The Second Joint International Workshop on Applied Radio Systems Research and Smart Wireless Communications (ARSR/SWICOM 2013) co-organised by University of Bedfordshire and University of Manchester, took place at the University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK. The objective of the workshop is to bring together early stage researchers and engineers from both academia and industry who contribute to the on-going trends and advances in applied radio systems and smart wireless communications research, such as cognitive radio, software defined radio, smart antennas, wireless sensor networks, etc.

 

I attended the conference on behalf of the IET’s Antennas & Propagation Technical & Professional Network, and was impressed by the standard of the papers and posters presented. From a non-technical perspective, it was also interesting to hear some of the authors consider the social and ethical impact of their work.

 

It was a great honour for the IET to sponsor and present the award for the best paper. This was presented to Masood Ur Rehmen for his work on Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting for Wireless Body Area Networks. The paper was picked after a panel discussion between then gold sponsors (Anritsu, National Instruments and Rhode & Schwarz) and the conference organiser.

 

Next year the conference will be held in Milton Keynes and I look forward to seeing you there.

 

David.