The exploitation of electromagnetic field data as a sensing tool paves the way to a number of interesting engineering applications including Ground Penetrating Radar testing of civil engineering works, antenna testing and characterisation, biomedical diagnostics, humanitarian demining, archeological prospection, through‐the‐wall imaging, and many others. The COST-ESoA Training School, after reviewing fundamental equations and main difficulties of inverse problems in high‐frequency electromagnetics, focused on classical and recently introduced solution procedures and algorithms, discussing capabilities, limitations, and perspectives of both approximate and 'exact' reconstruction methods. Applicative examples, including exercises and lessons regarding specific applications, with a particular focus on the topics of the co‐organising COST Actions (Ground Penetrating Radar and Medical Microwave Imaging), corroborated the developed concepts. The Course included 32.5 hours of classes (27 hours of lessons, 3.5 hours of software exercises and 2 hours of final exam), spanning over 5 days.

Madonna di Campiglio is a charming and elegant village nestling at an altitude of 1550 metres in the stupendous valley between the Brenta Dolomites and the glaciers of Adamello and Presanella. It is Italy’s number one ski resort as well as one of the most important resorts in the Alps.

Coordinators of the Training School were Prof. Andrea Massa (ELEDIA Research Center, University of Trento, IT, MC Member of COST Action TU1208 representing Italy) and Prof. Tommaso Isernia (LEMMA Research Group, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, IT, WG Member of COST Action TU1208).

Teachers of the Training School were Dr. Lorenzo Crocco (National Research Council, IT, COST TU1208 WG Member and P4.2 Co-Leader, COST TD1301 MC and WG Member), Prof. Tommaso Isernia, Prof. Fernando Las-Heras (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ES), Dr. Dominique Lesselier (SUPELEC, FR, COST TU1208 WG Member), Prof. Joe Lo-Vetri (University of Manitoba, Canada), Prof. Andrea Massa, Prof. Giuseppe Schettini (Roma Tre University, IT, COST TU1208 WG Member), and Prof. Alessandro Toscano (Roma Tre University, IT).

- Trainees attending the school in Madonna di Campiglio -

Class Scheduling

Monday, 24 March 2014 - Introduction and basic theory