The 21st European Conference on RADIATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS will be held in Biarritz, France, on September 24-28, 2012.

The aim of RADECS conferences is to provide an annual European forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest advances in the field of radiation effects on electronic and photonic materials, devices, circuits, sensors, and systems. The scope of the conference encompasses technological processes and design techniques for producing radiation tolerant systems for space, aeronautical or terrestrial applications, as well as relevant methodologies for their characterization and qualification. The conference features a technical program, an Industrial Exhibit, and one day meeting on ground effects offered on September 24 (RADGROUND). The technical program includes oral and poster sessions.
The areas of interest for contributions to be submitted to RADECS 2012 include, but are not limited to:

Basic mechanisms of radiation effects in electronic and optical materials
Space, atmospheric and terrestrial environments
Radiation effects on electronic and photonic devices, circuits and systems
Radiation effects on sensors and emerging devices
Technology and design hardening
Radiation hardness assurance
Irradiation facilities and testing


Authors are encouraged to submit their contributions by following the guidelines which will be made available via the conference website : radecs2012.org . The accepted papers will be published in the RADECS proceedings of the conference and they can be submitted by their authors for a publication in a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science