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Group 8 (Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria)
from Plamen Dankov,
representative for the period 2014-2016
London, March 2016
Preliminary Remarks:
•Group 8 has been represented by GA members from 3 countries (Czech Republic,
Hungary, Bulgaria); Slovakia and Romania didn’t have representative up to now;
•When I started to represent Group 8 of the General Assembly, I knew more than 20
colleagues from all of these countries on my age and older; I knew also some younger
colleagues, but not so much;
•I have relatively active connections at the moment with 6-8 colleagues from Czech
Republic (Prague, Brno), 3-4 form Romania (Bucharest) and several from Bulgaria. I
don’t have any new connections with colleagues from Hungary and Slovakia).
•I have established these connections on the regular meetings on recent COST actions
in the area of antennas and sensors, contacts on the EuMW conferences and
exhibitions; through my students and my colleagues. Only in one case I have similar
scientific interest with one colleague from Romania.
•In conclusion, I think that I have relatedly full breadth of view on the microwave
activities in the countries from Group 8 (with some exceptions)
•I have approved agreement with the next possible representative of this Group 8:
Dr. Marian Gabriel Banciu from the National Institute of Material Physics in Romania
London, March 2016
European Microwaves; Microwaves in Europe
•The situation and the microwave activities in the countries in Group have been discussed in
several articles under titles “European Microwaves” or “Microwave in Europe”: The last 3 are:
[1] R. Sorrentino, T. Oxley, G. Salmer, A. Vander Vorst, L. P. Ligthart, P. Russer, G. Gerosa, G.
Pelosi, J. B. Andersen, A. V. Räisänen, E. Kollberg, J. Modelski, G. Vendik, I. B. Vendik, T.
Berceli, M. Salazar-Palma, J. C. Freire, N. Uzunoglu, and A. Madjar, “Microwaves in Europe”,
IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 1056, Mar. 2002.
[2] R. Sorrentino and A. Vander Vorst, “Microwaves in Europe: Historical milestones and industry
update: Part 1,” Microwave J., vol. 59, pp. 28–68, Sept. 2008.
[3] Roberto Sorrentino, and Jan Grahn, “European Microwaves”, IEEE Microwave Magazine,
September/October 2012
[4] Richard Mumford, Editor, “Microwaves in Europe: Driving Forward?”, IEEE Microwave Magazine,
August 2015
.
London, March 2016
CZ
SK
HU
RO
BG
CZ
SK
HU
RO
BG
[1], 2002 [2], 2008
CZ
SK
HU
RO
BG
[3], 2012
CZ
SK
HU
RO
BG
[4], 2015
0 0 1
1 2
PO
Preliminary Conclusions and Decision:
•In conclusion, we can see a serious decrease of the microwave activities (according to
these publications) in all the countries in Group 8 in different degree (only Czech
Republic keeps a relatively high level of visible “microwave activity”).
•Is that really true?
•Therefore, I decided not to consider the activities of the microwave communities in
Group 8 countries in the past, even at near past !
•My idea is to try to “to see the future” through to the organization of the education
and the scientific research (by visible projects) in this area in the considered
countries.
•Similar information could by find out in the world ranking systems for universities and
research centers in these countries. The information for microwave industry is not
included, because the local companies is usually relied on local employees. Thus, if
the pointed countries have enough well-prepared microwave students and engineers,
the local companies can work successfully.
•The proposed method for collection of information for the education and research in
the different countries is enough accurate. It was tested for 4 known colleagues and
their institutions (including myself) and gave acceptable results.
London, March 2016
Czech Republic: Summary (1)
London, March 2016
Universities
Faculties Departments Staff
Number of
students
Number of
Courses
Number of
Projects
Czech
Technical
University
in Prague
Faculty of
Electrical
Engineering
Department of EM fields; Department of
Circuit
Theory; Department of Telecom-
munication
Engineering; Department of
Radio
-Electronics; Department of Mea-
surements
; Department of Physics;
Department of Computer Graphics and
Interaction
860;
Budget
~CZK 800
million
~3000 BSc. &
MSc. students;
~400 foreign
students;
Erasmus students
90 (Cz Eu);
180 (Cz Eu)
No less than
35
branch courses
No less than 75
branch projects
in the last 3
years
Faculty of
Informational
Technology
Department of Software Engineering;
Department of Digital Design
~130 ~2190 4 NA
Brno
University
of
Technology
Faculty of
Electrical
Engineering
Department of Radio
-Electronics;
Department of Electrical and Electronic
Technology
; Department of Theoretical
and Experimental Electrical
Engineering
Department of Telecommunications;
Department of Biomedical
Engineering;
Department of Micro
-electronics;
Department of Physics; Center of
Sensor, Information and Comm. Systems
190
lecturers
~4000 BSc. &
MSc. students;
No less than
26
branch courses
No less than 48
branch project
in the last 3
years
Czech Republic: Summary (2)
London, March 2016
Universities
Faculties Departments Staff
Number of
students
Number of
Courses
Number of
Projects
Technical
University
of Ostrava
Faculty of
Electrical
Engineering and
Computer
Science
Department of Electrical Engineers
;
Department of Telecommunications;
Department of Electronics
NA ~3200 BSc.
&
MSc. students;
No less than 11
branch courses;
8 Master
programs
NA
Technical
University of
Liberec
Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced
Technology and Innovation;
Faculty of
Mechatronics, Informatics and
Interdisciplinary Studies
- -
Total 100;
Budget: CZK
654,854,567
Institute of
Photonics and
Electronics of
the CAS
Laboratory of the National Time and
Frequency Standard;
Bioelectro-
dynamics; Synthesis and
characterization of nanomaterials, etc.
~70
No less than 50
branch project
in the last 3
years
Slovakia: Summary
London, March 2016
Universities
Faculties Departments Staff
Number of
students
Number of
Courses
Number of
Projects
Slovak
University of
Technology
in
Bratislava
(STU)
Faculty
of
Electrical
Engineering and
Information
Technology
Institute
of Electrical Engineering
(
Department of Electromagnetic
Theory;
Department of High-frequency
Techniques and Optoelectronics;
Department of
electromagnetic
structure and systems modelling
Department of Measurements);
Institute
of Electronics and
Photonics
(Department of Radio &
Electronics
; Department of
Microelectronics);
Institute of Telecommunications
26
Lecturers
25
Lecturers
22
Lecturers
~2600 BSc.
&
MSc. students;
3 BSc Programs +
1 BSc program
distance study;
5 MSc Programs;
7 PhD Programs
8+ active
branch projects
Hungary: Summary
London, March 2016
Universities
Faculties Departments Staff
Number of
students
Number of
Courses
Number of
Projects
Budapest
University of
Technology
and
Economics
Faculty
of
Electrical
Engineering
and
Informatics
Department of
Broadband Infocommu-
nications and Electro
-magnetic Theory –
8
Laboratories:
Antennas, EMC and wave propagation
Digital and Optical Communication
Systems
Electromagnetic Field Simulation and
Design
Microwave Remote Sensing
Multiscale Electromagnetic Systems
Optical and Microwave Communications
Rohde & Schwarz Reference Laboratory
Space Technology
23 Lecturers;
20
Researchers
6 PhD
students
~24000 BSc.
&
MSc.
Students
in whole BME;
in FEEI - NA
21 branch
courses
NA (with TDK;
TKI)
Department of
Networked Systems and
Services
67 Lecturers
& researchers
3 BSc. And 4
MSc. Programs
>15
Department of Telecommunications and
Media Informatics
45 Lecturers
& 55
researchers
NA
"5G Exchange"
(5GEx) the first
winning H2020
project in BME
Romania: Summary (1)
London, March 2016
Universities Faculties Departments Staff
Number of
students
Number of
Courses
Number of
Projects
“Gheorghe
Asachi
”
Technical
Univer-
sity
of Iaşi
Electrical
Engineering,
Energetics and
Applied Informatics
Faculty
Department of Electrical
Measurements and Materials
34 Lecturers
&
Researchers
6 PhD
students
NA
4 BSc. And
MSc. Programs
21 branch
courses
10 branch
projects
University
POLITEHNICA
of Bucharest
The Faculty of
Electrical
Engineering
NA NA NA NA
The Faculty of
Electronics,
Telecommunications
and Information
Technology
Electronic Technology and
Reliability; Electronic
Devices, Circuits, and
Apparatus;
Telecommuni-
cations
; Applied Electronics
and Informatics Engineering
30 Lecturers
&
Researchers
NA > 20 ~8
Romania: Summary (2)
London, March 2016
Universities
Faculties
Departments Staff
Number of
students
Number of
Courses
Number of
Projects
National Institute
for Materials
Physics ( NIMP)
Bucharest
Laboratory of Multifunctional Materials
and Structures;
Laboratory of Condensed Matter and
Physics at Nanoscale
150
researchers 15 - 7.875.630
Euro (2014)
National Institute
for Research and
Development in
Microtechnologies
-
IMT
Bucharest
Research Centre of Excellence “Micro
-
and
nanosystems for radiofrequency and
photonics”; Research Centre for
Nanotechnologies and Carbon
-based
Nanomaterials
120
researchers - - > 25 000 000 Lei
Laboratory of Micro
-
machined microwave
and millimeter wave circuits
NA - - Consortium
Military Technical
Academy
Faculty of Military Electronic and
Information Systems;
Department of
Communications and Military Electronic
Systems
No lees than
20 MSc. programs
>8 -
Bulgaria: Summary
London, March 2016
Universities Faculties Departments Staff
Number of
students
Number of
Courses
Number of
Projects
Sofia University
“St.
Kliment
Ohridski
”
Faculty of Physics
Department of Radio
-
Physics
and Electronics
15 lecturers
and
researchers
~25 BSc. and
MSc.
students
/year
2 BSc. And 2
MSc. Programs
15 branch
courses
~8 branch
projects in the
last 3 years
Technical
University
-
Sofia
Faculty of
Telecommunications
Radio communications and
Video technologies;
Communication Networks
47 lecturers
and
researchers
~120 BSc.
and
MSc.
students
/year
20 branch
courses
NA
BULGARIAN
ACADEMY OF
SCIENCES
Institute of Electronics
Lab. Superconductivity and
Cryo
-Electronics;
Lab. Microwave Physics and
Technologies;
Lab.
Micro- and Nano-
Photonics;
Lab. Microwave Magnetics
16
Researchers
12 PhD
students + 9
students
-
No less than 18
branch
projects
for the last 3
years
Summary for countries – Education in the Microwave and similar areas
London, March 2016
Country
Number of
Institutions
Number of
University and
Research
Departments
Lecturers and
Researchers
Total
number of
Students
Number of
PhD
Students
Number of
Projects
Czech
Republic
>5 No less than 27
No less than 900
Educators and
Researchers
~7900 in the
similar areas
No less than
200
No less than
150
Hungary
1 (?) ~10
No less than 210
Educators and
Researchers
~2500 in the
similar areas No less than 50
No less than 35
Slovakia
1 (?) ~4
No less than 70
Educators and
Researchers
~500 in the
similar areas No less than 25
No less than 10
Romania
5 ~16
No less than 250
Educators and
Researchers
~1000 in the
similar areas No less than 50
No less than 25
Bulgaria
3 ~7
No less than 80
Educators and
Researchers
~200 in the
similar areas No less than 20
No less than 20
Thank you for the attention!