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| European Magnetic Sensors and Actuators Conference | |
|---|---|
| Name | European Magnetic Sensors and Actuators Conference |
| Abbreviation | EUMSA |
| Discipline | Magnetics, Sensors, Actuators |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Country | Various (Europe) |
| First | 19XX |
European Magnetic Sensors and Actuators Conference The European Magnetic Sensors and Actuators Conference is a specialized biennial forum for researchers and practitioners in magnetics, sensing, and actuation technologies. It brings together participants from institutions such as CERN, Imperial College London, Max Planck Society, INRIA, and Fraunhofer Society with industry representatives from Siemens, Bosch, Thales Group, Schneider Electric, and NXP Semiconductors. The meeting historically attracts delegations from European Space Agency, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Cambridge, Technical University of Munich, and École Polytechnique.
Early roots trace to postwar European initiatives linking laboratories like Hahn Meitner Institute and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory with universities including University of Oxford and University of Bologna to address magnetic sensing needs in projects such as Large Hadron Collider and Skylab satellite payloads. The conference emerged amid parallel gatherings including International Magnetics Conference, IEEE International Magnetics Conference, and regional symposia organized by European Materials Research Society and Society of Chemical Industry. Founding organizers drew on networks from Royal Society, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, CNRS, CNR, and Politecnico di Milano to establish recurring meetings that alternated among cities like Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Barcelona.
The scope covers magnetic sensors, microelectromechanical actuators, magnetoresistance, and magnetic materials, interfacing with applications in Aerospace, Automotive Industry, Biomedical Engineering, Robotics, and Telecommunications. Technical sessions commonly reference technologies and standards developed at IEEE Standards Association, ISO, and projects funded by Horizon 2020 and European Research Council. Key topics include giant magnetoresistance inspired by work at IBM Research, spintronics linked to discoveries at University of Groningen and Tohoku University, fluxgate sensors used in ESA missions, and microwave magnetics relevant to NATO communications.
Governance typically involves a steering committee drawn from universities and research institutes such as ETH Zurich, Delft University of Technology, Politecnico di Torino, University of Manchester, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Program committees include editors and reviewers affiliated with journals like IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Journal of Applied Physics, Applied Physics Letters, and Nature Materials, and collaborate with professional societies like IEEE, IET, and European Materials Research Society. Funding and sponsorship often involve European Commission grants, corporate partnerships with MagneticShield Corporation-type suppliers, and support from national research agencies such as DFG, ANR, EPSRC, and CSIC.
Past meetings have been hosted in major European research hubs including London, Munich, Milan, Madrid, Prague, Lisbon, Stockholm, and Warsaw, often co-located with events like European Microwave Week or workshops at Bell Labs-era venues. Satellite sessions have been organized alongside specialist gatherings at Max Planck Institutes, CERN workshops, and summer schools at École Normale Supérieure and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.
Proceedings are released in collaboration with publishers and indexing services such as IEEE Xplore, Springer Nature, Elsevier, and repositories linked to arXiv and institutional archives of University of Cambridge and TU Delft. Selected papers are often expanded into special issues in journals including IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Advanced Functional Materials, and Materials Today, with peer review conducted by editors associated with Nature Communications and Physical Review Letters. Citation networks frequently connect to foundational works by researchers affiliated with Bell Labs, IBM Research, Hitachi, and Nokia Bell Labs.
The conference confers awards for best paper, young investigator, and lifetime achievement, judged by committees with members from Royal Academy of Engineering, Academia Europaea, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and national academies such as Académie des Sciences and Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Recipients often include scientists from ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, and industry leaders from Siemens and Thales Group, who have later been honored with prizes like the IEEE Medal of Honor or national decorations.
The conference influences sensor roadmaps adopted by corporations including Bosch, Robert Bosch GmbH, Magneti Marelli, and Continental AG, and informs research agendas at universities such as University of Manchester, TU Munich, Politecnico di Milano, and University of Leeds. Collaborative projects seeded at the meetings have led to patents filed through institutions like EPO, commercialization via startups incubated by EIT Digital and Imperial Enterprise Lab, and translational programs supported by European Innovation Council and Innovate UK.
Category:Conferences in Europe