
Wei Sha
Wei E.I. Sha received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering at Anhui University, Hefei, China, in 2003 and 2008, respectively. From Jul. 2008 to Jul. 2017, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and then a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. From Mar. 2018 to Mar. 2019, he worked at University College London as a Marie-Curie Individual Fellow. From Oct. 2017, he joined the College of Information Science & Electronic Engineering at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, where he is currently a tenure-tracked Research Professor. His research interests include theoretical and computational research in electromagnetics and optics, focusing on the multiphysics and interdisciplinary research. His research involves fundamental and applied aspects in computational and applied electromagnetics, nonlinear and quantum electromagnetics, micro- and nano-optics, optoelectronic device simulation, and multiphysics modeling. Dr. Sha has authored or coauthored 175 refereed journal papers, 145 conference publications (including 3 keynote talks, 1 short course and 36 invited talks), eight book chapters, and two books. His Google Scholar citation is 7500 with h-index of 45. He is a senior member of IEEE and CIE. He served as Reviewers for 60 technical journals and Technical Program Committee Members of 10 IEEE conferences. He also served as Associate Editors of IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, and IEEE Access. In 2015, he was awarded Second Prize of Science and Technology from Anhui Province Government, China. Dr. Sha received Young Scientist Award of PIERS 2021 and 6 Best Student Paper Prizes with his students.
Speech Title: Electromagnetic Information Theory for MIMO Antenna Design
Abstract: This talk will introduce the electromagnetic (EM) information theory for MIMO antenna design. Firstly, I will overview the urgent requirement of future 5.5/6G. Secondly, I will show how EM theory governs the capacity limit of a MIMO communication system. Thirdly, I will connect the degree of freedom (DoF) in communication theory to the directivity in antenna theory. Finally, I will revisit the active element pattern and embedded efficiency of an antenna array and discuss their roles in affecting the capacity of the MIMO system. I will argue that the fundamental limits or physical bounds in antenna theory are essential to future MIMO communications including ultra-massive MIMO, holographic MIMO, etc.
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