Publications

2020

"Reliable field strength prediction through an adaptive total-variation CS technique," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 1566-1570, September 2020
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2020.3010410

Field reconstruction, LOLA Voronoi, total variation compressive sensing

"Frequency-based inversion of a single wireless link for indoor passive target detection," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1476, pp. 1-7 2020
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1476/1/012010

"Optimal excitation matching strategy for sub-arrayed phased linear arrays generating arbitrary shaped beams," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 4638-4647, June 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2020.2972641

Arbitrary shaped beams, excitation matching, k-means algorithm, linear array, phased array, sub-arraying

"An irregular two-sizes square tiling method for the design of isophoric phased arrays," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 4437-4449, June 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2020.2970088

Isophoric array, optimization, phased array antenna, planar array, square tiles

"Modular design of hexagonal phased arrays through diamond tiles," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 3598-3612, May 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2963561

Diamond tiles, hexagonal array, irregular tiling, optimization, phased array antenna, planar array

"Reliable antenna measurements in a near-field cylindrical setup with a sparsity promoting approach," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 4143-4148, May 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2949363

Antenna measurements, compressive sensing (CS), cylindrical set-up, NF/FF transformation

"System-by-design multi-scale synthesis of task-oriented reflectarrays," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 2867-2882, April 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2955217

Evolutionary optimization, learning-byexamples techniques, reflectarray antennas (RAs), system-by-design

"Teaching electromagnetics to next-generation engineers – The ELEDIA recipe," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine   vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 50-61, April 2020
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2020.2970307

electromagnetics teaching, ELEDIA teaching style, innovative teaching methods, ELEDIA Research Center, Maxwell equations, novel examination approaches, EM professionals, electromagnetic engineering education

"Conformal transformation electromagnetics based on Schwarz-Christoffel mapping for the synthesis of doubly-connected metalenses," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 1836-1850, March 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2948771

Conformal mapping, field manipulation, material-by-design, Schwarz–Christoffel (SC) mapping, transformation electromagnetics (TE).

"PCA-Based inversion of WiFi signal for robust device-free indoor target detection," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1476, pp. 1-7 2020
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1476/1/012015

"A multi-resolution computational method to solve highly non-linear inverse scattering problems," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1476, pp. 1-6 2020
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1476/1/012002

"Modeling and design of a plasma-based transmit-array with beam scanning capabilities," Results in Physics   vol. 16, pp. 102923 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2019.102923

Beam scanning, Plasma antennas, Transmit-array antennas

"On bandwidth maximization of fixed-geometry arrays through convex programming," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 581-600 2020
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2020.1724832

Array optimization, power synthesis, UWB antennas

"A learning-based inversion strategy for passive wireless detection of crowds," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1476, pp. 1-7 2020
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1476/1/012012

"A multi-focusing contrast source Bayesian compressive method for solving inverse scattering problems," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1476, pp. 1-7 2020
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1476/1/012013

"NDT/NDE by means of a probabilistic differential compressive sensing method," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1476, pp. 1-7 2020
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1476/1/012006

"A review of deep learning approaches for inverse scattering problems," Progress In Electromagnetic Research   vol. 167, 67-81 2020
DOI: 10.2528/PIER20030705

"Maximum BCE synthesis of domino‐tiled planar arrays for far‐field wireless power transmission," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 34, no. 17, pp. 2349‐2370 2020
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2020.1814166

Array antennas; phased arrays, planar arrays, array tiling/clustering, wireless power transmission, solar power satellites, beam collection efficiency

"A multi-resolution contraction integral equation method for solving highly non-linear inverse scattering problems," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques   vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 1234-1247, April 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2956939

Contraction integral equation for inversion (CIE-I), inverse scattering (IS), iterative multiscaling approach (IMSA), Lippmann–Schwinger integral equation (LSIE)

"Autocorrelation-driven synthesis of antenna arrays – The case of DS-based planar isophoric thinned arrays," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 2895-2910, April 2020
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2947180

Analytical thinning, difference sets, isophoric arrays, planar arrays, thinned arrays

2019

"Guest-Editorial: Special Cluster on ‘Machine Learning Applications in Electromagnetics, Antennas, and Propagation,’," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 2220-2224, November 2019
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2019.2945426

Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Electromagnetics, Deep learning, Clustering algorithms, Neural networks, Artificial neural networks

"Real-time electrical impedance tomography of the human chest by means of a learning-by-examples method," IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medecine and Biology   vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 88-96, June 2019
DOI: 10.1109/JERM.2019.2893217

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT), realtime inversion, learning-by-examples (LBE), feature extraction, adaptive sampling, support vector regression (SVR).

"Instantaneous brain stroke classification and localization from real scattering data," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters   vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 805-808, March 2019
DOI: 10.1002/mop.31639

brain stroke microwave imaging, experimental data, inverse scattering, learning-by-examples (LBE), support vector machine (SVM)

"Full-vectorial 3D microwave imaging of sparse scatterers through a multi-task Bayesian compressive sensing approach," Journal of Imaging   vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-24, January 2019
DOI: 10.3390/jimaging5010019

microwave imaging, inverse scattering, Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS), contrast source inversion (CSI), 3D

"Time-modulated array antennas – Theory, techniques, and applications," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 1503-1531, 2019
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2019.1627251

Time-modulated arrays, antenna beamforming, multiple-beam antenna, digital antenna, radar, MIMO communications

"An effective procedure for nonlinear dynamic optimization of time modulated arrays," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 2204-2208, October 2019
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2019.2940280

Nonlinear circuits analysis, particle swarm optimization (PSO), time-modulated arrays (TMAs)

"Optimal phase-matching strategy for beam scanning of sub-arrayed phased arrays," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 951-959, February 2019
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2879778

Active electronically scanned array, beam scanning, contiguous partition method, phase matching, subarraying

"Truncation error reduction in antenna near-field measurements using an overcomplete basis representation," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 283-287, February 2019
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2888991

Antenna measurements, extrapolation, near-field measurements, truncation error

"A nonlinear kernel-based adaptive learning-by-examples method for robust NDE-NDT of conductive tubes,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 669–696, February 2019 (DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2019.1572546).," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 669–696, February 2019
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2019.1572546

Non-destructive testing and evaluation; inverse problems, inverse scattering, Eddy currents, learning-by-examples techniques, Kernel orthogonal partial least squares, output space filling, support vector regression, conductive tubes

"DNNs as applied to electromagnetics, antennas, and propagation – A review," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 2225-2229, November 2019
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2019.2916369

Antennas, convolutional neural networks, deep learning (DL), deep neural networks (DNNs), electromagnetics (EM), propagation, radar, remote sensing (RS), scattering

"Microwave tomography system for methodical testing of human brain stroke detection approaches," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation   vol. 2019, ID 4074862, pp. 1-9 2019
DOI: 10.1155/2019/4074862

Bioengineering, Microwave Tomography, Methodical Testing, Human Brain Stroke, Detection Approaches

"Compressive-sensing based Born iterative method for tomographic imaging," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques   vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 1753-1765, May 2019
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2019.2899848

Born iterative (BI) method, compressive sensing (CS), inverse scattering, microwave imaging

"A System-by-Design method for efficient linear array miniaturization through low-complexity isotropic lenses," Electronics Letters   vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 433-434, April 2019
DOI: 10.1049/el.2018.6653

optimisation, lenses, optical design techniques, splines

"A new meta-paradigm for the synthesis of antenna arrays for future wireless communications," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 3774-3788, June 2019
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2906433

5G communications, antenna array synthesis, clustered arrays, massive multi-input multioutput (MIMO) systems

"Fast design of multiband fractal antennas through a system-by-design approach for NB-IoT applications," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking   vol. 2019, no. 1, pp. 68-83, March 2019
DOI: 10.1186/s13638-019-1386-4

Multi-band antennas, System-by-design, Antenna synthesis, Fractals, Optimization, Internet of Things (IoT)

"A total-variation sparseness-promoting method for the synthesis of contiguously clustered linear architectures," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 4589-4601, July 2019
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2911375

Clustered arrays, linear arrays, subarraying, total-variation compressive sensing (TV-CS)

"Robust real-time inversion of electrical impedance tomography data for human lung ventilation monitoring," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters   vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 5-8, January 2019
DOI: 10.1002/mop.31501

adaptive sampling, electrical impedance tomography (EIT), human lungs monitoring, learning-by-examples (LBE), support vector regression (SVR)

2018

"A user perspective optimization scheme for demand-side energy management," IEEE Systems Journal   vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 3857-3860, December 2018
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2017.2720628

Energy management, game theory, load management, optimization methods, smart grid

"Circularly polarized monopole hook antenna for ISM-band systems," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters   vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 1452-1454, June 2018
DOI: 10.1002/mop.31179

broadband antenna, circular polarized antenna, printed antenna

"Tomographic imaging of sparse low-contrast targets in harsh environments through matrix completion," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques   vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 2714-2730, June 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2018.2825393

Born approximation, compressive sensing (CS), inverse scattering, matrix completion (MC), microwave imaging, remote sensing.

"An accurate prediction method for moving target localization and tracking in wireless sensor networks," Ad Hoc Networks   vol. 70, pp. 14-22, March 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2017.11.008

Target tracking Localization Wireless sensor networks Learning algorithm Pervasive computing Filtering

"Progressive compressive sensing for exploiting frequency-diversity in GPR imaging," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 1164-1193 2018
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2018.1425160

Ground penetrating radar, inverse scattering, contrast source inversion, multi-task bayesian compressive sensing, frequency hopping, constrained relevance vector machine

"Fast characterization of multiple cracks in conductive media based on adaptive feature extraction and SVR," Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics - Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (XXI)   vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 191-198 2018
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-836-5-191

Eddy Current Testing, Real time inversion, Learning By Examples, Partial Least Squares, Output Space Filling, Support Vector Regression

"Advances on multi-scale MbD synthesis of WAIMs for advanced phased arrays," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 963, pp. 1-4 2018
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/963/1/012009

"Recent advances and current trends in metamaterials-by-design," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 963, pp. 1-3 2018
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/963/1/012011

"A compact switched-beam planar antenna array for wireless sensors operating at Wi-Fi band," Progress in Electromagnetic Research C   vol. 83, pp. 137-145 2018
DOI: 10.2528/PIERC18012004

"Processing GPR data with inverse scattering approaches," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1131, pp. 1-7 2018
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1131/1/012006

"Human chest imaging by real-time processing of electrical impedance data tomography," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1131, pp. 1-7 2018
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1131/1/012003

"An improved prediction based strategy for target tracking in wireless sensor networks," International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions   vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 453-468 2018
DOI: 10.1504/IJITST.2018.093667

target tracking, localisation, wireless sensor network, WSN, machine learning, Kalman filter

"Performance enhancement of linear active electronically-scanned arrays by means of MbD-synthesized metalenses," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 927-955 2018
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2017.1410077

Material-by-Design (MbD), linear array enhancement, Quasi-Conformal Transformation Optics (QCTO), Source Inversion (SI)

"Design of simplified array layouts for preliminary experimental testing and validation of large AESAs," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 6906-6920, December 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2874433

Active electronically scanned array (AESA), array design, array simplification, convex programing, genetic algorithm (GA), optimization, subarraying

"Advanced statistical learning method for multi-physics NDT-NDE," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1131, pp. 1-7 2018
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1131/1/012012

"Iterative multi-resolution Bayesian CS for microwave imaging," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 3665-3677, July 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2826574

Born approximation (BA), compressive sensing (CS), inverse scattering (IS), microwave imaging, relevance vector machine (RVM)

"S-Band spline-shaped aperture-stacked patch antenna for air traffic control applications," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 4292-4297, August 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2838583

Air traffic control (ATC), antenna design, aperture stacked patch (ASP) antenna, array synthesis, embedded element analysis, S-band, spline shape

"Material-by-design synthesis of conformal miniaturized linear phased arrays," IEEE Access   vol. 6, pp. 26367-26382 2018
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2833199

Linear array conformal miniaturization, material-by-design (MbD), generalized quasi-conformal transformation optics (QCTO), source inversion (SI).

"High density interconnect microstrip patch antenna for 5G base stations with integrated filtering performance," Technologies   vol. 6, no. 45, pp. 1-14 2018
DOI: 10.3390/technologies6020045

5G base station, mm-wave antenna design, high density interconnect (HDI), filtering antenna, spline shape, embedded element analysis

"Efficient prediction of the EM response of reflectarray antenna elements by an advanced statistical learning method," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 3995-4007, August 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2835566

Computational electromagnetics, ordinary kriging (OK), reflectarrays, scattering matrix, statistical learning

"Antenna measurements-by-design for antenna qualification," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 6300-6312, November 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2862469

Antenna array, antenna qualification, near-field pattern estimation, near-field to far-field (NF-FF) transformation, orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP)

"Contiguous phase-clustering in multibeam-on-receive scanning arrays," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 5879-5891, November 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2864628

Analytic steering, contiguous partition method, hybrid analog–digital beamforming, multibeam-on-receive (MBR) phased array, subarraying

"Planar arrays diagnosis by means of an advanced Bayesian compressive processing," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 5892-5906, November 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2866534

Antenna arrays, array failure, Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS), compressive sensing, fault diagnosis, planar arrays

"Synthesis of shaped beam reflectarrays with constrained geometry by exploiting non-radiating surface currents," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 5805-5817, November 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2869036

Geometry-constrained design, inverse source (IS) problems, nonradiating (NR) currents, reflectarray current synthesis

"Time-modulated arrays for physical layer secure communications: optimization-based synthesis and experimental assessment," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 6939-6949, December 2018
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2018.2870381

Directional modulation (DM), genetic algorithms (GAs), physical layer secure communications, time-modulated arrays (TMAs).

"Computational methods for wireless structural health monitoring of cultural heritages," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1131, pp. 1-7 2018
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1131/1/012005

"CS-Based computational methods for inverse problems arising in arrays processing and design," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 1131, pp. 1-7 2018
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1131/1/012004

"Advanced pulse sequence design in time-modulated arrays for cognitive radio," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 898-902, May 2018
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2821715

Cognitive radio, harmonic beamforming, particle swarm optimization, sum-of-weighted-cosine pulses, time-modulated arrays

2017

"Automatic EMI filter design through particle Swarm optimization," IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility   vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1079-1094, August 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2017.2652416

Automatic filter design, electromagnetic interference (EMI), evolutionary optimization

"Learning ensemble strategy for static and dynamic localization in wireless sensor networks," International Journal of Network Management   vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1-10, July 2017
DOI: 10.1002/nem.1979

"Inverse scattering for monochromatic phaseless measurements," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement   vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 45-60, January 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2016.2615478

Evolutionary algorithms, integral equations, inverse scattering, method of moments, optimization, phaseless measurements.

"Three-dimensional electromagnetic imaging of dielectric targets by means of the multiscaling inexact-Newton method," Journal of Optical Society of America A   vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 1119-1131 2017
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.34.001119

Inverse Problems, Three-dimensional Image Processing, Inverse Scattering

"Low-cost wireless monitoring and decision support for water saving in agriculture," IEEE Sensors Journal   vol. 17, no. 13, pp. 4299-4309, July 2017
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2705043

Wireless sensor network, smart actuation, fuzzy logic, decision support system

"A forecasting strategy based on wireless sensing for thermal comfort optimization in smart buildings," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters   vol. 59, no.11, pp. 2913-2917, November 2017
DOI: 10.1002/mop.30855

decision support system, smart building, support vector regression, wireless sensor networks

"Planar thinned array design by hybrid analytical-stochastic optimization," IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation   vol. 11, no. 13, pp. 1841-1845, October 2017
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2017.0349

optimisation, planar antenna arrays,, full-wave simulations, almost difference set method, ADS sequences, planar thinned array design, hybrid analytical-stochastic optimisation, Antenna arrays, Optimisation techniques

"Remote inspection of the structural integrity of engineering structures and materials with passive MST probes," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing   vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 6756-6766, December 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2017.2734042

Civil engineering monitoring, microwave sensors, modulated scattering technique (MST), nondestructive evaluation, nondestructive testing.

"The role of accurate dynamic analysis for predicting time-modulated arrays performance," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 16, pp. 2663-2666 2017
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2017.2740359

Pattern synthesis, time-modulated array (TMA), time–frequency electromagnetic analysis

"A compressive sensing-based computational method for the inversion of wide-band ground penetrating radar data," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 904, pp. 1-7 2017
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/904/1/012002

"Indoor detection of passive targets recast as an inverse scattering problem," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 904, pp. 1-7 2017
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/904/1/012004

"An inversion strategy for energy saving in smart building through wireless monitoring," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 904, pp. 1-7 2017
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/904/1/012003

"Robust antenna design through a hybrid inversion strategy combining interval analysis and nature-inspired optimization," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 904, pp. 1-6 2017
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/904/1/012007

"Advanced multi-frequency GPR data processing for non-linear deterministic imaging," Signal Processing   vol. 132, pp. 306-318, March 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2016.06.019

Ground-PenetratingRadar(GPR), Conjugate gradient, Frequency-hopping, Multi-frequency, Iterative multi-scaling approach

"European contributions for wireless power transfer technology," IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 56-87, June   vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 56-87, June 2017
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2017.2680078

Wireless communication, Rectifiers, Wireless sensor networks, Internet of things, electric vehicles, power engineering computing, radiofrequency identification, radiofrequency power transmission

"Real-time flaw characterization through learning-by-examples techniques: a comparative study applied to ECT," Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics - Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (XX)   vol. 42, pp. 228-235, June 2017
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-767-2-228

Eddy Current Testing, Inversion, Learning-by-Examples, Real-Time Inversion Algorithms, Kernerl Methods

"Real time groove characterization combining partial least squares and SVR strategies: application to eddy current testing," Journal of Physics: Conference Series   vol. 904, pp. 1-8 2017
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/904/1/012017

"Multi-frequency particle swarm optimization for enhanced multi-resolution GPR microwave imaging," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing   vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 1305-1317, March 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2622061

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR), inverse scattering (IS), iterative multiscaling approach (IMSA), multifrequency (MF), particle swarm optimization

"Minkowski sum method for planar arrays sensitivity analysis with uncertain-but-bounded excitation tolerances," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 167-177, January 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2627548

Antenna arrays, antenna uncertainties, interval analysis (IA), Minkowski sum (MS), planar arrays, sensitivity analysis, wrapping effect

"Optimal monopulse beamforming for side-looking airborne radars," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters   vol. 16, pp. 1221-1224 2017
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2016.2628881

Active electronically scanned array (AESA), airborne systems, convex programming (CP), monopulse radar, optimal beamforming

"Color compressive sensing imaging of arbitrary-shaped scatterers," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques   vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 1986-1999, June 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2016.2645570

Color compressive sensing (C-CS), first-order Born approximation (BA), inverse scattering, microwave imaging

"Single-snapshot DoA estimation in array antennas with mutual coupling through a multi-scaling bayesian compressive sensing strategy," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 3203-3213, June 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2017.2684137

Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS), direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation, linear dipole arrays, multiscaling strategy, mutual coupling, polarization, single-snapshot acquisition

"Compressive sensing as applied to inverse problems for imaging: theory, applications, current trends, and open challenges," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine   vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 34-46, October 2017
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2017.2731204

Inverse problems, Image processing, Electromagnetics, Mathematical model, information engineering, electromagnetic imaging problems, inverse scattering, CS-based strategies

"Multi-scale system-by-design synthesis of printed WAIMs for waveguide array enhancement," IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques   vol. 2, pp. 84-96, June 2017
DOI: 10.1109/JMMCT.2017.2701833

Aperture antennas, metamaterials, multiscale system-by-design (MS-SbD), phased arrays, task-oriented materials, wide-angle impedance matching (WAIM) layers

"Long-distance WPT unconventional arrays synthesis," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 31, no. 14, pp. 1399-1420, July 2017
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2017.1348998

Antenna arrays, unconventional architectures, Wireless Power Transfer (WPT), sparse arrays, clustered arrays

"Irregular phased array tiling by means of analytic schemata-driven optimization," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 4495-4510, September 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2017.2722539

Enumerative tiling, genetic algorithm (GA), irregular tiling, optimization, phased array antenna, schemata

"Real-time brain stroke detection through a learning-by-examples technique – An experimental assessment," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters   vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 2796-2799, August 2017
DOI: 10.1002/mop.30821

brain stroke detection, experimental validation, learning-by-examples, support vector machines

"Co-design of unconventional array architectures and antenna elements for 5G base stations," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 6752-6767, December 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2017.2738065

5G communications, 5G radiating systems, clustered arrays, integer-coded genetic algorithm (GA), multiobjective (MO) optimization, spline-shaped patches

"Efficient sideband suppression in 4D antenna arrays through multiple time modulation frequencies," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 7063-7072, December 2017
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2017.2766444

Antenna arrays, optimization methods, pattern synthesis, time modulation

"Learning-by-examples techniques as applied to electromagnetics," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications   vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 516-541 2017
DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2017.1402713

Learning-by-examples, artificial neural networks, support vector machines, Gaussian processes, engineering electromagnetics, antennas, direction-of-arrival estimation, microwave circuits, electromagnetic scattering, remote sensing, electromagnetic compatibility

"Synthesis of time-modulated frequency diverse arrays for short-range multi-focusing," IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing   vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 282-294, March 2017
DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2016.2615267

Frequency diverse array, optimization, short range spatial focusing, 4-D beampattern synthesis, time-modulated arrays, time-invariant spatial focusing

2016

"Metamaterial-by-Design: Theory, methods, and applications to communications and sensing – Editorial," EPJ Applied Metamaterials   vol. 3, no. E1, pp. 1-3 2016
DOI: 10.1051/epjam/2016011

Metamaterial-by-Design, System-by-Design, Metamaterials, Electromagnetics, Antenna Arrays

"A computational method for the inversion of wide-band GPR measurements," Journal of Physics   vol. 756, pp. 1-6 2016
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/756/1/012008

"Synthesis of modular contiguously clustered linear arrays through a sparseness-regularized solver," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 4277-4287, October 2016
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2595623

Array synthesis, Bayesian compressive sampling (BCS), subarray.

"Real-time NDT-NDE through an innovative adaptive partial least squares SVR inversion approach," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing   vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 6818-6832, November 2016
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2591439

Eddy current testing (ECT), inverse scattering, nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDE/NDT), output space filling (OSF), partial least squares (PLS), remote sensing, statistical learning (SL), support vector regression (SVR).

"Power pattern sensitivity to calibration errors and mutual coupling in linear arrays through circular interval arithmetics," Sensors   vol. 16, no. 6 (791), pp. 1-14 2016
DOI: 10.3390/s16060791

antenna arrays, linear arrays, sensitivity analysis, calibration errors, mutual coupling, interval analysis, circular intervals

"Predicting antenna pattern degradations in microstrip reflectarrays through interval arithmetic," IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation   vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 817–826, May 2016
DOI: 10.1049/IET-MAP.2015.0837

antenna radiation patterns, microstrip antenna arrays, reflectarray antennas, antenna pattern degradations, tolerance errors, reliability, interval arithmetic

"Generalized sensitivity analysis tool for pattern distortions in reflector antennas with bump-like surface deformations," IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation   vol. 10, no. 9, p. 909–916, June 2016
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2015.0583

reflector antennas, distortion, reliability, statistical analysis, generalised interval-based analysis tool, pattern distortions, bump-like surface deformations, deformed reflector, interval analysis, statistical methods, physical optics

"Transformation electromagnetics miniaturization of sectoral and conical horn antennas," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 1508-1513, April 2016
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2522465

Loaded-horn antennas, material-by-design, metamaterials, quasi-conformal transformation electromagnetics

"Unconventional phased array architectures and design methodologies – A review," Proceedings of the IEEE   vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 544-560, March 2016
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2015.2512389

Clustered arrays, irregular architectures, optimization-based design, phased arrays, sparse arrays, thinned arrays, time-modulated arrays

"Optimization of excitation tolerances for robust beamforming in linear arrays," IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation   vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 208-214 2016
DOI: 10.1049/IET-MAP.2015.0508

antenna radiation patterns, array signal processing, linear antenna arrays, optimisation, robust amplitude beamforming, admissible tolerance optimisation

2015

"Array miniaturization through QCTO-SI metamaterial radomes," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 3465-3476, August 2015
DOI: DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2434412

Compact arrays, dielectric lenses, linear arrays, material-by-design (MbD), metamaterials, quasi-conformal transformation optics (QCTO), radomes

"Dealing with uncertainties on phase weighting of linear antenna arrays by means of interval-based tolerance analysis," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 3229-3234, July 2015
DOI: DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2421952

Antenna arrays, interval analysis (IA), interval arithmetic, linear arrays, phase errors, tolerance analysis

"Synthesis of multi-layer WAIM coatings for planar phased arrays within the system-by-design framework," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 2482-2496, June 2015
DOI: DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2415516

Metamaterials, particle-swarm (PS) optimizer, phased arrays, system-by-design (SbD), wide-angle impedance matching (WAIM)

"Multi-resolution subspace-based optimization method for solving three-dimensional inverse scattering problems," Journal of Optical Society of America A   vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 2218-2226, November 2015
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.32.002218

Inverse scattering, Three-dimensional microscopy

"GPR prospecting through an inverse scattering frequency-hopping multi-focusing approach," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing   vol. 53, no. 12, pp. 6573-6592, December 2015
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2015.2444391

Frequency hopping (FH), Ground-penetrating radar (GPR), inverse scattering, microwave imaging, multifocusing (MF).

"Wavelet-based compressive imaging of sparse targets," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation   vol. 63, no. 11, pp. 4889-4900, November 2015
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2444423

Bayesian compressive sampling, first-order Born approximation (BA-I), inverse scattering, microwave imaging, wavelets

2020

"Optimal trade-off synthesis for future generation phased arrays @ ELEDIA Research Center," CNIT Technical Reports – Technical Report-04 on ‘Italian Perspectives on Antennas for Next Generation Communications,’ Eds. G. Di Massa and S. Costanzo   pp. 81-98, February 2020
DOI: 9788894982312