Exploiting the potentialities of electromagnetic (EM) fields with high pulse rates is at the core of the Computer Science's challenging demand for designing ultra-fast integrated circuits that are capable of handling the digital signals involved, next to exploiting the possibilities of wireless (i.e., pulsed EM fields supported) digital information transfer.

To address this challenge, the Workshop Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields: Their Potentialities, Computation and Evaluation collects state-of-the-art contributions on the computational modeling of pulsed EM fields in configurations that are representative for road mapping future developments. Furthermore, it sets itself the task to accommodate relevant interaction as to in which direction these developments are to be pursued. The included works cover a very broad range, from the physical and mathematical foundations up to operational systems making use of the potentialities arising from the use of pulsed EM fields.

The workshop will set the course for an intensified and formalized cooperation on fundamental research between the Delft University of Technology and the University of Hong Kong. Two aspects are here primarily envisaged: the impact of pulsed EM fields with ultra-high pulse rates on the methods for designing integrated circuits and systems for inter- and intra-device wireless transfer of information, and the evaluation of the possible impact of such fields on the ‘Electromagnetic environment’, in particular their Electromagnetic Interference with ‘living and inert matter’.

The organizers express their gratitude to the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (RGC) / University Grants Committee of Hong Kong that provided the financial means for the workshop's organization via their “Collaboration Hong Kong – Joint Research Scheme”. They also extend their gratitude to the specialized Delft University of Technology departments that provided the logistic support for this event.

Ioan E. Lager

Li Jun Jiang

Delft and Hong Kong, January 25, 2013