{"id":825,"date":"2026-07-23T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seme.tech\/?p=825"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:31:54","slug":"special-section-on-smart-electromagnetic-and-radio-frequency-environments-theories-technologies-and-advanced-applications-in-the-ieee-ojap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seme.tech\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Special Section on &#8220;Smart Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Environments: Theories, Technologies, and Advanced Applications&#8221; in the IEEE OJAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/seme.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-07-23.Social-Post.ELEDIA.Call-4-Paper.IEEE-SEME.RF_.TTAA-1024x1024-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seme.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-07-23.Social-Post.ELEDIA.Call-4-Paper.IEEE-SEME.RF_.TTAA-1024x1024-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seme.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-07-23.Social-Post.ELEDIA.Call-4-Paper.IEEE-SEME.RF_.TTAA-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seme.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-07-23.Social-Post.ELEDIA.Call-4-Paper.IEEE-SEME.RF_.TTAA-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seme.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-07-23.Social-Post.ELEDIA.Call-4-Paper.IEEE-SEME.RF_.TTAA-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seme.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-07-23.Social-Post.ELEDIA.Call-4-Paper.IEEE-SEME.RF_.TTAA-1024x1024-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/seme.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-07-23.Social-Post.ELEDIA.Call-4-Paper.IEEE-SEME.RF_.TTAA-1024x1024-1-116x116.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ELEDIA Research Center is pleased to announce the Special Section on &#8220;<strong>Smart Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Environments: Theories, Technologies, and Advanced Applications<\/strong>&#8221; in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ieeeaps.org\/ieee-ojap\">IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation (OJAP)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udce3 Submission Deadline: 31 December 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This Special Section aims to provide a premier platform for researchers, engineers, and academicians to disseminate cutting-edge research, novel theoretical frameworks, and practical experimental validations driving the evolution of Smart Electromagnetic and RF Environments \u2014 from lab-scale successful experiments to real-world competitive solutions for next-generation wireless systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fundamental theories, information-theoretic models, channel modeling, and performance limits of Smart EM\/RF Environment-assisted wireless systems<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), advanced passive EM skins, conformal metasurfaces, and AI-enhanced micro-scale design of SEME devices<\/li><li>Machine Learning and Deep Learning frameworks for real-time surface configuration, channel estimation, and dynamic beamforming in mm-Wave and sub-THz scenarios<\/li><li>Methodologies for addressing the computational complexity of large-scale, multi-objective Smart EM\/RF deployments<\/li><li>Deployment strategies for Smart EM Environments in 5G-Advanced and 6G networks, including massive MIMO and joint communications and sensing (JCAS)<\/li><li>Real-world implementations, proof-of-concepts, experimental validations, testbeds, and industrial applications<\/li><li>Emerging applications in smart factories, autonomous vehicular networks, biomedical EM sensing, and physical layer security.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guest Editors:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Prof. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniroma3.it\/persone\/U2JDaVBJVkxoTGpmVTh3NkYyTmZ0VkhVb05LeUMxTmN4SGxHWk5JNjkxST0=\/\">Filiberto BILOTTI<\/a><\/strong>, Roma Tre University Roma, Italy<\/li><li>Prof. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.ac.ae\/college-people\/merouane-debbah\">Merouane DEBBAH<\/a><\/strong>, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE<\/li><li>Prof. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/people\/marco-di-renzo\">Marco DI RENZO<\/a><\/strong>, King&#8217;s College London, UK<\/li><li>Prof. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eledia.org\/eledia-uic\/sciencex_teams\/prof-erricolo-danilo\/\">Danilo ERRICOLO<\/a><\/strong>, University of Illinois Chicago, USA<\/li><li>Prof. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eledia.org\/eledia-unitn\/people\/massa-andrea\/\">Andrea MASSA<\/a><\/strong>, University of Trento, Italy<\/li><li>Prof. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/english.bit.edu.cn\/index.html\">Zhongxiang SHEN<\/a><\/strong>, Beijing Institute of Technology, China<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ELEDIA Research Center is pleased to announce the Special Section on &#8220;Smart Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Environments: Theories, Technologies, and Advanced Applications&#8221; 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