Abstract :
The XVIIIth International Seminar/Workshop on Direct and Inverse Problems of Electromagnetic and Acoustic Wave Theory (DIPED-2013) was organized by the IEEE MTT/ED/AP/CPMT/SSC West Ukraine and MTT/ED/AP Georgian Chapters. The event was held at the Pidstryhach Institute for Applied Problems in Mechanics and Mathematics (IAPMM), Lviv, Ukraine, on September 23¿¿26, 2013 (Fig ure 1). The IAPMM and Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State Uni versity (TSU) were the co-organizers of DIPED-2013. The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, the Electron Devices Society, and the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society provided technical co-sponsorship for the seminar/workshop. The IEEE Solid State Circuits Society and the IEEE Ukraine Section were the supporting IEEE institutions.
