Workshop on Applications of Radio Science (WARS)
WARS is a conference with a difference.
The National Committee for Radio Science wanted to establish a forum for
the presentation of current work in radio science, particularly in Australia
(but not limited to here only), and for discussion between radio scientists
to promote new work. WARS was planned to have both formal talks, by invited
speakers, and submitted papers, all to be presented in poster format to
encourage discussion. The title of Workshop was chosen in preference
to Conference to promote the extra features at WARS not found at other
conferences, especially the emphasis on making new work contacts through discussions.
All WARS papers are fully reviewed, to meet the DEST E1 classification for
refereed papers published in conference proceedings, and thereby encourage
student attendance and support by Universities. The review process is guided
by a panel of Editors, representing the 10 Commissions of URSI, and the a list of the referees used appears in the Conference
Proceedings. The Conference Proceedings is supplied to Conference attendees
on CD-ROM and is also published on the world-wide-web on this Website.
To
be held on 10th-12th February 2008 at Sofitel Gold
Coast, Broadbeach, Queensland.
Details
are HERE.
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The Sixth WARS Conference - WARS2006
WARS2006 Conference was held at
Dougherty Leura Gardens Resort, Leura,
New South Wales 15 - 17
February 2006. It was attended by 80 people, including 11 students, and as
usual had a residential format. The invited speakers set the tone for the
meeting. Dr Trevor Bird spoke on Terahertz (THz) frequencies (the spectrum
covers frequencies from about 300 GHz to 10 THz. Dr Le Nguyen Binh addressed the advancement of electronic integrated
circuit technology and photonics in the last decade. Prof Ron Ekers showed in a wide-ranging talk that one
of the most important events in twentieth century astronomy was the birth of
radio astronomy. Dr Peter C. Kemeny described the
Australian Synchrotron and Dr Iver Cairns, Chair of the NCSS, described the
need to for a Decadal Plan for Space Science. All other papers were presented
as posters (67) covering all aspects of radio science from testing relativity
to RF bio-effects and including many papers on propagation, space weather,
antennas and in particular a number of papers on the major Australian Square
Kilometre Array (SKA) demonstrator project.
At WARS Conferences, a prize is offered for the
best Student paper presented and this Conference the prize was won by Mr
Jonathan Boan, University
of Adelaide, School of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering for his paper titled: "Radio Propagation in
Fire Environments".
The Proceedings for this meeting is here:
Proceedings
WARS2006 Meeting - Leura 15 - 17th February 2006
.
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The Fifth WARS Conference - WARS04
was
held at Hadleys Hotel, Hobart,
Tasmania, 18-20 February 2004 and was
attended by almost 70 people, including people from Japan, Singapore
and the USA.
The invited talks for WARS04 covered a range of
important radio science topics. Dr Andrew Parfit
spoke on Fedsat, possibly one of the most
sophisticated micro-satellites currently in orbit given the wide range of
scientific and propagation experiments it carries. Dr David
Cole spoke on space weather, commencing his talk
provocatively with a picture of an atomic bomb explosion to emphasise both
the harshness of the space environment and the role radiation hardening plays
in electronics. Prof. Stuart Anderson spoke on sea-state scattering of radio
waves, expertly surveying the processes and how they relate to target
identification. Dr Ken Joyner surveyed the wide literature and current
research on cancer hazards associated with mobile phones. Generally, the
review demonstrated no effects have been identified and verified to date. All
the invited talks stimulated productive discussions.
Prof. Ray Norris delivered a review of future
radio astronomy developments and consequently how cosmology will drive
technological change. This review opened a special session on these
developments with several poster papers being presented on the SKA and
related astronomical proposals. The poster session was followed by a successful
discussion session attended by the majority of WARS attendees who enjoyed the
flow of ideas.
In addition, there were a wide range of posters
that covered many aspects of radio science, as can be seen in the WARS
Proceedings.
WARS2004
Proceedings is available on-line
.
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The Fourth, WARS Conference - WARS02
was
held at the Mercure, Leura, 20-22 February 2002 and
was attended by over 80 people. The same successful format of a small number
of invited talks and a larger number of poster papers adopted at past WARS
Conferences continued with WARS02. In addition, there was a discussion
session on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The focussed discussion forum
was an addition to the established WARS format and was intended to showcase a
topic of high national interest in radio science. The WARS02 Proceedings was
distributed on CDROM.
WARS2002
Proceedings is available on-line
.
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The Third WARS - WARS'00
was
held at the La Trobe University Beechworth Campus,
27-29 April 2000. As with the second meeting, the organising committee was a
separate committee of the National Committee of Radio Science. The WARS'00
Conference Proceedings was distributed on CDROM,
WARS2000
Proceedings is available on-line
.
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The Second WARS - WARS'97
was
held in Adelaide's wonderful Barossa Valley,
21-23 September 1997. 84 delegates attended to see 56 poster papers and hear
6 invited talks. Again, the workshop was very successful, with feedback very
positive. For the first time, a student prize was awarded. It was won by
Philip Webb, for his paper "Modelling the Plasmasphere".
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The First WARS - WARS'95
was
held in June 1995 in Canberra,
using the format proposed by the National Committee. The atmosphere was
informal and very productive. 101 delegates attended and the feedback was
very positive.
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