor Transmission Lines" (with Niels Faché and Femke Olyslager) in the Oxford Engineering Science Series. He received the 1995 IEEE Microwave Prize Award (with Femke Olyslager and Krist Blomme) ) from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the 1999 Transactions Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society. In 2000 he was elected to the grade of Fellow of the IEEE. He is currently the Head of the Department of Information Technology, a former Associate Editor for the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Transactions and the former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.

Prof. Piet Demeester

He is a full professor with research activities in Network Modeling, Design & Evaluation, Mobile & Wireless Networking, High Performance Multimedia Processing, Autonomic Computing & Networking, Service Engineering, Content & Search Management, and Data Analysis & Machine Learning. He leads the Internet-Based Communication Networks and Services (IBCN) research group and is the Head of Research Internet Technologies Department at iMinds. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Prof. Ann Franchois

She is a part-time professor with research interests in (quantitative) inverse scattering, microwave and mm-wave imaging and (computational) electromagnetics. She received the degree in Electrical Engineering from Ghent University in 1988 and the DEA and Ph.D. in optics and photonics from the University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. She was with the Research Division of Alcatel Bell Telephone, Antwerp, Belgium (1994 - 1996), with the Joint Research Center, Commission of the European Communities, Ispra, Italy (1996 - 1999) and with the Electromagnetics Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (1999 - 2000). She received an URSI Young Scientist Award in 1993, an URSI Commission B Student Best Paper Prize at the XXIX General Assembly in 2008, and the 2009 Best Reviewer Recognition of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Prof. Luc Knockaert

He is a part-time professor with research interests in the application of linear algebra and adaptive methods in signal estimation and model order reduction in computational electromagnetics. As author or co-author, he has contributed to about 100 international journal and conference publications.  He is a Member of MAA and SIAM and a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Prof. Hendrik Rogier

He is a full professor with research interests in antenna systems, radiowave propagation, body-centric communication, numerical electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility and power/signal integrity. From October 2003 till April 2004, he was a visiting scientist at the Mobile Communications Group of Vienna University of Technology. He authored about 120 papers in international journals and 120 contributions in conference proceedings.  His current research interests are the analysis of electromagnetic waveguides, electromagnetic simulation techniques applied to EMC and signal integrity problems, as well as to indoor propagation and antenna design, and in smart antenna systems for wireless networks. He received an URSI Young Scientist Award in 2001 and 2002, the IET Premium Awards for best paper in Electronics Letters in 2012, the Best Poster Paper Award at the 2012 IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems Symposium (EDAPS), the Best Paper Award at the 2013 IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity (SPI) and the Joseph Morrissey Memorial Award for the First best scientific paper at BioEM 2013 and is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Prof. Dries Vande Ginste

He is full-time professor with research interests in signal/power integrity, electromagnetic compatibility, antenna systems and computational electromagnetics. In June and July 2004, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), IL, USA. From September to November 2011, he was a Visiting Professor at the EMC Group, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He authored or co-authored more than 100~papers in international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Vande Ginste was awarded the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award at the 2011 URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, the Best Poster Paper Award at the 2012 IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems Symposium (EDAPS), the Best Paper Award at the 2013 IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity (SPI) and the Best Paper Award at the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS). He served as the co-chair of the 2014 IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Prof. Jo Verhaevert

He is full-time professor with research interests in indoor wireless applications (such as Wireless Sensor Networks), indoor propagation mechanisms, smart antenna systems and integration of active electronics in wireless communication systems. He is currently also program leader of the Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology curriculum at Ghent University.