The 20th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (ENDE2015) September 21-23, 2015 Sendai, Japan CALL FOR PAPERS (First Announcement) General Information This will be the 20th in a series of international workshops. Its aim is to bring together engineers and scientists from universities, research institutions and industry who are active in research, development and industrial applications of Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation. As in the past workshops, the 20th workshop will focus on the studies for the development of nondestructive evaluation methods using electromagnetic methods. Major topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to: New developments in eNDE Advanced eNDE sensors Analytical and numerical modelling of eNDE About Sendai Inverse problems and signal processing Material characterization Sendai is the largest city in the northeastern portion of the Monitoring and diagnoses of mechanical structure Main Island of Japanese. It is the prefectural capital of Biomedical applications of eNDE Miyagi prefecture, and has a population of 1.07 million. Innovative industrial applications of eNDE Whereas Sendai is a very modern city, it is surrounded by and filled with beautiful greens as its nickname, City of Important Dates Trees, implies. There are several famous places for sightseeing such as Matsushima (one of 'Three Views of Submission of abstract: April 30, 2015 Japan’) and Hiraizumi (world heritage) near Sendai. Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2015 Average temperature in September is 20.7 degree Celsius, Early bird registration: July 31, 2015 which should make your stay comfortable. Submission of full paper: September 23, 2015 Access Registration Fees from Abroad General 50,000 JPY (Early bird: 45,000 JPY) Sendai is situated approximately 350 km north-east of Student 35,000 JPY (Early bird: 30,000 JPY) Tokyo. The easiest way to reach Sendai from abroad would be to take a flight to Narita or Haneda international airports, Venue and then train to Sendai via Tokyo or Ueno. It takes less The workshop will be held in Katahira Sakura Hall, in than 2 hours from Tokyo to Sendai by Tohoku Shinkansen Tohoku University Katahira Campus. The campus is (superexpress). Alternatively, international flights from situated in the downtown of Sendai, and easily accessible Guam, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, and Honolulu to from Sendai station on foot (approximately 1 km). There are Sendai International Airport (SDJ) are available. It takes many hotels, restaurants, and shops near the venue. No less than 20 minutes from Sendai International Airport to taxi or car is needed. Sendai main terminal station by Sendai Airport Line. from ISEM2015 venue Guglielmo Rubinacci, Universita di Napoli Most participants should be interested in attending Sung-Jin Song, Sungkyunkwan University ISEM2015 held in Awajishima just before the workshop. Klaus Szielasko, Fraunhofer-IZFP Sendai is easily accessible from Awajishima, and attending Toshiyuki Takagi, Tohoku University the both conferences should provide a pleasant trip across Antonello Tamburrino, Universita degli Studi di Cassino Japan. The most efficient way to move from Awajishima to Gui Yun Tian, Newcastle University Sendai is to take a domestic flight from Kobe, Osaka (Itami), Lalita Udpa, Michigan State University or Kansai airports. If you prefer going by land, taking Satish Udpa, Michigan State University Tokaido Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo, and then Noritaka Yusa, Tohoku University Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Sendai enables one to reach Sendai quite easily. Local Organizers Chairman Noritaka Yusa, Tohoku University Co-Chair Hiroaki Kikuchi, Iwate University Tetsuya Uchimoto, Tohoku University Past ENDE Workshops 1stENDE, London, UK, 1995 2ndENDE, Tokyo, Japan, 1996 3rdENDE, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 1997 4thENDE, Chatou, France, 1998 5thENDE, Des Moines, United States, 1999 6thENDE, Budapest, Hungary, 2000 7thENDE, Kobe, Japan, 2001 8thENDE, Saarbrucken, Germany, 2002 9thENDE, Paris, France, 2003 Tentative Program 10thENDE, East Lansing, United States, 2004 11thENDE, Iwate, Japan, 2006 Monday- September 21: registration, opening ceremony, 12thENDE, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2007 keynote, oral presentations 13thENDE, Seoul, Korea, 2008 Tuesday- September 22: invited lecture, oral and poster 14thENDE, Dayton, United States, 2009 presentations, banquet 15thENDE, Szczecin, Poland, 2010 Wednesday- September 23: invited lecture, oral and poster 16thENDE, Chennai, India, 2011 presentations, closing ceremony 17thENDE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012 Thursday- September 24: post-conference tour 18thENDE, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2013 19thENDE, Xi'an, China, 2014 International Steering Committee Chairman Zhenmao Chen, Xian Jiaotong University Member Antonio C.O. Bruno, PUC-Rio Klara Capova, University of Zilina Tomasz Chady, West Pomeranian University of Technology Tammana Jayakumar, IGCAR Jeremy S. Knopp, AFRL/RXLP Fumio Kojima, Kobe University Jinyi Lee, Chosun University Dominique Lesselier, DRE-LSS CNRS-SUPELEC-UPS Further Information Kenzo Miya, Hosei University B.P.C. Rao, IGCAR Email: [email protected] Jaoa M.A. Rebello, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Website: http://afre.qse.tohoku.ac.jp/ende2015/index.html Christophe Reboud, CEA LIST .