Editor’s Foreword

Abstract

The 2019 edition of the IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean (IEEE RADIO 2019) international conference was hosted in Reunion Island for the second time. This seventh edition of the conference was held from 23rd to 26th September 2019 at the Lux Resort & Hotel, Saint-Gilles Les Bain. The conference was managed by the Radio Society (Mauritius) and financially sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S). Région Réunion financially supported the conference and Union Radio Scientifique Internationale (URSI). provided technical co-sponsorship. The Local Organising Committee consisted of researchers from CentraleSupélec, France, University of Mauritius and University of Reunion Island.IEEE RADIO 2019 was attended by participants from about twenty different countries. The conference featured a tutorial on the design of radio amateur networks followed by presentations of radio amateur activities in Mauritius and Reunion Island. Projects related to humanitarian activities were discussed during a special session organized by the IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) Indian Ocean. Two workshops, open to all the participants of the conference, were organized in conjunction with the conference. The first workshop addressed measurements and simulations for industrial applications and development of standards. The second workshop was dedicated to the CARERC (Cartographie Electromagnétique par Réseaux de Capteurs) project that was undertaken by colleagues at University of Reunion Island during the past years. The regular sessions covered topics such antenna design, bioelectromagnetics, devices and circuits, wireless communication and tracking systems. Three internationally recognized scientists delivered invited talks during the conference.The oral presentations of students and young scientists were evaluated by a jury. A shield and a cash prize of 300 Euros were awarded to the Best Young Scientist less than 36 years old. The presenters of the first, second and third Best Student Papers were awarded shields and cash prizes of 300 Euros, 200 Euros and 100 Euros, respectively. The AP-S sponsored Industrial Engineering Paper Award, consisting of a shield and a cash prize of 300 Euros, was presented to the author of the paper presenting the most innovative and significant contribution in terms of practical industrial engineering related to the fields of antennas, electromagnetics and propagation.All the 2-page short papers that were effectively presented during the conference have already been published on the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. A call for the submission of 4-page extended versions of the conference papers was launched for publication as a volume in the IoP Conference Series: Materials and Engineering (MSE). After the peer-review process by the distinguished members of the Scientific Committee, only four papers were accepted and published in this volume of IoP Conference Series: MSE.EditorVikass Monebhurrun