Active Calls
IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques Special Section on CEM2023 – Eleventh International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics
Expected online publication: Upon acceptance and no later than December 2023
The 2023 volume of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will include a special section dedicated to the Eleventh International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics (CEM2023). Authors of all papers relevant to topics of interest of J-MMCT presented at the symposium are invited to submit an expanded version of their papers to this special section. The expanded version requires that the new technical content will include a more in-depth treatment, new results beyond the CEM2023 paper, or both. The JMMCT Editorial Board will review every paper in the same manner as any other regular submission.
Paper submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee
When you start a new submission to the special section, please choose CEM2023 as the type of your submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the instructions, templates and resources available at the IEEE Authors’ Center (https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org). Papers not following the standard IEEE journal template cannot be accepted into the peer review process. Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at J-MMCT.
Other Submission instructions:
- The conference paper(s) must be included along with the submission as supplementary files.
- You must reference your own work, especially recent journal/conference publications. Discuss your related publications, especially the relevant conference paper, in the introduction. Distinguish the new results you present in your current manuscript from those found in your previous publications, to demonstrate that the paper includes sufficient new technical material to justify a new paper, when compared to all previously published papers.
- The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an expanded version of a conference paper presented at CEM2023.”
Submissions are accepted any time, but no later than June 30, 2023, 11:59 PM (Hawaii Standard Time).
If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at eic-jmmct@ieee.org), or the Guest Editor
Prof. Markus Clemens
University of Wuppertal
Georgia Institute of Technology
clemens@uni-wuppertal.de
IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques Special Section on 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
Expected online publication: December 2022
The 2022 volume of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will include a special section dedicated to the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting (2022 IEEE AP-S/URSI). Authors of all papers relevant to topics of interest of JMMCT presented at the symposium are invited to submit an expanded version of their papers to this special section. The expanded version requires that the new technical content will include a more in-depth treatment, new results beyond the 2022 IEEE AP-S/URSI paper, or both. The J-MMCT Editorial Board will review every paper in the same manner as any other regular submission.
Paper submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee
When you start a new submission to the special section, please choose 2022 IEEE AP-S/URSI as the type of your submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the instructions, templates and resources available at the IEEE Authors’ Center (https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org). Papers not following the standard IEEE journal template cannot be accepted into the peer review process. Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at J-MMCT.
Other Submission instructions:
- The conference paper(s) must be included along with the submission as supplementary files.
- You must reference your own work, especially recent journal/conference publications. Discuss your related publications, especially the relevant conference paper, in the introduction. Distinguish the new results you present in your current manuscript from those found in your previous publications, to demonstrate that the paper includes sufficient new technical material to justify a new paper, when compared to all previously published papers.
- The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an expanded version of a conference paper presented at 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting”.
Submissions are accepted any time, but no later than October 1, 2022, 11:59 PM (Hawaii Standard Time). There will be no extension to this deadline, to ensure that the review process is concluded in time for the 2022 volume.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at eic-jmmct@ieee.org), or the Guest Editor
Prof. Andrew F. Peterson
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
afpeterson@gatech.edu
IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques Special Section on Multiphysics Modeling and Inversion in Subsurface Sensing
Expected online publication: December 2022


Image credit: Prof. Jiefu Chen, University of Houston
The 2022 volume of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will include a special section dedicated to recent progress of advanced multiphysics modeling and inversion algorithms in subsurface sensing.
This section is dedicated to presenting new computational methods or inversion algorithms in subsurface sensing for exploration of underground resources, CO2 sequestration, environment protection, etc. It is comprised of, but not limited to, computational electromagnetic/seismic/mechanic methods, nonlinear multiphysics modeling, new inversion algorithms (joint inversion, high-order gradient/gradient-free optimizations etc.), machine learning techniques, digital twins, and the relevant engineering applications. It is noteworthy that multi-scale and multi-physics features are encouraged, but advanced forward or inverse methods for single-physics or single-scale modeling are also welcomed. The J-MMCT Editorial Board will review every paper in the same manner as any other regular submission.
Paper submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee). When you start a new submission to the special section, please choose in Advanced Multiphysics Modeling and Inversion Algorithms in Subsurface Sensing as the type of your submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the instructions, templates and resources available at the IEEE Authors’ Center (https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org). Papers not following the standard IEEE journal template cannot be accepted into the peer review process. Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at J-MMCT.
Submissions are accepted any time, but no later than October 1st, 2022, 11:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at eic-jmmct@ieee.org), or the Guest Editors:
Qiwei Zhan
Zhejiang University
qwzhan@zju.edu.cn
Lin Liang
Schlumberger-Doll Research Center
lliang@slb.com
Yongxin Gao
Hefei University of Technology
gaoyx@hfut.edu.cn
Jiefu Chen
University of Houston
jchen82@central.uh.edu
IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques Special Section on Industry Applications of Computational Electromagnetics
Expected online publication: December 2022


The IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will publish a Special Section devoted to Industry Applications in the field of Computational Electromagnetics. Authors of all papers on industry applications relevant to the topics of interest of J-MMCT are invited to submit their paper(s) to the Special Section. Topics include (but are not limited to) computational science and engineering for electromagnetics, optics, thermal/EM effects, circuits and devices, materials and tissues, emerging topics in multiscale and multiphysics phenomena related to CEM along with problems that include coupled effects.
Industry applications papers covering new and challenging problems, and the use of CEM tools for solving them, are as welcome as the papers covering new algorithmic and theoretical developments of CEM methods.
The submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee), in exactly the same way as any other regular IEEE J-MMCT submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the Instructions for Authors (https://ieee-jmmct.org/information-for-authors/) and follow the IEEE Transactions Word or LaTex Templates available there. Papers not following these templates cannot be accepted into the peer review process.
Please be aware that though your contribution should be prepared as any other regular IEEE J-MMCT paper, it will be evaluated via the peer-review process aware of the specifics and limitations imposed on publishing contributions from the industry. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at the IEEE J-MMCT.
In the unlikely event that the Special Section does not have enough accepted papers, it will be canceled, and its accepted papers will be scheduled for publication in subsequent regular issues of the IEEE J-MMCT.
Other submission instructions:
(1) In the pull-down menu for “Manuscript Type”, please select “Special Section on Industry Applications of Computational Electromagnetics”.
(2) The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an invited paper for the Special Section of the IEEE J-MMCT on Industry Applications of Computational Electromagnetics.”
The due date for the paper submission is October 1, 2022 (11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time).
If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at eic-jmmct@ieee.org), or the Guest Editors:
Vladimir Okhmatovski
University of Manitoba
Vladimir.Okhmatovski@umanitoba.ca
Heidi Barnes
Keysight Technologies
Heidi_Barnes@keysight.com
Feng Ling
Xpeedic Inc.
Feng.Ling@xpeedic.com
IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques Special Section on Women in Computational Physics
Expected online publication: December 2022




The IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will publish a Special Section devoted to the Women Researchers in the field of Computational Physics. Authors of all papers led by women researchers relevant to topics of interest of J-MMCT are invited to submit an invited paper to the Special Section, including but not limited to computational science and engineering for acoustics, electromagnetics, mechanics and optics, thermal effects, circuits and devices, materials and tissues, emerging topics in multiscale and multiphysics phenomena in these areas along with problems that include coupled effects.
The submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee), in exactly the same way as any other regular IEEE JMMCT submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the Instructions for Authors (https://ieee-jmmct.org/information-for-authors/) and follow the IEEE Transactions Word or LaTex Templates available there. Papers not following these templates cannot be accepted into the peer review process.
Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper, and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at the IEEE J-MMCT.
In the unlikely event that the Special Section does not have enough accepted papers, it will be canceled and its accepted papers will be scheduled for publication in subsequent regular issues of the IEEE J-MMCT.
Other submission instructions:
- In the pull-down menu for “Manuscript Type”, please select “Women in Computational Physics Special Section”
- The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an invited paper for the Special Section of the IEEE J-MMCT on Women in Computational Physics.”
The due date for the paper submission is October 1, 2022 (11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time).
If you have any questions, you can contact the Zhiwei Gao, zhiwei.gao@northumbria.ac.uk, or the Guest Editors:
Dan Jiao
Purdue University
djiao@purdue.edu
Malgorzata Celuch
QWED, Poland
mceluch@qwed.com.pl
Vrushali Bokil
Oregon State University
Vrushali.Bokil@oregonstate.edu
Zhi Jackie Yao
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
jackie_zhiyao@lbl.gov
All Active Calls for Papers:
- Special Section on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Submission deadline: 1 October 2022)
- Special Section on Industry Applications of Computational Electromagnetics (Submission deadline: 1 October 2022)
- Special Section on Multiphysics Modeling and Inversion in Subsurface Sensing (Submission deadline: 1 October 2022)
- Special Section on Women in Computational Physics (Submission deadline: 1 October 2022)
- Special Section on CEM2023 – Eleventh International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics (Submission deadline: 30 June 2023)
Past Calls
IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques Special Section on the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
Expected online publication: April 2022
The 2022 volume of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will include a special section dedicated to the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (2021 IEEE AP-S/URSI). Authors of all papers relevant to topics of interest of J-MMCT presented at the symposium are invited to submit an expanded version of their papers to this special section. The expanded version requires that the new technical content will include a more in-depth treatment, new
results beyond the 2021 IEEE AP-S/URSI paper, or both. The J-MMCT Editorial Board will review every paper in the
same manner as any other regular submission.
Paper submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website
(http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee). When you start a new submission to the special section, please choose 2021 IEEE AP-S/URSI as the type of your submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the instructions, templates and resources available at the IEEE Authors’ Center (https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org). Papers not following the standard IEEE journal template cannot be accepted into the peer review process. Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at J-MMCT.
Other Submission instructions:
(1) The conference(s) paper(s) must be included along with the submission as supplementary files.
(2) You must reference your own work, especially recent journal/conference publications. Discuss your related publications, especially the relevant conference paper, in the introduction. Distinguish the new results you
present in your current manuscript from those found in your previous publications, to demonstrate that the paper
includes sufficient new technical material to justify a new paper, when compared to all previously published
papers.
(3) The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an expanded
version of a conference paper presented at 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and
USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore.”
Submissions are accepted any time, but no later than January 15, 2022, 11:59 PM (Hawaii Standard Time). There
will be no extension to this deadline, to ensure that the review process is concluded in time for the 2022 volume.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at eic-jmmct@ieee.org), or the Guest Editors:
Chao-Fu Wang
National University of Singapore
cfwang@nus.edu.sg
Eng Leong Tan
Nanyang Technological University
eeltan@ntu.edu.sg
Xudong Chen
National University of Singapore
elechenx@nus.edu.sg
Special section on Multiphysics Modeling for Microwave Devices
Submission deadline: 1 November 2021
Special section on Numerical modeling methods for EMC/EMI applications
Submission deadline: 1 November 2021
Authors of conference papers accepted to symposia sponsored by the EMC Society are encouraged to submit extended versions of their papers to this section.
Special section honoring the memory of Profs. Tatsuo Itoh, Tapan Sarkar, Roberto Sorrentino, Allen Taflove
Submission deadline: 30 September 2021
Fee waivers will be provided to papers related to the work and honoring the memory of Profs. Itoh, Sarkar, Sorrentino, and Taflove who passed away in 2021.
Special Section on the 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetics, Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO 2019)
Expected online publication: November 2019
The 2019 volume of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will include a special section dedicated to the 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetics, Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO 2019). Authors of all papers relevant to topics of interest of J-MMCT presented at NEMO 2019 are invited to submit an expanded version of their papers to this special section. The expanded version requires that the new technical content will include a more in-depth treatment, new results beyond the NEMO 2019 paper, or both. The J-MMCT Editorial Board will review every paper in the same manner as any other regular submission.
Paper submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee). When you start a new submission to the special section, please choose NEMO 2019 as the type of your submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the instructions, templates and resources available at the IEEE Authors’ Center (https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org). Papers not following the standard IEEE journal template cannot be accepted into the peer review process. Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at J-MMCT.
Because of the time required for a second review cycle, papers receiving a major revision decision are not guaranteed to be published in the 2019 special section for NEMO, but may be published in the 2020 volume, if the paper is accepted.
Other Submission instructions:
(1) The conference(s) paper(s) must be included along with the submission as supplementary files.
(2) You must reference your own work, especially recent journal/conference publications. Discuss your related publications, especially the relevant conference paper, in the introduction. Distinguish the new results you present in your current manuscript from those found in your previous publications, to demonstrate that the paper includes sufficient new technical material to justify a new paper, when compared to all previously published papers.
(3) The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an expanded version of a conference paper presented at IEEE MTT-S NEMO 2019, Cambridge, MA.”
Submissions are accepted any time, but no later than September 3, 2019, 11:59 PM (Hawaii Standard Time). There will be no extension to this deadline, to ensure that the review process in concluded in time for the 2019 volume.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at costas.sarris at utoronto.ca), or the Guest Editors:
- Professor Dan Jiao , Purdue University (djiao at purdue.edu)
- Professor Zhizhang (David) Chen, Dalhousie University (z.chen@dal.ca)
Special Section on the 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
Expected online publication: November 2019
The 2019 volume of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will include a special section dedicated to the 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium. Authors of all papers relevant to topics of interest of J-MMCT presented at IMS 2019 are invited to submit an expanded version of their papers to this special section. The expanded version requires that the new technical content will include a more in-depth treatment, new results beyond the IMS 2019 paper, or both. The J-MMCT Editorial Board will review every paper in the same manner as any other regular submission.
Paper submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee). When you start a new submission to the special section, please choose IMS 2019 as the type of your submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the instructions, templates and resources available at the IEEE Authors’ Center (https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org). Papers not following the standard IEEE journal template cannot be accepted into the peer review process. Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at J-MMCT.
Because of the time required for a second review cycle, papers receiving a major revision decision are not guaranteed to be published in the 2019 special section for IMS 2019, but may be published in the 2020 volume, if the paper is accepted.
Other Submission instructions:
(1) The conference(s) paper(s) must be included along with the submission as supplementary files.
(2) You must reference your own work, especially recent journal/conference publications. Discuss your related publications, especially the relevant conference paper, in the introduction. Distinguish the new results you present in your current manuscript from those found in your previous publications, to demonstrate that the paper includes sufficient new technical material to justify a new paper, when compared to all previously published papers.
(3) The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an expanded version of a conference paper presented at IEEE MTT-S IMS 2019, Boston, MA.”
Submissions are accepted any time, but no later than September 3, 2019, 11:59 PM (Hawaii Standard Time). There will be no extension to this deadline, to ensure that the review process is concluded in time for the 2019 volume.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at costas.sarris at utoronto.ca), or the Guest Editors:
- Professor Peter H. Aaen, Colorado School of Mines (paaen at mines.edu)
- Professor Vladimir Okhmatovski, University of Manitoba (Vladimir.Okhmatovski at umanitoba.ca)
Special Section on the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
Expected online publication: November 2019
The 2019 volume of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (IEEE J-MMCT) will include a special section dedicated to the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (2019 AP-S). Authors of all papers relevant to topics of interest of J-MMCT presented at the symposium are invited to submit an expanded version of their papers to this special section. The expanded version requires that the new technical content will include a more in-depth treatment, new results beyond the 2019 AP-S paper, or both. The J-MMCT Editorial Board will review every paper in the same manner as any other regular submission.
Paper submission is accomplished through the ScholarOne Manuscript Central website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmmct-ieee). When you start a new submission to the special section, please choose APS2019 as the type of your submission.
When you prepare your manuscript you should consult the instructions, templates and resources available at the IEEE Authors’ Center (https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org). Papers not following the standard IEEE journal template cannot be accepted into the peer review process. Please be aware that your contribution should be prepared as any other regular J-MMCT paper and that it will be evaluated via the same peer-review process. The quality of your contribution must meet the level required for a publication at J-MMCT.
Because of the time required for a second review cycle, papers receiving a major revision decision are not guaranteed to be published in the 2019 special section for 2019 AP-S, but may be published in the 2020 volume, if the paper is accepted.
Other Submission instructions:
(1) The conference(s) paper(s) must be included along with the submission as supplementary files.
(2) You must reference your own work, especially recent journal/conference publications. Discuss your related publications, especially the relevant conference paper, in the introduction. Distinguish the new results you present in your current manuscript from those found in your previous publications, to demonstrate that the paper includes sufficient new technical material to justify a new paper, when compared to all previously published papers.
(3) The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is an expanded version of a conference paper presented at IEEE Int. Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Atlanta, GA.”
Submissions are accepted any time, but no later than September 3, 2019, 11:59 PM (Hawaii Standard Time). There will be no extension to this deadline, to ensure that the review process is concluded in time for the 2019 volume.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Costas Sarris at costas.sarris at utoronto.ca), or the Guest Editors:
- Professor Andrew F. Peterson, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (afpeterson at gatech.edu)
- Professor Jamesina J. Simpson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah (jamesina.simpson at utah.edu)