The 46th Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2025) was successfully held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from May 4 to 8. The symposium was co-organized by the College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering at Zhejiang University, the Electromagnetics Academy ZJU Branch, Khalifa University, the Technology Innovation Institute (UAE), and Gulf University for Science and Technology.PIERS is a premier international symposium in the field, held annually since 1989.

This year’s conference featured 15 keynote speeches, over 300 invited talks, and more than 1,100 presentations from 50 countries and regions. Hot Topic sessions focused on cutting-edge areas such as nanophotonics, topological physics, terahertz chips, and intelligent metasurfaces. Prof. CHEN Hongsheng, Dean of ISEE, delivered a featured talk on “Intelligent Metamaterials and Metamaterials Intelligence,” highlighting the integration of AI and photonic design.

At the Fellow Award Ceremony, Prof. CHEN was inducted as a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy, alongside scholars from Hong Kong, Russia, and South Africa.

Three doctoral students from Zhejiang University were recognized with top honors in the Best Student Paper Award category. MA Jinyan (2023 PhD students, advisor: Prof. LI Erping) and Li Wenhao (2022 PhD students, advisor: Prof. YANG Yihao) won First Prizes for their papers “Manipulating Wave-field and Information States in Disordered Scattering Spaces” and “Three-dimensional Topological Valley Photonic Crystals”, respectively. WANG Yuqi (2024 PhD students, advisor: Prof. YE Dexin) received an Honorable Mention for his paper “Omnidirectionally Matched Cloak for Unpolarized Waves.”

PIERS 2025 not only showcased the research excellence of ZJU ISEE but also strengthened global academic exchange in photonics and electromagnetics.