Tentative Program for Workshop Wednesday 16 September 2026

Last updated 14 September 2026

Information

All papers are allocated a 20 minute slot. This is intended to include a few minutes at the end for questions, so please plan for an approximately 15-17 minute presentation using slides.

The workshop will take place in the Andreas-Pfitzmann-Bau (APB) at the Dresden University of Technology (click for building interior map). Room number is TBD.

Schedule

09:00-10:15 - Session 1

  • Welcome and introduction to the crystal-free concept, David C. Burnett

  • Keynote session, Thomas Watteyne

  • Participant group photo just before coffee break

10:15–10:45 - Coffee break

10:45-12:15 - Session 2

Session Chair: David C. Burnett

Title: Towards a Physical-Layer Digital Twin for Backscatter Systems Authors: Santiago Dente, Guillem Boquet and Xavier Vilajosana

Title: FIUSE: NVM-Free Secret Generation for Secure Chip-Scale Embedded Systems using SRAM PUF Authors: Alfonso Cortes, Filip Maksimovic, Malisa Vucinic and Sara Faour

Title: The Safety-Critical Edge Should Be Sparse Authors: Liam McSherry and Neil Bowles

Title: Beyond Sensor Networks: Crystal-Free Wireless Audio Streaming Authors: Paul de La Sayette, Filip Maksimovic and Prabal Dutta

12:15–13:30 - Lunch

Location TBD

13:30-15:10 - Session 3

Session Chair: Tengfei Chang

Title: Observations and Future Directions on Crystal-Free Clock and Data Recovery for Bluetooth Low-Energy Authors: Brandon Hippe and David C. Burnett

Title: A Tool for On-Chip Inductor Design Using Geometric Programming Authors: Simón Jaramillo Haddad and Filip Maksimovic

Title: A Survey of LC, Ring and Active Inductor Oscillators Authors: Haziq Rohail and David C. Burnett

Title: System-Level Optimization of Cross-Coupled Rectifiers for 3GPP-Compliant Ambient IoT Authors: Dang Khoa Trang and Filip Maksimovic

Title: DotBot in the Warehouse: A Swarm Robotics Platform for Intralogistics Research Authors: Corentin Rasda, Trifun Savic, Geovane Fedrecheski, Jean-Paul Fabre, Malisa Vucinic and Thomas Watteyne

15:10–15:40 - Coffee break

15:40-18:00 - Session 4

  • (30 minutes) Invited presentation: Crystal-free mote environmental applications, Tengfei Chang

  • (20 minutes) Invited presentation: The periodic steady-state technique for RF simulations, Simón Jaramillo Haddad

  • (20 minutes) Overview of current and upcoming CFIoT’26 research initiatives

  • (80 minutes) Panel discussion on CFIoT research problems and opportunities led by David C. Burnett

18:00-19:00 - Campus tour and networking

All EWSN participants. Location TBD.

19:00 onward - Welcome Reception

All EWSN participants. Location TBD.