資料10-DCommission D (Electronics and Photonics) Activity Report
September 2020 - July 2021
August 6, 2021
Naoki Shinohara
1. International Activities related to areas covered by Commission DSession Proposal to URSI GASS2021: will be held on Aug. 28th – Sep. 4th, 2021 in Romeand online hybrid. 5 members contributed to organizing the conference. Dr. Masayuki
Suzuki is a convener of session D01 “Photonic Signal Processing, Real-time Instruments
and Biomedical Imaging” and gather 6 papers. Prof. Naoki Shinohara is a convener ofsession D3 “Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting” and gather 16papers. Prof. Tadao Nagatsuma is a convener of session D08 “Integrated Terahertz
Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems” and gather 9 papers. Dr. Atsushi Kannoand Dr. Kosuke Nishimura are conveners of session D09 “Microwave and photonicsubsystems for Beyond 5G/6G communications” and gather 7 papers. Prof. Shinohara,
as a vice chair of international commission D, serve to choose Young Scientist Panel andStudent Paper Competition from Commission D in GASS2021.
Other activities: 2020 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP)
was held virtually on Nov. 24th -26th, 2020. Some of Commission D members served as
Technical Program Committee and the other committees. Dr. Atsushi Kanno had akeynote talk entitled “Radio and Optical Integration Toward Society 5.0 and 6G,” in 13th
International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications, held in Nha
Trang, Vietnam and online on Oct. 8th – 10th, 2020.
2. Domestic Activities related to areas covered by Commission D
Domestic Commission D meeting: The first Commission D meeting of 25th URSI domestic
subcommittee:

washeldonMay13th,2021

online.

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sharedcurrent

international/domestic activities of URSI and discussed future activities.
Technical Committees on Microwave Photonics (IEICE):
The following technical meetings were held; On Oct. 21st, 2020, online, with 3 invited
talks and 1 regular talk. On Jan. 21st – 22nd, 2021, online, with 5 invited talks and 13
regular talks, co-organized with Technical Committee on Photonic Network, TechnicalCommittee on Electromagnetic Theory, IEE-J Technical Committee on Electromagnetic
Theory, and IEEE Photonics Society Kansai Chapter. On May 26th, 2021, online, with 3
invited talks and 5 regular talks. On July 15th – 16th, 2021, online with 1 invited talkand 11 regular talks, co-organized with Technical Committee on Optoelectronics,

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Technical Committee on Microwaves, Technical Committee on Electronics Simulation
Technology, Technical Committee on Electromagnetic Theory, and Tech. Group on
Terahertz Application System.
2020 IEICE Society Conference online: was held on Sep. 15-18, 2020, online. Microwave
and mm-wave photonics session (C-14) was held and 10 regular talks were presented.
2021 IEICE General Conference online: was held on Mar. 9-12, 2021, online. Microwave
and mm-wave photonics session (C-14) was held and 21 regular talks were presented.
Technical Committees on Microwave Photonics organized special sessions, CI-6 “Frontierof terahertz research for Beyond 5G” with 7 papers, co-organized with Tech. group onterahertz application system, and CI-7 “Challenges of high-frequency sensing and opticaltransmission technology for new IoT era” with 7 papers, co-organized with Tech. Groupon Terahertz Application System.