Welcome to CRFID

Welcome to the IEEE Council on RFID, or CRFID!

CRFID’s focus on radio frequency identification and the Internet of Things is exhibited through our activities, conferences, and publications.

  • Two IEEE international conference series—RFID and RFID-Technical Applications (RFID-TA)—in addition to workshops, conference program tracks, and technical forums—foster technical exchanges on RFID.
  • CRFID supports technical committees, which study the latest technical developments in fields such as RFID and security and reliability, circuits, signal processing, standards, cyber-physical and internet of things systems. Learn more from our Vice President Technical Activities, Magdy Bayoumi.
  • CRFID chapters are now being formed, with the first one in Singapore Section. More are in the works. Reach out to VP Member Services, Chen Zhi Ning if you are interested in forming a chapter.
  • Young professionals are encouraged to join! CRFID provides educational and networking opportunities for budding careers in RFID and IoT. Talk to Matthew Trotter, our Young Professionals Liaison.
  • We debut a new Journal in 2017, the Journal on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), or J-RFID. The Editor in Chief is Larry Zhang. Our VP Publications is Shahriar Mirabbasi.
  • For standards, Carole Carey (healthcare) can steer you in the right direction.

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Gisele Bennett, President

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The IEEE Council of RFID and the IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification editorial board are pleased to announce the winner of the IEEE CRFID James Clerk Maxwell Best Journal Paper Award 2025. The paper was awarded after a careful evaluation involving the editorial board. The awarding ceremony was held in Valence, during IEEE RFID-TA 2025. Congratulations to: A. Vena, B. Sorli University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France S. Cahuzac University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, Bonetag Company, Perpignan, France S. Dutrieux, S. Naudi Bonetag Company, Perpignan, France for their paper: Implant-Based UHF RFID-Enabled Sensor to Detect Loosening of Knee Prosthesis Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10186456

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Member Spotlight

Andrea Motroni

Assistant Professor, University of Pisa. Andrea has served in many roles for the council as CRFID Publicity Chair as well on several conference organizing committees. Currently, he is one of the Special Session Chair Organizers for the upcoming IEEE RFID 2026 conference taking place June 16 – 18 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. He was also instrumental in assisting with the council website. You can connect with him on LinkedIn. Outside of his commitment to helping the council, he enjoys rock climbing, hiking, guitar, and music. His favorite quote is “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

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