WASHINGTON (03 April 2008) — The second International Conference on RFID (IEEE RFID 2008) will feature 44 technical papers by leading Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) researchers from around the world.

Dr. Daniel Engels, IEEE RFID 2008 program chair, assembled a distinguished international program committee of engineers, academic researchers and scientists to review the 124 papers submitted by more than 280 technical authors at major universities, research institutions and companies in 25 countries.

"The quality of the research and writing in this year's submissions was even stronger than last year," said Engels, an assistant professor and director of the Radio Frequency Innovation & Technology Center at the University of Texas at Arlington. "The topics and panels at IEEE RFID 2008 span a broad spectrum from antenna design to security techniques, and from integrated sensors to smart environments."

IEEE RFID 2008 will address the technical and policy challenges of RFID technologies and examine job opportunities at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, 16-17 April.

For more information, see www.ieee-rfid.org/2008. You can register through partner RFID Journal Live! by going to http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/live/registration_options.php. Choose https://www.one-stop-registration.com/rfidlive/OSR.Index.

The peer-reviewed papers are grouped into 11 technical areas in three tracks each day. Topics are: Testing & Evaluation Systems; Antenna Theory and Design; Circuits and Architectures; Security, Localization and Tracking; RF Investigation and Utilization; Collision Avoidance; Tools for Design and Evaluation; System Deployment; and Smart Environments.

In addition, invited papers will spotlight the latest in shared data research on such topics as distributed management of RFID intelligence, RFID in harsh environments and outer space, RuBee (IEEE standard P1902.1), and RFID and sensors in industry.

An enabling technology, RFID uses tags and readers to transmit a unique number. The tags store information on a microchip connected to a radio antenna, while the readers emit radio waves that exchange signals with the tags.

IEEE RFID 2008 is co-located with RFID Journal Live! executive conference and exhibition (www.rfidjournalevents.com/live/).

IEEE-USA and the IEEE TAB New Technology Directions Committee (www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/tab/tab_507.html) are financial co-sponsors for IEEE RFID 2008. IEEE-USA President Russ Lefevre chairs the committee.

IEEE RFID 2008 is funded in part by a U.S. Army Research Office grant of $5,000, which represents seven percent of the total estimated cost of the conference.

IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 215,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of the IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 370,000 members in 160 countries. See www.ieeeusa.org.

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Contacts:

Brian Fraser
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Email: bfraserpr@verizon.net

Chris McManes
IEEE-USA Public Relations Manager
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